For some, memory lane isn’t just a metaphorical place – it’s a physical reality! Jerome shares with us his memories from a ‘lane’, or rather a street that bears a lot of memories: Waterloo Street, where the old SJI boy spent a lot of time in his youth. Starting from the junction of Bras Basah end, Jerome takes us on a walking tour down Waterloo Street and beyond.
One of the more interesting places Jerome points out is the old Middle Road Church, which besides being a place of worship was also once a car workshop:
Further up the east side of the street, at the end of the stretch at the junction with Middle Road, a rather fascinating sight would greet us: a white building in the shaped of a church, with its walls covered in streaks of oil from the business that was being carried out in the building. The building had indeed once had been put to more dignified use: as the Middle Road Church. Somewhere along the way, however, it had been converted into a car workshop, complete with a yard scattered with fenders and exhaust pipes! The building has since been restored and has found a new lease of life as a bright orange painted Arts Centre called Sculpture Square.
There are certainly plenty of historical and significant buildings down this street, so take a virtual walk down in Where you could once have your car fixed in a church: Memories of Waterloo Street.
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