Singapore

The Harper family were posted to Singapore in 1957 until July 1959 being stationed at RAF Changi first and then at RAF Tengah, Some recollections of that time are described in Lam Chun See's blog site called Good Morning Yesterday which was set up mainly for a nostalgic look at Kampong life in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the idea then developed to publish articles by people who had been children of service personnel in Singapore during that period. I contributed eight articles covering different aspects of this wonderful time in a foreign landand the articles I have written for Lam Chun See's Good Morning Yesterday blog are reproduced here. Some parts of the articles also appear in Derek Tait's new book.

Memories of Singapore and Malaya - a new book by Derek Tait.

A NEW book by Derek Tait out now. Find out more here

There is much to see and do in Sinagpore the usual three day stpover you can get on flights to Australia and New Zealand are just not long enough for me and if I can I stay for a week. Below is a selection of links spanning visits from 1957 to 2003.

Jurong Bird Park, Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden	Singapore Zoological Garden,
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve	Arab Street Textiles
Sunday Morning Birdsong	Harper Family in Singapore 1957 - 1959
Stamps Prior to Malayan Independence 1957	State of Singapore Stamps 1959
Singapore Botanical Gardens	Haw Par Villa (Tiger Balm Gardens) Photo copyright Dave Papworth
Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve	Changi 2007
Katong 2007	Botanical Gardens Photo Album

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Here are some links to interesting sites on the topic of Singapore.

Memories of Singapore run by Tom O'Brien

The site contains many photographs and images contributed by people who lived in Singapore during the 1960s' and early '70s. Many of whom are ex-pupils of St. John's Comprehensive School, Bourne Secondary School, and of other BFES Schools that were once in Singapore.

PICAS The Singapore Picture Archive

A wonderful pictorial archive with photos on many different topics dating back to before the second world war.

Fairypoint's Webshot Photo Album

A photo collection of Pre-war Singapore, Selletar, Changi Creek, East Coast, The Changi Tree, Pulau Ubin & Pulau Tekong. Well worth dropping by for a look! There is also a photograph entitled Old Changi Post Office.

This building was just down the road from where we lived on Wittering Road.

The Changi Murals

The Changi Murals were painted between 1942 and 1943 by a British Prisoner of War, Bombardier Stanley Warren, of 15 Field Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery. This site gives some of the background to them being painted and their later restoration by the artist.

The Keropok Man

Visit the Keropok man for a daily photograph of Singapore (Keropok is Prawn Cracker)

Images of Singapore

Similar to Keropok Man there is a new photograph of modern day Singapore nearly every day.