Since we're on this old places thread. I like to go off tangent a bit, anybody remember what was the name of the electronics shop at Holland V that never fails to advertise its electronic products weekly in the straits times?
Was it Parisilk ?
Since we're on this old places thread. I like to go off tangent a bit, anybody remember what was the name of the electronics shop at Holland V that never fails to advertise its electronic products weekly in the straits times?
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Malay. If alive, should be late 70s. Yes, Pavilion. In front of the bus stop and one kpt. Noodle stall was bagus. Bibi & Baba was further down the road. Good and cheap. But, Amco, Wrangler, Lee and Texwood were THE brands.
but I make some casuals at Justman, ( silk screen, right)!
Was it Parisilk ?
i too saw the movie there...the female star was heather menzies of sound of music fame
Bro; you been to the Singapura Bar at SeLegie house ?; that was one of the hottest during my time..once the
The notorious lap sap bar the was CHOP KIM CHUAN aka as CKC Bar, MOSCOW Bar, Sing Sing Sing.
Happy Hours - two large Anchor beers for only $7/-.
Touch touch extra to pay.
A tip of $1/ was a big sum then.
Walls were infested with tiny Cockroaches, as it fed on ejaculated sperm targetted at the walls.
i only know heather locklear:p
one of the guys who used to work at justman left and started Man's Creations at Tanglin Mall.....name is Ron.....i went there a few times to make pants.
Still making pants there? There was this tailor shop called Mister Guy ( if you people could remember) at Peninisular Shopping Centre, second floor, where La vanita & was it Oscar Tailor, I used to make shirts & pants from, when young. Once in a while, I would indulge in Justman or CYC. It closed at Peninsular shopping Centre & I thought it had closed for good, when one day browsing around Far East Plaza, where Han's is, I rediscovered the shop & still runned by the same guy. I made a coupld of shirts from him and that was a few years back, and he closed the tailor shop for good. This guy, was it Albert his name, during the Penisular Shopping Centre days, used to race his fast cars in the 'illegal' fast & furious race in town!
ya i remember Mister Guy as well. My friend worked briefly for him i think...or mebbe was just helping out.
Ron is still there the last time i walked around there. But the old man who was his partner i think up lorry already. He was already old in the mid 70s.
I pass Man's Creation but I have not made any thing from that shop. Since you are familar with that part of the 'woods', there are a few long time shops there, Gope the one that distribute Nikon Cameras, The Nikimoto Pearl ( wonder if they are still around), Stepples Deli, the shop that sells Maps, a shop that sells Lingerie ( later sold vibrators etc), Hassan Carpets, Nah Tailor & Mr.O'dell the VHS video shop that rents, movies that one could not get in SINgapore, until the internet came along & Mr. O'dell passes away; he would speak to his wife in his accented English & his wife would reply in Cantonese.
dont recall all that much about this bro....i was ok with ron because we had mutual friends. So when he moved from justman i brought my business to
him. I'd chat and bum around his shop if he wasnt too busy but after that i would just take the bus back home or to work.
Memory already slipping, wasn't Bibi Baba within the bus stop where Pavillion was? Bibi Baba or the shop name is still around, they are at first floor Shaw Centre, left to the up riding escaltor together with that Tailor Shop I forgot the name, where the shop guy once had black hairs on his head is now snow white. Time really have flown.
Amco, Wrangler, Texwood & Lee I have one of each of them clothing, but I prefer LEE ( not that Lee) Jeans. Lee Vice (Levis) buy from that famous mama shop basement Peninsular Shopping Centre. But with a limited budget back then , it was mostly LEE, but Chinese Lunar New Year must buy a pair ( it was custom back then) to show off lah!.
Bibi Baba used to designed their own shirts & T shirts for sale, but I make some casuals at Justman, when I come across big pile of moolah! back then. There was this shop at Tangling Shopping Centre, where they sell T-shirts with funny messages akin to what we have today, and you can design your own and get it printed. ( silk screen, right)!
Yup, they are now selling school uniforms at Shaw Centre.
Justman expensive tailor shop. I used to tailor mine at Jong Mee, also expensive shop. Hardly wear tailored pants these days. Always in bermudas.
AMCO has returned. There's an AMCO shop at Citysquare Mall.
Cost Plus. They were also at Scotts.
Since we're on this old places thread. I like to go off tangent a bit, anybody remember what was the name of the electronics shop at Holland V that never fails to advertise its electronic products weekly in the straits times?
Then you won't remember the shops that sells food opposite the road, now demolished? the Malay food, Dong Log Wee etc??