tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post8360745994202868538..comments2024-03-11T17:19:06.567-07:00Comments on My Chew Joo Chiat Story: Joo Chiat Changing Scene 3 - Story TellerPhilip Chewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-34930317012556795182015-02-09T16:25:06.410-08:002015-02-09T16:25:06.410-08:00The temple is actually located at Telok Ayer Stree...The temple is actually located at Telok Ayer Street. Diagonally from Cross Street.it is 天福宮 or commonly called 媽祖宮。alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922085204885727908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-76105062806328445792014-10-28T08:15:53.718-07:002014-10-28T08:15:53.718-07:00I think it is in the vicinity of Cross Street wher...I think it is in the vicinity of Cross Street where there is a Chinese temple. The story telling was outside the temple as shown in the picture.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-66979411754452737532014-10-28T03:37:57.847-07:002014-10-28T03:37:57.847-07:00I think that photo of the story telling session wa...I think that photo of the story telling session was taken in chinatown.remember mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09796440333956121265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-86333745528843961012008-09-14T00:20:00.000-07:002008-09-14T00:20:00.000-07:00I am not very sure. I think it was a PWD depot. Be...I am not very sure. I think it was a PWD depot. Behind the depot was the quarters for Public Cleansing Department daily rated workers.Philip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-34290312680942707082008-09-13T06:34:00.000-07:002008-09-13T06:34:00.000-07:00Hi Philip, would you be able to recall what was th...Hi Philip, would you be able to recall what was the "office" along Joo Chiat Place, next to the Shell station, it was likely a governmental "station" was it PWD, PUB? it was between Tembling road and Joo Chiat road. All fenced up withalexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922085204885727908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-23567170645529043232008-05-21T20:41:00.000-07:002008-05-21T20:41:00.000-07:00Rediffusion at Joo Chiat Road was a sales office. ...Rediffusion at Joo Chiat Road was a sales office. The broadcasting station was at the present Singapore Shopping Centre or there about, fronting Clemenceau AveunuePhilip Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00471104380601032313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-33138656311492271502008-05-20T10:08:00.000-07:002008-05-20T10:08:00.000-07:00Actually, my dad was a friend of the shell petrol ...Actually, my dad was a friend of the shell petrol station owner (since he is a shell station operator himself). My earliest memories of Joo Chiat district was following my dad to visit that station. Remember fondly that Reddifusion was right next to the station. No idea if its just the sales office or the broadcasting office since I was pretty young at that time. <BR/>Actually, the spark plug firing thing. Its actually what i recall too from the mechanics that used to work for dad...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822694647652623373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-45950145421308261152008-05-16T02:54:00.000-07:002008-05-16T02:54:00.000-07:00Yes, I was already laughing before I read your par...Yes, I was already laughing before I read your para 2 about the mechanic's primitive diagnostic.<BR/><BR/>The Pa Ong Chias that was clamped down affected those pirate taxis cruising on the roads. Those at the Shell Station, somehow managed to carry on. It stopped probably due to poor businessPChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246226278619934355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-72200500448782527992008-05-15T08:27:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:27:00.000-07:00Oh I forgot to add - I think the Pa Ong Chias (pir...Oh I forgot to add - I think the <I>Pa Ong Chias</I> (pirate taxis) disappeared in the 60's or 70's because of a government clamped-down.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1380976373019426511.post-72542919370095530572008-05-15T08:12:00.000-07:002008-05-15T08:12:00.000-07:00I remember the Shell station. It operated well int...I remember the Shell station. It operated well into the 1980s. Once I repaired my 1000cc Mini Clubman there. The mechanic there took out one of the spark plugs while the engine was running, plug one of his fingers into the hole and told me in Hokkien, "This cylinder is not firing."<BR/><BR/>You may be laughing at his primitive diagnostic procedure but the best part was that he was right!Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.com