Stories – Neighbourhood Folktales

Stories

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Ms Lam (49)

Lived at shophouses along old Lim Chu Kang Rd. Whenever it rains heavily, the road will be flooded with rainwater. As our house is on higher ground of the road, we as kids would stand in front of our house and watch the vehicles attempting to cross the road where it is flooded. Of course, …

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Mr Fow

The most significant part in the neighbourhood are the food places. There was a lot of places that serve great food around from local and traditional to fast food. Although I always ate from the same few places most of the time, it was interesting as there always new food stalls coming and going which …

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Mdm Low

My most significant part of my neighbourhood is the kampong spirit and how everybody knew one another and would help one another out. I used to live in a 2-storey shophouse in Jeddah Street and all the kids would always come together to play with one another, doing all sorts of funny things and playing …

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Aaron (47)

I lived in the west part of Singapore Ghim Moh Road when I was in Primary School, and Dover Crescent during my teenage years. I enjoyed playing football at the HDB void deck with strangers during my younger years, and in my teenage years, I enjoy jogging along the Pandan Canal and swimming with friends …

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Angie (48)

The most significant part of the neighbourhood is behind the housing estate is a Chinese Teochew Cemetery. I would walk through the cemetery everyday to go to school and to take the public transport as the bus stop is situated opposite it. After years of living there, it became a convenient and comfortable commuting route …

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Hamisa

Lived at Bukit Timah RaceCourse. The most memorable memory is when my father worked at the turf club and saw my father walk the horses out every morning.

Juliana W.

To me, the most significant part of my neighbourhood is the coffeeshop near my house. The coffeeshop has been there for a very long time now and every day without fail, i would head down to get myself a cup of coffee. To me, they have the best coffee in my neighbourhood.

Rakin (18)

The most significant part of my neighbourhood is Whampoa Park Connector. It’s where i discovered fun, animals and the great outdoors. I also discovered that my most recent love lives along there as well.