He made the best use of his time in the colony by learning Cantonese, and later Mandarin and travelled extensively in China. He held a number of Senior posts in Hong Kong, British Guiana and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), before being appointed as Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay […]
No, I wasn’t talking about Chan Sam Lock. I was referring to Majestic Photo Service (130 Brewster Road, Ipoh). According to the above receipt, the customer bought one set of R. C. A. 23″ Newport television for $1,030. A photo studio seling televisions? Hmm……
The Ipoh Bodega was the first European restaurant to open in Ipoh. Its doors opened on the 6th August 1904. Initially catering mainly to the lunchtime crowd, it began serving dinner shortly after and a month later began to stay open until 11pm, with music to entertain the liquor-drinkers. The weather was the death of […]
Here’s something to keep you occupied this weekend. What do you think this is?
Some of you may already recognise these men, famous brothers in the entertainment world (oops, gave away a big clue there!). Coincidentally, both were born in the month of October. Have any of you had the privilege of meeting them?
It is in our collection, but not yet listed in the database and may be difficult to guess. So let me give you a couple of clues: Probably unique, it came from a tin mine near Lahat and was invented by a British Mining Engineer! It dates from the days when appropriate machinery was not yet […]
Forget James Bond, here in Malaya we had a “super spy”. The photo isn’t all that clear (well, he was spy after all!), but you can more or less get a hint of what this spy looked like. Based on a press cutting, he was known as: “A cunning triple agent who was feted by […]
In keeping up with the Halloween theme, here’s a familiar landmark that may have had its fair share of spooky tales… Somewhat triangular in shape the Odeon is adjacent to St Michael’s Catholic graveyard and like the post-war Rex Theatre, rumours that it is haunted abound. One popular rumour is that if you ever take off your shoes […]
Blythe Spirit is a comic play written by Noel Coward which takes its title from Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “To a Skylark” (“Hail to thee, blythe Spirit! / Bird thou never wert”). The play concerns socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a […]
Looks familiar? Then perhaps you could tell us where in Ipoh this place is. We’d like to thank Ruth Iversen Rollitt for this gem. Ruth, if you’re reading this…SHHHH! Don’t give the readers the answer yet 🙂
Some people associate October with ghouls, spirits, and similar spooky stuff. Perhaps it’s because Halloween falls on 31st October; it could also be that we’ve just past the ‘Hungry Ghost’ month. Whatever the reason, some cinemas take advantage of the season by showing a variety of horror films. That being said, does anyone remember this […]
Stuck indoors because of the weather? Or, perhaps forced to stay at home because of the MCO? Well, here’s an idea of what you and your family could do to pass the time 🙂 When was the last time you played such a board game?
