Mobile Food Sellers of Yesteryear

[halsey02]

For Bro halsey02, some familiar faces from Armenian St Corner Coffee Shop.......

Thanks man!...seldom ate his bak chor mee... i was only interested in the Char Kway Teow & the Ngor Hiang with Mee Hoon...the char kway teow man's wife..wantoon noodle is not that good...

All that, with a glass of homemade barley...

Next to Mayfair hotel was The New Shanghai Resturant...a relative held their wedding there...

And opposite was what's the name of the school? was it Tao Nan? and cosdel had it's office upstairs Wilmer Clinic...

memories..

 

[halsey02]

Anybody got pictures of the old RI at Bras Basah Rd and the Stamford Canal? Lots of passers-by would stop and watch perhaps a rugby game in progress or a softball game.

Used to look out the windows of my class at the Nicoll Hwy to wait for the lights to change. Those days, the middle carriageway was controlled by traffic lights so as to open to allow 4 more lanes to carry vehicles going into the city during morning peak hrs amd then to switch directions after 12pm to let vehicles clear from the city faster. The lights were manually controlled and traffic policemen had to be at both ends of NH to open and close the booms. Not as high tech as now.

My mischiveious friend, would stand outside the Archbishop house on the Catherdral's ground & shout "MICHAEL"... ha ha ha ha

Talking about this corner...there was a bakery that bakes good Hot Cross Buns for Easter... :p

 

[johnny333]

Was the United States Information Service (USIS) at the top level of MPH Stmaford?. Do not recall seeing it there?. All I remember is going in at the entrance of the US Embassy, show them the USIS membership card....

I think Brit Council remained at Clifford Centre for a while before they moved off... that was some years back....

Used to go to MPH before it was permanently closed on weekends & that's when I noticed the USIS which was at the top floor of MPH.

The embassy had already moved to its new premises. It made sense to have a place thats more accessible without all the unecessary security.

Only went to clifford centre when I had to visit Isaacs, as a student that area it held few attractions.

 

[halsey02]

Used to go to MPH before it was permanently closed on weekends & that's when I noticed the USIS which was at the top floor of MPH.

The embassy had already moved to its new premises. It made sense to have a place thats more accessible without all the unecessary security.

Only went to clifford centre when I had to visit Isaacs, as a student that area it held few attractions.

The opticians? then you would know Roma Shoes, International Tailors, one clinic?, Ah meng the DIY hardware store ( Ah Meng closed recent years), Motion Smith...

 

[johnny333]

Chung Khiaw bank copper piggy bank. That brings back memories. Mine was a rhino.

That was many years ago, had one of those but can't remember what animal I had

 

[johnny333]

The opticians? then you would know Roma Shoes, International Tailors, one clinic?, Ah meng the DIY hardware store ( Ah Meng closed recent years), Motion Smith...

Yep, started going there when they were located at the original arcade, & continued going there in the new location.

Ms Ong the opthamologist passed away last year :(

Surprised that Ah Meng survived so long. All those hardware stores must be facing high rents.

 

[halsey02]

Yep, started going there when they were located at the original arcade, & continued going there in the new location.

Ms Ong the opthamologist passed away last year :(

Surprised that Ah Meng survived so long. All those hardware stores must be facing high rents.

Mine wasn't Issacs but they were in the same building, before moving to Specialist centre , now this place is gone too... you would remember Star Optical..??

You know Ah meng also?...remember he has a beautiful daughters, men would opogle at.. go in buy a screw ( the metal ones), or a battery...they would forget the size..anyway the popular ones are aa...

Ah Meng lasted till 2008 or 2009? he lives in Serangoon Gardens...really wonder how he lasted so many years....Issac is still there, Roma Shoes gone a long time, so did International Tailor...

The downstaiirs would be the Seven seas that sells radios bric & brac, & the shop that sells clocks, wacthes in the past music cassettes also..

And Arcade ( new) HANS....the egg sunny side up with butter toast & coffee ofr breakfast, the fried rice or fish & chips or the chocolate eclairs for tea... etc..at affordable prices... if I am not mistaken Bagawan Solo started there too... with their kueh tilam...etc..

 

[postnew]

The 100-METRE-LONG ALLEY

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[halsey02]

Thank you Bro Postnew for the Change Alley Photographs....buy Paco Robane from the Indian Man, centre of Change Alley...don't know if they were genuine stuff or not...

 

[johnny333]

Is the daugther still beautiful Don't see many beautiful girls nowadays. :o

Maybe the Ah Meng store is a front for syndicate money? I've seen some stores in Sim Lim who have been around for years but do little business.

Don't remember Star Optical. If they are in Specialists centre then they have competition from Isaac Jr who has an shop there. Specialist Cte another victim of progress :(

Used to go to places like Pin Pin(now in Funan) but back then when they were across from Odeon Theatre their level of service wasn't stable. Isaac is pricier but the person doing the checking is an opthamologist & they do provide quality service. Isaac is really good if you need contacts because they'll get you to do repeated visits until you get a good fit




QUOTE=halsey02;429524]Mine wasn't Issacs but they were in the same building, before moving to Specialist centre , now this place is gone too... you would remember Star Optical..??

You know Ah meng also?...remember he has a beautiful daughters, men would opogle at.. go in buy a screw ( the metal ones), or a battery...they would forget the size..anyway the popular ones are aa...

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[johnny333]

Thank you Bro Postnew for the Change Alley Photographs....buy Paco Robane from the Indian Man, centre of Change Alley...don't know if they were genuine stuff or not...

The 1st mall in Spore

 

[elephanto]

Another icon of yesteryears ..... where the national day rallies were held in the 70s, University of Singapore Graduates & Singapore Poly graduates held their graduation convocation here .... families take photos at the iconic fountain, then visit Van Kleef Aquarium ..... dismantled in 1985 supposedly due to structural risks ... plot left empty to this day .....

Aerial view ....

Open air theatre with seats along the Fort Canning hill slopes ... venue of many music concerts as well ....

 

[halsey02]

Is the daugther still beautiful Don't see many beautiful girls nowadays. :o

Maybe the Ah Meng store is a front for syndicate money? I've seen some stores in Sim Lim who have been around for years but do little business.

> Ah Meng I really do not know how he managed to stay for so many years, in fact from The New Clifford Centre opend, he was the earliest tenants, whereas many have moved out...eg Motion Smith etc..

His daughter is...va va room..OK!...by now a middle age lady!!

Don't remember Star Optical. If they are in Specialists centre then they have competition from Isaac Jr who has an shop there. Specialist Cte another victim of progress :(

> Issac Jr was at Specialist's I know...didn't use Star but moved on...family optician actually...>>

Used to go to places like Pin Pin(now in Funan) but back then when they were across from Odeon Theatre their level of service wasn't stable.
> Patrick & his wife....ha ha ha PIN PIN..my optician now..


Isaac is pricier but the person doing the checking is an opthamologist & they do provide quality service. Isaac is really good if you need contacts because they'll get you to do repeated visits until you get a good fit
> Mr Leow of Star was also an opthamologist....some big shots patronize his shop...but I do not where they are now, and he must be quite old & maybe retired..>>

 

[halsey02]

Another icon of yesteryears ..... where the national day rallies were held in the 70s, University of Singapore Graduates & Singapore Poly graduates held their graduation convocation here .... families take photos at the iconic fountain, then visit Van Kleef Aquarium ..... dismantled in 1985 supposedly due to structural risks ... plot left empty to this day .....


Please I wanna cry....saw many bands there in my time...names like Black Dog Bone, Western Union, Tokyo Square, Pest Infested, many others that now slip my brain...the local talents of SINgapore that weren't appreciated...

I think I saw Tremeloes, Christie ( Yellow River), Middle of The Road ( Beautiful Sunday..yucks!..it was free). Bee Gees ( they were not that known)...Sam Hui.....African Ballet...ahhh was it Count Basie or ??? I cant remember the names...numerous cultural shows & dances in dialects, Indian, Malay, Mandarin...those were our ARTS scene..

and rubba some dames up in the hills behind the Natioanal Theatre... ha ha h...

I wanna cry...NATIONAL THEATRE!! I think we were more cultured & into the ARTS back then... ha ha ha

 

[elephanto]

In my school days in my youth, I can say i have been to a Drive-In cinema .... Opened in 1971, the Jurong Drive-In Cinema was sited at the Tang Dynasty Village which itself has disappeared & the land is now empty lying next to AYE near Wet n Wild & Fairways Country Club....
Youths of today, you don't know what a drive-in movie experience is like hee hee

 

[elephanto]

Please I wanna cry....saw many bands there in my time...names like Black Dog Bone, Western Union, Tokyo Square, Pest Infested,I think I saw Tremeloes, Christie ( Yellow River), Middle of The Road ( Beautiful Sunday..yucks!..it was free). Bee Gees ( they were not that known)...Sam Hui.....African Ballet...ahhh was it Count Basie or ??? I cant remember the names...numerous cultural shows & dances in dialects, Indian, Malay, Mandarin...those were our ARTS scene..

and rubba some dames up in the hills behind the Natioanal Theatre... ha ha h...

Salute you .... true Bands ticket-paying supporter !
I only attend the HK singers & celeb stars concerts .....
I think 'Ah Chan' of TVB 'Brothers' fame came to perform here with Chow Yuen Fatt and gang beofre :p

As for the pak tor at Fort Canning ... dim lights, bushes, trees & hill slopes, good for raba and also for those 'dia-kows' 'catch-monkeys' voyeurs .... then in the car parks, can see many disposable condoms, saw my first one there

No other similar architectural icons - an open-air cantilever theatre - can be found in 21st century Singapore today .... what a bloody irony !:oIo:

 

[halsey02]

Salute you .... true Bands ticket-paying supporter !
I only attend the HK singers & celeb stars concerts .....
I think 'Ah Chan' of TVB 'Brothers' fame came to perform here with Chow Yuen Fatt and gang beofre :p

As for the pak tor at Fort Canning ... dim lights, bushes, trees & hill slopes, good for raba and also for those 'dia-kows' 'catch-monkeys' voyeurs .... then in the car parks, can see many disposable condoms, saw my first one there

No other similar architectural icons - an open-air cantilever theatre - can be found in 21st century Singapore today .... what a bloody irony !:oIo:

It was $3 or $2 or something I forgot...mostly in the afternoons the UNKNOWN LOCAL BANDS back then...the national theatre gave them exposure...sometimes quite disheartening to an audience of 10...psst sometimes I get in free...

As for the rest of concerts, it was night time affair...one have to PAY!!..I remember Chow Yuen Fatt & Ah Chan....

there were just too many, Chinese Orchestra, Malay ensemble..Indian ensemble....I just absorbed....ha ha ha ha

it was a CULTURAL EXPERIENCE...

 

[AhBengBoyBoy]

Not related to this thread.

I am suggesting some old uncle or young auntie here can start another similar thread devoted to everyday objects and things of past eras. Our young ones will then have a field day outing here. Howsabout it?

 

[johnny333]

Another icon of yesteryears ..... where the national day rallies were held in the 70s, University of Singapore Graduates & Singapore .....

Back then it was THE place for live performances.

Any one remember Dick Calvert the magician who performed there
Recently saw a very old Malay movie with Dick Cavert acting as a magician

 

[lee6100]

Please I wanna cry....saw many bands there in my time...names like Black Dog Bone, Western Union, Tokyo Square, Pest Infested, many others that now slip my brain...the local talents of SINgapore that weren't appreciated...



And Fried Ice; also saw the Hollies concert.