tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post4427312310021950181..comments2024-03-11T17:19:06.567-07:00Comments on My Chew Joo Chiat Story: History of Mountbatten RoadPhilip Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-36438132209062945052014-05-11T18:30:16.916-07:002014-05-11T18:30:16.916-07:00The hawker had made his laksa Katong laksa famous ...The hawker had made his laksa Katong laksa famous not only in Singapore but also in other parts of the world. Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-44733934234397146392014-05-11T13:07:52.950-07:002014-05-11T13:07:52.950-07:00I raised in one of those houses along Mountabatten...I raised in one of those houses along Mountabatten Road. The house is still in the same condition as we left it. The family sold the place when I was 21 and that was 30 years ago. Memories of the place lives on in thoughts and in old photographs. When I was a young boy, once my mom brought me to the beach in front of Katong Park and it was filled with so many starfishes that we simply could not walk along the sandy beach. I also remember dad driving us to some old derelict seafront bungalows whereby we will buy Laksa and eat them on broken chairs and tables littered around the beach and under some big trees that provided a lot of shade. My granddad had a wooden speed boat then and we took it to the sea. I can go on and on here. Lots of fond memories. Written by K C Tan and now living in London.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521936343589269374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-75847312190206031542009-07-30T02:26:07.250-07:002009-07-30T02:26:07.250-07:00i've just moved to this area and i love walkin...i've just moved to this area and i love walking around because it is just so full of history.. and this blog is amazing.. now i have some references when i go out walking next time.andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03260003207256085355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-41426234739963988322009-05-15T06:56:00.000-07:002009-05-15T06:56:00.000-07:00Thanks for the input. I was a Raffles Institution ...Thanks for the input. I was a Raffles Institution student from 1951 to 1954.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-80259802080240534602009-05-15T06:32:00.000-07:002009-05-15T06:32:00.000-07:00If the Kallang Airport was not built, Raffles Inst...If the Kallang Airport was not built, Raffles Institution would have been resited from Bras Basah Road to the present Old Kallang Airport HDB Estate in the mid-1930s; from Guillemard Road side to the S.Geylangprofessorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00809618698123403356noreply@blogger.com