Siglap

[streetsmart73]

With the invasion of these Global Pundeks from India, Siglap has lost that uniqueness.. So sad, so sad to see the number of these India Ah Nehs inreasing and increasing around Siglap area..

hi there


1. you should see how they infested the baymore area.
2. just take a good look at some of pools in the condos there.
3. literally no different from ganges hoh!

 

[nato33]

2. just take a good look at some of pools in the condos there.

Is the pool oily ?

 

[capr1corn]

This thread brings back so many memories. I practically grew up in Siglap. I remember the old Siglap market, I used to buy fried carrot cake from the lady selling at the entrace facing Burnfoot terrace. Brought my own egg for her to cook as well. And also I remember at the front corner facing East coast road, it was a mama store there that I used to go buy small plastic soccer balls to play football. Anyone remember those? the balls came in yellow, blue, green where we would play at basketball courts. Also, further down East coast road, there used to be a cinema there..I think it was Ocean cinema if my memory serves me right that I used to go watch movies. There was also a Taiwan coffee shop there that sells great Hokkien mee.

 

[Merl Haggard]

Tribute to Susan Lim:


[video=youtube;2ZV_4YPyV0Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZV_4YPyV0Q&feature=relmfu[/video]


Susan's departure from this world was sudden and untimely.

Listening to her songs brings back lots of fond memories.

Thank you Susan for the lovely memories and your spirit lives on and on.

 

[magical]

I used to train for my bike races up that hill. It was a pathetic climb but it was all I had at the time.

Hi boss,

So do you remember a big bayan tree somewhere in the middle roundabout, there is a boy lock in a red cage.

I use to walk up and down when i stayed in chai chee.

 

[nato33]

This thread brings back so many memories. I practically grew up in Siglap. I remember the old Siglap market, I used to buy fried carrot cake from the lady selling at the entrace facing Burnfoot terrace. Brought my own egg for her to cook as well. And also I remember at the front corner facing East coast road, it was a mama store there that I used to go buy small plastic soccer balls to play football. Anyone remember those? the balls came in yellow, blue, green where we would play at basketball courts. Also, further down East coast road, there used to be a cinema there..I think it was Ocean cinema if my memory serves me right that I used to go watch movies. There was also a Taiwan coffee shop there that sells great Hokkien mee.

Yup. The cinema was indeed Ocean Cinema and the Corner Coffee shop is the Soy Eu Tua Shop. Still standing there. I also remember the tall Uncle selling Hokkien Mee but he stopped for a while and converted to selling Char kway Teow as he said there was too much preparation work with selling Hokkien Mee with shelling the prawns etc.

 

[Leongsam]

Hi boss,

So do you remember a big bayan tree somewhere in the middle roundabout, there is a boy lock in a red cage.

I use to walk up and down when i stayed in chai chee.

Didn't know about that. I was always on my bike in that area and was concentrating on the road to stay alive and upright.

 

[nato33]

Moving slightly up Siglap to Bedok South. Here is a photo of Temasek JC when it was first build in 1976. Notice the empty land to the right and back of the track. Now its all Condos.

 

[cunnilaubu]

Used to watch movie at Ocean Cinema.
The son of the owner is my primary school classmate.
Those days, just 50 cents to watch a movie.

 

[nato33]

I remember the owner. An smiley old man that used to double up as an usher tearing the ticket stubs. The seats at the back cost more. $1.50 if I remember and had cushion backrests and were called "Circle Seats" whilst the cheaper seats in front were all wooden. Are you still in touch with your friend and is his father still around? Must be very old by now if he is still alive.

 

[cunnilaubu]

I remember the owner. An smiley old man that used to double up as an usher tearing the ticket stubs. The seats at the back cost more. $1.50 if I remember and had cushion backrests and were called "Circle Seats" whilst the cheaper seats in front were all wooden. Are you still in touch with your friend and is his father still around? Must be very old by now if he is still alive.

We last met about 20 years ago. :(

 

[nato33]

Map of old Siglap in 1950s before the land reclamation. See where the original coastline is? Marine Parade Road was where the original shore was.....

 

[Fishypie]

Map of old Siglap in 1950s before the land reclamation. See where the original coastline is? Marine Parade Road was where the original shore was.....

Bro, where does one get hoLd of oLd maps/directory ? ..

 

[nato33]

Bro, where does one get hoLd of oLd maps/directory ? ..

I got this from a friend who has an old street directory. I think the National Library or Archives should have some copies as well

 

[Fishypie]

I got this from a friend who has an old street directory. I think the National Library or Archives should have some copies as well

Can recaLL when was the 1st street directory pubLished..Where can one buy it.? i have been sourcing around for
one sometimes aLready, too bad not much success.

 

[nato33]

Can recaLL when was the 1st street directory pubLished..Where can one buy it.? i have been sourcing around for
one sometimes aLready, too bad not much success.

I think the first edition was published in 1954. Quite impossible to buy original copies as I doubt there are any left. Even if you can find, the pages would have been eaten up by silverfish. The copy my friend has is a photocopied version.

 

[nato33]

Siglap has a dark side too ....the current Temasek JC and Bedok South factories were sites of the Sook Ching massacres

Discovery of Human Remains
On 15 February 1962, in a headline, "Mass war graves found in Siglap's 'valley of death'", the Straits Times reported the discovery of five separate war graves located in a "Valley of Tears" in the Siglap area. Twenty years ago, on its rugged countryside, hundreds of civilians of which a large number were Chinese residents, were rounded up by the Japanese Army, machine-gunned, and buried in several places. The massacres by the Japanese took place during their occupation in 1942-1945. The human remains were uncovered during sandwashing operations in an area off the 7.5 mile Siglap Road. Subsequent investigations were carried out by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce team of Messers. Ng Aik Huang, Toh Keng Tuan, and Lam Thian.

Eye-Witness #1
Mr. Chue Choon Kwee, aged 72, a farmer living near the area, told of how Japanese soldiers forced him and 30 other villagers to dig five trenches, each 20 feet wide and 30 feet long. Then all the villagers were driven out of the area, but he hid among the bushes on a hilltop. Observing, he next counted 66 lorries entering the valley packed with civilian internees, each lorry carried about 60 to 70 people. These victims were lined up at the edge of the trenches, and machine-gunned. This happened soon after the fall of Singapore, on 15 February, 1942.

Eye-Witness #2
Mr. Lim Sai Yong, aged 62, now principal of a Chinese primary school, escaped death. He told of how he was among a large group of detainees transferred from a concentration camp at Lorong 3, Geylang to Siglap. There they were tied in groups of six, and the soldiers opened fire. But he managed to break loose the bonds, free himself, and run to a clump of bushes. He was hit in the thigh but somehow succeeded in escaping.

Eye-Witness #3
Mr. Ngo Yong Seng, aged 62, principal of Puay Boon School which is situated near the "Death Valley", told of how he was forced to dig graves before he was driven off. Three days later, he returned to find bodies heaped in the graves with only loose sand over them. He returned a week after and saw the Japanese with a gang of labourers to help cover up the graves with more earth.

More Discoveries
Further investigations uncovered forty more mass war graves, off Evergreen Avenue in Siglap. Then, another two were found at 10.5 milestone Changi Road, where, Mr. Ng Aik Huan of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce claimed that more than 1,000 people were machine-gunned and buried here.

 

[cunnilaubu]

Can recaLL when was the 1st street directory pubLished..Where can one buy it.? i have been sourcing around for
one sometimes aLready, too bad not much success.

Bro, check this out....
My Old Singapore Road Maps

 

[Fishypie]

Bro, check this out....
My Old Singapore Road Maps

Many thanks bro ! ..i have saved them in my foLder..btw, as regards to that Roast meat thread; pLs rem to change
the cinnamon powder to Five spice powder.Sorry.:o

 

[cunnilaubu]

Many thanks bro ! ..i have saved them in my foLder..btw, as regards to that Roast meat thread; pLs rem to change
the cinnamon powder to Five spice powder.Sorry.:o

Noted with thanks.