Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap remembers unforgettable places in Old Changi Village like the cinema, the beach, the creek, and the sea. The village diminished when the British forces left and her family moved to Chai Chee Estate. But Maria and her husband still visit Changi Village today for its unique charm.

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00:00 Changi Cinema & Other Places

08:09 The British & RAF Changi

12:17 The British Pullout & Moving to Chai Chee

14:41 Decline of Changi Village

16:10 Changi Beach

24:04 The Memories of Changi Village Group

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap recalls her tough but memorable childhood growing up in Old Changi Village before the British vacated RAF Changi. Her father was a cobbler in the village and her mother a washerwoman in the airbase.

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00:00 Introduction

02:40 Moving to Changi Village

08:32 Father’s Shoe Shop

15:13 Our House at Jalan Bekukong

22:55 Mother was a Washerwoman

28:36 Childhood Friends

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Brian Richmond takes us back to the ways football was played, strategised and refereed in the past. He tells us his best game and what an honour it was to captain the Singapore team. He pays tribute to the greatest team in Singapore football and considers the Lion City’s football heritage.

00:00 Tactics & Formations in the Early Days

04:15 Strict Referees & Great Referees

10:04 My Best Game

17:00 The Kallang Roar & the Malaysia Cup

22:28 Taking Care of the Body

27:12 Tribute to the Greatest Singapore Team

30:46 The Problem of Corruption

32:16 Singapore’s Football Heritage

36:09 Local Teams

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yeo Hong Eng remembers illegal wine distilling and secret societies in Kampong Chai Chee, as well as how the villagers tried to maximise their compensation when they were resettled in the 1970s. His sisters worked in the Rollei factory at the new Chai Chee Estate, and he became an avid collector of Rollei cameras.

00:00 Moonshining in Kampong Chai Chee

06:42 Secret Societies

11:49 Avoiding the Authorities

13:34 Rehousing & Compensation

24:23 Rollei at Chai Chee

28:18 My Collection of Rollei Cameras

Mr Yeo can be contacted at yeohongengATyahoo.com.sg

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Brian Richmond, the beloved voice of Singapore football, talks about a lesser known side of his romance with the sport – his early playing days from the 1950s to 1971. He represented the Singapore/Malaysian youth teams before being promoted to the Singapore national team. He recalls some great players and coaches he met in his playing days and afterwards.

00:00 Introduction

00:58 My Football Story (in Short!)

17:22 Early Romance with Football

22:17 The 1966 Singapore Football Team

26:42 Uncle Choo Seng Quee

32:49 As a Versatile Player

37:42 The Great Players

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. American geographer Jack Humphrey looks at his old photographs of Kampong Potong Pasir and recalls its houses, residents and flora. We talk about the resettlement of the kampong in the early 1980s and the politics that happened during that time.

00:00 Potong Pasir’s Houses

10:39 Malay Fishermen

16:05 Resettlement

20:07 Politics & Chiam See Tong

27:19 Ingenious Uses of Space

39:28 Conservation of the Kampong

In his research, Jack conducted a preliminary survey of Kampong Potong Pasir before it was demolished. The report has not been published though Jack hopes to do so. His students from the NUS Department of Geography conducted research on Potong Pasir for their Honours theses:

• Lee, Hoong Cheng. Kampong Potong Pasir: A Survey of its Existing Economic Activities 1979.

• Lee, Lye Hoon. Resettlement of the Potong Pasir Community: A Study of Attitudes and Destinations. 1979.

• Heng, San-san. Mental Mapping of Potong Pasir. 1977.

• Jebamoney, Ebenezer. The Use of Space in Potong Pasir: Two Micro-studies. 1976.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yeo Hong Eng, a retired teacher, wrote two books on the places of his childhood – Tanah Merah Kechil, which was part of Bedok Village, and Kampong Chai Chee. He talks about both kampongs and working on his family’s farm in Chai Chee.

00:00 Introduction

07:11 Tanah Merah Kechil & Bedok Village

13:28 Moving to 262-B Peng Ghee Road

19:56 The Family House

30:21 Working on the Farm

36:27 Floods

40:21 Peng Ghee School

Mr Yeo can be contacted at yeohongengATyahoo.com.sg

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Jack Humphrey was an American geographer who conducted a study of Kampong Potong Pasir in the late 1970s with his Singaporean students. He talks about its layout, origins and multiracial population. He found that unlike what people had told him, Potong Pasir was not a bad slum, but a safe and friendly community. It was also being demolished but people were determined to stay.

00:00 Introduction

04:19 Coming to Malaya & Singapore

11:17 Fieldwork in Potong Pasir

20:10 Map of Potong Pasir

29:25 Misconceptions

37:27 Potong Pasir’s Origins

44:07 Ethnic Groups

51:36 Houses & Structures

In his research, Jack conducted a preliminary survey of Kampong Potong Pasir before it was demolished. The report has not been published though Jack hopes to do so. His students from the NUS Department of Geography conducted research on Potong Pasir for their Honours theses:

• Lee, Hoong Cheng. Kampong Potong Pasir: A Survey of its Existing Economic Activities 1979.

• Lee, Lye Hoon. Resettlement of the Potong Pasir Community: A Study of Attitudes and Destinations. 1979.

• Heng, San-san. Mental Mapping of Potong Pasir. 1977.

• Jebamoney, Ebenezer. The Use of Space in Potong Pasir: Two Micro-studies. 1976.

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

Do give us a like and subscribe to the channel for future episodes. Write to me lkshis@gmail.com if you have stories to share.

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ChroniclesOldSG

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