Woon Yew Thong – Jurong Crescent Road & Nanyang University Part 1 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Woon Yew Thong began to research his family history when his father Woon Khai Boon passed away 10 years ago. This centred around the staff quarters at Jurong Crescent Road where they lived (since demolished and expunged). His father worked as a technician at the nearby Jurong Transmitting Station. In the distance was the Chinese-medium Nanyang University, founded in 1956. This expanse of rural Jurong Road is now replaced by the Pioneer MRT station and mall.

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/GVbfvy0vxR0
Part 2 | https://youtu.be/orYO2hFbtX0

00:00 Introduction
02:25 My Search for the Past
08:31 Staff Quarters
14:39 14½ Mile before Pioneer
18:05 Old Nanyang University
24:32 The Jurong Transmitting Station
28:46 60 Jurong Crescent Road
38:19 Layout of the House
45:39 Christmas Parties

Jurong Crescent Road – Priceless memories of the 60’s
https://woonfamily.com/jurong-crescent-road/

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.

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Write to lohkahseng@chroniclesresearch.com if you have any of these stories to share:
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• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

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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.

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