Selamat Hari Merdeka Ke-66
We’re 66! Can you believe it? Happy Independence Day!
Month: August 2023
Make a guess…
Looks familiar? Some of you may already know where this place is. We’d love to hear your comments. 🙂
SMI Military Band
The St Michael’s Institution military band, somewhere in the late 1960s… I wanted to be a drummer boy, but they gave my a euphonium, so I played that instead. We thank Andrew YC Loh for the above picture and caption.
A Parade in Ipoh
Here’s another two pictures from Mun Chor Seng. Does anyone recall this float parade? Or, perhaps you remember these unique floats?
Get that Hollywood look!
We thank Wei Ning Kuah for sharing this picture with us. We were told that this shop was founded in 1939, and that the photo dates back to the early days before the Japanese Occupation. It is said that the original premise was along Brewster Road.
Perak Academy Talk: The Universal Relevance Of Gandhi As A Principle Of Life
Perak Academy presents: The Universal Relevance Of Gandhi As A Principle Of Life by Prof Gollanapalli Prasad. This talk will be at Mamut Meeting Room (1st floor, no.1 Jalan Lasam, Greentown, Ipoh), at 7.45pm on Monday 21st August 2023. For more details, please contact Perak Academy: 016-4123724 or contact@perakacademy.com
Wedding Photo Ideas?
We have here Chen Seong Yin and his wife to be, Briggita, posing with a trishaw – as part of their wedding photo shoot. This was taken in August 1996 at the Darling Honemoon Villa in Ipoh Garden. Did you have a unique location for your wedding photo shoot?
“Mr Addis takes over”
According to this article (from Times of Malaya & Straits Echo, dated 16 September 1950), Mr Addis took over from Sir Ralph Hone – as Deputy Commissioner-General for Colonial Affairs South-East Asia. Major-General Ralph Hone was once the Chief Civil Affairs Officer responsible for the Peninsula; this was of course during the British Military Administration.