Mobile Food Sellers of Yesteryear

[johnny333]

Redifusion was located at the junction of Clemencau Ave & Penang Rd. The currently location of the Singapore Shopping Centre,

Those were the days.. glued to rediffusion listened to lastest American Top 40 hits. And then buy cassettes at Bugis street.

 

[halsey02]

Redifusion was located at the junction of Clemencau Ave & Penang Rd. The currently location of the Singapore Shopping Centre,

Was it? I thought it was on the other end...towards tank road?

 

[johnny333]

i miss Clifford Pier too and the kusu season during the 9th month of the lunar calendar.

during normal days, Clifford pier was a temporary get away for those who work in raffles place during lunch time to enjoy some peaceful moment and sea breeze.

I remember that at one time Goodwood Hotel had this ship with 3 or 4 floors of restaurants. After you got on the ship you could have a meal while the ship cruised around. One had to take a boat from Clifford Pier to get to the ship

I also remember a Kelong converted into a seafood restaurant somewhere in Ponggol. You had to take a boat to reach the restaurant.

Looking back now, I can appreciate that these were very novel experiences

 

[elephanto]

Was it? I thought it was on the other end...towards tank road?

No lah, bro johnny memory rusty, Redifusion all along still there, same location all these years.... behind Spore Shopping Centre the side road ... just behind Haw Par Glass Tower below the Oxley Flyover, adjacent building next to redifusion used to house the Council of Social Services .....

 

[johnny333]

A very common site in post offices

This sign was displayed at many public buildings in Singapore in the 70's​

 

[johnny333]

No lah, bro johnny memory rusty, Redifusion all along still there, same location all these years.... behind Spore Shopping Centre the side road ... just behind Haw Par Glass Tower below the Oxley Flyover, adjacent building next to redifusion used to house the Council of Social Services .....

Oops sorry,

I would pass by on Penang Rd & would see the Redifusion sign didn't know they were behind

 

[halsey02]

No lah, bro johnny memory rusty, Redifusion all along still there, same location all these years.... behind Spore Shopping Centre the side road ... just behind Haw Par Glass Tower below the Oxley Flyover, adjacent building next to redifusion used to house the Council of Social Services .....

haven't pass that way for a while too...your are right...GM ( the money lending company) is next to Singapore Shopping I think they have upgraded the building to a better looking cladding..

I Have never to this day, stepped into that building, MAS the sign had been there for donkey yeras ( Malysian Airlines) and there was a Haooy valley Rest right?, some ages back charged on lady who strike lottery gave her friend a treat there & the bill was more than the amount she won... and they ahve to chip in to help her pay....ha ha ha ha

And cockpit hotel was not far from there & a TGIF was next to Singapore Shopping....now Fish & Co? or was it something else before?

 

[johnny333]

Was it? I thought it was on the other end...towards tank road?

Never visited their offices, only had a view from Penang Rd.
I must have been looking at their parking lot at the back end.

 

[johnny333]

and there was a Haooy valley Rest right?, some ages back charged on lady who strike lottery gave her friend a treat there & the bill was more than the amount she won... and they ahve to chip in to help her pay....ha ha ha ha

Do you know which years Haooy Valley Rest was there

When my grandfather had a birthday he would treat the family at a restaurant that was located there. This was in the mid 60's. Could be the Shanghai Rest or Shanghai food ??

 

[elephanto]

WOW ! You guys really know your Penang Rd vicinity !

yes, TGIF now replaced by something else... remember the huge blocks of L-O-V-E in front ?

Now Cockpit Hotel gone, Phoenix Hotel also gone.....

The Long Hair poster .... (now people complain bandwidth affected, I avoid reposting huge photos again :p), besides post office as johnny mentioned also on display at all public swimming pools ......

Someone mentioned at Clifford Pier, the boat with restaurant on it, you dine & cruise at the same time, not sure about Goodwood park connection, but in the 90s, I ever board at Clifford this junk called 'Cheng Ho', got F&B on board, from 7pm to 9pm, u can hv yr dinner on the junk in the Marina Bay...

 

[Papsmearer]

Your pics of Amber Arcade are really awesome. I used to be very fascinated by the that building but went in only a few times. Its location made it very visible but not very accessible. It is another of those buildings which I wonder why they destroyed. Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station could easily have accommodated it.

Because the PAP has no soul, and they put into place people at URA that also have no soul. To them, porgress is to tear down the historic buildings that have architectural merit and replace them with skyscrapers that u can see in any city. They don't undertand this is a part of our history and culture.

 

[halsey02]

>WOW ! You guys really know your Penang Rd vicinity !>>

use to stand some distance from the main gate of you know who house...and SHOUT THAMBI!!


>yes, TGIF now replaced by something else... remember the huge blocks of L-O-V-E in front ? >

Now??? Fish & Co?


>Now Cockpit Hotel gone, Phoenix Hotel also gone.....>
Supreme House became PARK MALL, was it Silver Spoon as there at the basement or Skillet? and it closed recent years...Metro Departmental stores occupied most of the front floors...and is that MOGOLIAN BBQ still there?


>Someone mentioned at Clifford Pier, the boat with restaurant on it, you dine & cruise at the same time, not sure about Goodwood park connection, but in the 90s, I ever board at Clifford this junk called 'Cheng Ho', got F&B on board, from 7pm to 9pm, u can hv yr dinner on the junk in the Marina Bay...>

Company once paid for a dinner cum dancing on one of those junks, which I boycotted...( company politics) and I think one of those junk burnt down right...

The Cheng Ho used to be moored at Clifford Pier...that is where one board the junk...next to wear the Customs Tower is...

 

[Papsmearer]

Upper Serangoon Rd, 9 KM

haha, this really brought back memories. There was a catholic church near the Lim Tua Tow market, and the old paya lebar police station was nearby. This market had one laksa stall that was the best. The laksa was so spicy. I got lost at this wet market went I was very young, was crying by myself right in the middle of the road, until my mother found me. Wasn't there a theatre nearby, just before u go down the hill to the market?

 

[postnew]

Tank Road

My father studied in this school.
1960 replaced by Teochew Building

 

[Papsmearer]

The stage version of Hair had one long mass nude scene, but the movie version didn't seem to have it. It was anti-establishment but would have been quite oblique.

Not allowing Kitaro to perform because of his hair was in a league of its own, somewhere up there with Kim Jong Il and Mao Zedong.

And Cosmo was banned because Minister of Culture Dhanabalan didn't like it. When asked why he didn't bring it up for debate in parliament, he said to the effect, no need to trouble parliament, or for that matter, the courts - his ministerial decision could not be challenged.

One of the funniest things about the above was this. When I was in NS MINDEF used to loan out VHS tapes "to entertain the troops". I was the officer in charge of choosing the tapes for my unit. When I looked through what was available, I was quite surprised and amused to find:

• Hair;
• Life of Brian.

And as far as I could tell, neither was censored.

When I showed it to the men, they said they needed to sleep to prepare for the next day's exercise. And there was none. Which really goes to show the PAPzis completely misjudged the reach of this type of films.

Actually, in those days, in the SAF all films are uncensored, as far as I recall. i recall seeing an uncensored movie shown at Tengah AB. It was an italian movie on the Freece tricolor and there were extended nude scenes. Quite surprised at that time to see it, but only on base. Dhanabalan is such a hypocrite. I can tell u he has magazines at his house that u and I are not allowed to have.

 

[balajii]

Actually, in those days, in the SAF all films are uncensored, as far as I recall. i recall seeing an uncensored movie shown at Tengah AB. It QUOTE]

TAB.

we same camp. hahha.

i from FDS. u?:p

 

[halsey02]

haha, this really brought back memories. There was a catholic church near the Lim Tua Tow market, and the old paya lebar police station was nearby. This market had one laksa stall that was the best. The laksa was so spicy. I got lost at this wet market went I was very young, was crying by myself right in the middle of the road, until my mother found me. Wasn't there a theatre nearby, just before u go down the hill to the market?

The Church is still there at Highland Rd, the Church of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary..now you reminded me of the laksa..

Was it Kok Wah Theatre?? and another one next to the Paya Lebar OPD right? that in the 1980's screened Indian Movies... the old Police Station is atill around, some buildings still standing with the chimmeys...once it was a SCDF camp, then some flower gardens took over,,,now it is vacant...

 

[balajii]

The Church is still there at Highland Rd, the Church of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary..now you reminded me of the laksa..

Was it Kok Wah Theatre?? and another one next to the Paya Lebar OPD right? that in the 1980's screened Indian Movies... the old Police Station is atill around, some buildings still standing with the chimmeys...once it was a SCDF camp, then some flower gardens took over,,,now it is vacant...

that church still there i suppose. never been bk to TAB since i done my last ICT in 2006. the RPs will swear that at night, church music can be heard even though there is nobody inside the church at that kind of hours.

 

[halsey02]

Actually, in those days, in the SAF all films are uncensored, as far as I recall. i recall seeing an uncensored movie shown at Tengah AB. It was an italian movie on the Freece tricolor and there were extended nude scenes. Quite surprised at that time to see it, but only on base. Dhanabalan is such a hypocrite. I can tell u he has magazines at his house that u and I are not allowed to have.

So you would know the British Film Society or BFS for short...where we got all those reels of uncensorsed movies...

Yeah!!! and most likely wanking himself...don't tell me Thamby is also no PORN???:p

 

[balajii]

what laksa? tengah market is gone for like 15 years or so already.

sigh.:(