Barry Yeow – Early Toa Payoh, From a Gang Life to Making Art Part 2 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Barry Yeow next joined the ‘369’ gang in Toa Payoh. He talks about gang culture between community, violence and crime. He committed his first offence as a juvenile and was placed on probation, but absconded and continued to offend. He was eventually arrested for drug consumption at the age of 16. Being in prison was difficult but he failed to rehabilitate despite chances to do so. He would spend nearly 28 years in prison in total. Part 1 | https://youtu.be/_DqoZjb6M3c Part 2 | https://youtu.be/KiBdCGItnsQ Part 3 | https://youtu.be/0Ht6bV6-22c 00:00 18 & 369 09:33 Gang Culture 15:28 Reign of Terror 24:19 Juvenile Offences 32:12 Jail & Drug Rehab 35:04 Relapse Barry Yeow@ 5seventeen: https://www.facebook.com/5seventeensg/ https://www.instagram.com/barryyeow/?hl=en I’m Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian. I’m interested in the history of Singapore and the lives of its people. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city today. We discuss three topics: 1. People and places. 2. Change and continuity. 3. The importance of heritage. As a historian, I try to stay true to the oral history method on a video format and social media platform. I let the interviewee speak, as the ‘voice of the past’ as Paul Thompson put it. No clickbait, no BS, no posturing. The aim is to canvas a wide range of voices on various aspects of Singapore history and heritage – physical, social, cultural, economic. Do like the video, share your memories below and subscribe to the channel for future episodes. Write to lohkahseng@chroniclesresearch.com if you have any of these stories to share: • Old places or kampongs. • Communities – their way of life & culture. • Childhood & schools. • Work or business. Support Chronicles of Old Singapore on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChroniclesofOldSingapore Follow the channel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551786759344 Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lks992002 Chronicles Research & Education is my research consultancy on the history of Singapore: https://www.chroniclesresearch.com/ Caveat: this is above all a podcast based on personal memory. As has been well-documented in oral history, memory is not always reliable and what is recalled here should not be taken as fact. However, as Alessandro Portelli noted, the subjectivity of oral history is also its great strength, and what is inaccurately remembered may point to how deeply meaningful the past is to people. #singaporehistory #memory #heritage #nostalgia #oralhistory #socialhistory #history #singapore