Not satisfied with finding just one Spooner Road in Singapore, in tribute to Charles Edwin Spooner of the Federated Malay States Railway, Jerome discovers another Spooner road approximately 500 km north – in the former mining boomtown of Ipoh.
Just like in Singapore, Spooner Road, or Jalan Spooner in Ipoh was associated with the railway system and appears to have been a place where time stood still.
As it is with Singapore’s Spooner Road, driving down the road also gave an impression that it was a place where time had stood still, particularly when the first few signs of civilisation down the road came into view. A few wooden houses stood on the right, with a few signs of life: a boy wearing a clinical mask playing outside his home and a barking dog up the metalled driveway of the road that led to another house. On the right there was an old wooden shophouse that was shuttered, and a motor workshop with a few motorcycles parked in front.
The buildings in Jalan Spooner appear dilapidated and abandoned, opposed to the ones in Singapore which are still in use. But in Singapore, I don’t think such buildings will be allowed to stand abandoned – especially those standing on prime land. To check out the other Spooner Road, read Jerome’s post here.
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