Wan Chan Peew – Staff Quarters & Roads of the Naval Base | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wan Chan Peew and I pour over an old map and his photos of the Naval Base to remember its staff quarters, roads, gates, drains, schools, cinema, and more. Full episodes Ep1 | https://youtu.be/QT4dJlf9T5g Ep2 | https://youtu.be/MahrdwtAY0U Ep3 | https://youtu.be/uhrM-WpMX_c Ep4 | https://youtu.be/DN-RK-aO84Y 00:00 Kowloon Road 01:58 The Gates 04:00 Roads of the Empire 10:57 Canberra Primary School 11:34 Delhi Road 12:52 Finance Department 13:29 Naval Base Cinema 16:35 After the Pullout 18:00 Canberra Gate 19:54 Blk 14 Kowloon Road 23:35 Canberra Sports Day 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 of Old Singapore is also the name of 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