Help Our Original Young Citizens - Impart Your Past Knowledge To Them.

[Kohliantye]

Many of us are greying and attaining a ripe age.
Before we become senile, helpless and are up the lorry or surrender our teng-kee, let us pass our rich knowledge of the past to our kids and grand-children.
This will greatly enhance the knowledge of our original "Made and Produced In Singapore By 100% Anak Singapore" kids.
The Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal of India, Eiffel Tower, etc are actually of not much use to these group.We are SINGAPORE....
Tell these forummers what we know and what is the significance of such a place or places.
I will give you a topic and want your contributions. Be serious and no jokes.
I beg the support of detractors of these forum too...

"Can anyone name the old roads, lanes and famous landmarks between the former Paya Lebar Police Station right up to Lorong Tai Seng".

As you go about contributing your positive feedback, please also narrate any pleasant or unpleasant experience that you may have experienced or suffered along this route.

 

[MBSSLOTS]

Paya Lebar Police Station, then Jalan Chermat, then Lorong Ong Lye.
Further down Tai Keng Gardens.
Then Bartley lor.
Further down is Lorong Tai Seng.

Lorong Tai Seng derives its name from a Mr Ang Tai Seng. A rich Teochew chinese who has 2 sons. The elder one died unmarried while the younger one had 3 wives. The 3rd wife lives in Johore now..not sure has pass away or not. But the 1st 2 wives are dead. The second wife has many children. One of which set up Tai Seng Turtle Soup.

With the redevelopment of the area, Tai Seng Turtle Soup moves to Tai Keng gardens area but i think they also recently close shop.

Do I get a A+ for history of this area? hehehehehe

 

[Kohliantye]

Paya Lebar Police Station, then Jalan Chermat, then Lorong Ong Lye.
Further down Tai Keng Gardens.
Then Bartley lor.
Further down is Lorong Tai Seng.

Lorong Tai Seng derives its name from a Mr Ang Tai Seng. A rich Teochew chinese who has 2 sons. The elder one died unmarried while the younger one had 3 wives. The 3rd wife lives in Johore now..not sure has pass away or not. But the 1st 2 wives are dead. The second wife has many children. One of which set up Tai Seng Turtle Soup.

With the redevelopment of the area, Tai Seng Turtle Soup moves to Tai Keng gardens area but i think they also recently close shop.

Do I get a A+ for history of this area? hehehehehe

Yes you did pretty well for the general knowledge.

Thanks for the wonderful educational intro of Lorong Tai Seng.

After Bartley Road, on the left was Lim Teck Boo Road (permanent wayang stage) leading to the old Kim Chuan Avenue (animal abbatoir run by PPD) and Jalan Kambing which meandered into Jalan Haji Karim and towards Lorong Ah Soo (where many Hainanese use to dwell - the men were cooks at home while their wives worked)

The comes New Industrial Road and in front of it were the Elling North and South Schools.

After this was Jalan Waspada which leads into Kim Chuan Avenue.

From Jalan Waspada was Kim Chuan Road where we had the Keat Keat Soap Factory and Yew Lian Rubber Smokehouse.

Then comes Pereira Road that led to the old and gone Lorong Koo Chye at the end of which was the Bartley Primary School Gate and Servants Quarters.

After Kim Chuan Road cames Lorong Kalui leading towards the Lam Choon Rubber Factory. Lots of langsat, duku and jambu-merah trees here.

Further up was Jalan Telaga and the old Lorong Tai Seng Market.

Across the main road was Bright Cinema (Kong Ming) where I saw the movie, "Gunfight At O.K Corral" and lots of movies starring Wang Yu (One Armed Swordsmen), Golden Eagle and many more.

Then come Lorong Tai Seng where the turtle soup shop was located at the main junction.

After Lorong Tai was Jalan Halaman Kedai that led to Airport Road.

Char-kway Teow, Satay bee Hoon and Hokkien mee - truly delicious cooked on char-coal.

Lorong Tai Seng was famous for Lim Ban Lim and illegal samsu shops and gambling dens.

The entire stretch led to Hong San School and the Kiu Ong Yah Temple.

Those good old days spent among wonderful folks is gonna be a treasure cove for me.

 

[streetsmart73]

hi there


1. hahaha!
2. what am i to pass on to my grand children?
3. hmmm!
4. ok!, never admit to anything to a woman or women.
5. steal eat must thoroughly clean, cleanse & wash mouth.
6. lie if can without blink an eye!
7. yes, not some wisdom but pretty useful!

 

[hairylee]

Do you think the young will appreciate such knowledge when they have to grind out a living day in day out?

 

[fukyuman]

There are 2 schools, Elling North and Elling South, built for the baby boom years, demolished now. There is a Playfair primary school, one of its teacher got charged for molesting his students and having underaged sex. He got about 1 year jail. Now its 18 months for squeezing titties. There are 2 cinemas, Bright Cinema and Rose Cinema. Rose cinema is open air and super rustic. Bright cinema has long seat benches. The paikias would throw lighted butts at the girls from behind, the boys just squat and pee not to miss the show. There is a lake at Tai Kheng gardens now filled, the canals are full of catfishes and freshwater eels. The police station is commonly called 5 milestone. Before in sinkieland, there were stone markers showing distance to the city. Lor Ah Soo is a known hainanese kampong. Hainanese decided to live in their own enclaves after bullying from the hokkiens. Till now, hokkiens hooligans are referred by them as ah ter (boh loo), ah kow (boh Kow) or 4 legs/8 trotters (tihar). Deprived of jobs, hainanese choose the lowest jobs like house servants for the British who the hokkiens hated, which also left hainanese with taste for higher education and good western food. The only western food ah ters and ah Kows know is how to drink ah-wa-tien or Ovaltine, slop chillies on caviar and waygu steaks and marry ah lians with children staying out the own night, producing generations of ah bengs and ah lians. There are no malay kampongs, for their collective safety they stayed at geylang serai area, during racial rights, these kiow tors really see it as holy war, with procession on the road before drawing out their knives and killing people. The mats police were helpless, so the armed forces came out, mostly Serani who joined for perks like early retirement on permanent pension, that helped a wee little bit. Meanwhile the paikias along Tai Seng and Paya Lebar see it as their war, instead of fighting and killing themselves, went after the malays who got separated from their home during curfew with no transport home. The paikias problem was quickly solved when Tai Seng area was demolished, the rest who were left behind took drugs and become addicts, ganja were easily available so many became stoned with clouds of smoke.

 

[Kohliantye]

one of its teacher got charged for molesting his students and having underaged sex.
Bright Cinema and Rose Cinema.
Bright cinema has long seat benches.
There is a lake at Tai Kheng gardens now filled, the canals are full of catfishes and freshwater eels.
The police station is commonly called 5 milestone.
There are no malay kampongs,

Thank you.

That teacher was one Mr Dragon. On the pretext of tutoring that girl, he took advantage and went further then he ought to as an elder.

The canal you refered to. Was it close to the Poi Kee Chinese School along Paya Lebar Crescent?

Remember there was also a lake known as Alkaff Garden near Cedar Girls School.

You remember the "long-haired and rusty-faced Chinese usher of Bright Cinema?

What about a lame Yong Tau Hoo seller outside the cinema who would shuttle between Rose and Bright with his wife and little children. His food was great..

There was Malay kampong on a hill at the end of New Industrial Road. The villagers called it "Boyan Kampong".
It was fenced up like a mini-fortress.

There was also another Malay kampong at the end of Lorong Koo Chye close to the fence of bartley Primary School.

In Paya Lebar Police Station there was a compound where "wandering on the loose livestock like cows", belonging to some Bayi susu was impounded. If the Bayi susu come and claim he had to pay a fine. If no claim, the animal would be slaughtered and the meat given to Malay policemen families. That place later became a canteen.

That was the way things were in those good old days.

 

[fukyuman]

That teacher was one Mr Dragon. On the pretext of tutoring that girl, he took advantage and went further then he ought to as an elder.

I think that guy is Pereira who is a scoutmaster, he rubba all the schoolgirls he can lay hands on.

The canal you referred to. Was it close to the Poi Kee Chinese School along Paya Lebar Crescent?

The canal stretched all the way from Paya Lebar to Bartley.

Remember there was also a lake known as Alkaff Garden near Cedar Girls School.

Beautiful lake. One boy got drowned and they filled it up soon after.


What about a lame Yong Tau Hoo seller outside the cinema who would shuttle between Rose and Bright with his wife and little children. His food was great..

He limped a bit, carrying the food on 2 baskets with a bamboo pole across his shoulders. 10cts for 3 fishballs. His soup is great.

There was Malay kampong on a hill at the end of New Industrial Road. The villagers called it "Boyan Kampong".
It was fenced up like a mini-fortress.

There was also another Malay kampong at the end of Lorong Koo Chye close to the fence of bartley Primary School.

Those Malay kids are fierce looking. The Chinese kids are always fighting with them.

Layang season must be the most exciting then. The first words the kids learn in malay is probably tarik and hulur when they fly kites.

 

[Kohliantye]

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I think that guy is Pereira who is a scoutmaster, he rubba all the schoolgirls he can lay hands on.

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The canal stretched all the way from Paya Lebar to Bartley.
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Beautiful lake. One boy got drowned and they filled it up soon after.


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He limped a bit, carrying the food on 2 baskets with a bamboo pole across his shoulders. 10cts for 3 fishballs. His soup is great.

There was Malay kampong on a hill at the end of New Industrial Road. The villagers called it "Boyan Kampong".
It was fenced up like a mini-fortress.

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Those Malay kids are fierce looking. The Chinese kids are always fighting with them.

Layang season must be the most exciting then. The first words the kids learn in malay is probably tarik and hulur when they fly kites.

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That canal was then known as Pelton Canal and weaved like a river all the way up to Aljunied.
You are right, he was Pereira the Scout Master. A good teacher but so sad an end.
The yong-tag-foo seller was a very kind man and so was his slightly fat wife always dressed in the Chinese out-fit. He used to give us additional soup.
Yes fierce looking Malays but very sociable too. Like to play hantam-bola, kuti-kuti and ang-kong-chua
Yes layang season with kids carrying long bamboo poles and running all over the road just to get a layang that was "Jone".
Remember the Tai Ah bakery next to Pereira Road.
The Hainanese bakers there use to give us the bread crumbs which filled our tiny stomaches.
The tikam tikam that had cigarette packs as prizes and the coconut sweets with 5-cents inside as a reward.
The famous stall selling Porridge next to the Ic-Block seller who used saw-dust to keep the ice from preventing. He had a huge stomach.
The Tong Bee shop inside Tai Seng where you can buy anything from A-Z.

 

[MBSSLOTS]

LORONG TAI SENG is the infamous gangster land where guns are free in thosee days....