Saturday, May 23, 2009

A first entry into a serviceman's diary - First Impressions on landing in Singapore

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Writer: Ted Wilkins, RAF Seletar
Posted by at 5/23/2009 08:46:00 PM
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2 comments:

Steve said...

Cracking Review. Remember it like it was yesterday.
A truly fantasic passage in time.

July 28, 2010 2:17 AM
Vic Worley said...

I can remember the sites and sounds of Jalan Kayu,having lived there in 1970.I lived in a bungalow in Jalan Talan Piring,backing onto the afore mentioned shops.Also the smells from the various Hawker stands and food outlets.

Returned in 2008,all the old wooden shops/business premises have long gone,to be replaced with landscaped grass verges and new road surfaces.Found my old house was still there and was for-sale!

Strange feeling re-visiting a location which to me epitomised the old Singapore,a place now so changed but in the memories of all the servicemen/women who were so lucky to have served here.

Unable to locate the fish-ponds,have they been filled-in and redeveloped?

September 29, 2010 6:06 PM

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