http://yesterday.sg A heritage social media portal Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 8 February 2012 – 24 June 2012 National Library Singapore, Level 10, National Library Gallery Visit the exhibition and find out more about Adam Park and its role as one of Britain’s defence positions in Singapore during the World War II (WWII). The exhibition features a physical recreation of the typology ... http://yesterday.sg/exhibitions/four-days-in-february-adam-park-the-last-battle/ A soft launch of Lam Chun See's latest publication, Good Morning Yesterday: Growing Up in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s, took place at the Peranakan Museum on 4 Feb 2012. Congratulations to Lam Chun See on the publication of his book. In Good Morning Yesterday: Growing Up in Singapore in ... http://yesterday.sg/uncategorised/good-morning-yesterday-growing-up-in-singapore-in-the-1950s-and-1960s/ Liz Garcia shares a late 1960s picture of a postman working in Johor Bahru on Derek Tait's Sampans, Banyans and Rambutans: Together, Derek and Liz talk about the people who used to work in the neighbourhood like the postman and the gardener. You can read their post here. Their memories remind ... http://yesterday.sg/reflections/who-are-the-people-in-your-neighbourhood/ The Manila Art Blogger writes about the Filipino contributions to Chimera, the Collectors Show of contemporary Asian art from around the world. [caption id="attachment_19259" align="aligncenter" width="223" caption="Tabaimo, video still from "Midnight Sea", from the collection of the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art"][/caption] The Manila Art Blogger writes: We Pinoys could righlty crow about ... http://yesterday.sg/exhibitions/pinoy-pride-at-the-singapore-art-museum/ Do you know what a creche is? It's an older word, and we are more familiar with the modern term childcare centre. James Seah explores our community childcare centres through pictures from the National Archives through the 1950s to 70s. [caption id="attachment_19256" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Image from the National Archives of Singapore"][/caption] James ... http://yesterday.sg/lifestyle/creches-through-time/ 1985 Cultural Medallion artist, Mr Tay Chee Toh is a master of many traditional art mediums. He did his formal arts education at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) from 1958 to 1960 and have been a fine art artists for the last 5 decades. Specilising in chinese ink, oil, ... http://yesterday.sg/art/tay-chee-toh-relives-traditional-woodblock-prints-at-dayak/ At Good Morning Yesterday, Tim Light remembers his amah, Kim, who looked after his household when he was a child of the 60s. Throughout our time in Singapore we always had an Amah, as did most of the people we knew. Our Amah had her own room or quarters (depending on ... http://yesterday.sg/lifestyle/tim-light-remembers-his-amahs/ The Distinguished Patron of the Arts Award was instituted in 1989 to recognise individuals or organisations which have contributed towards the promotion of cultural and artistic activities in Singapore. Into it's 23rd year, the National Arts Council's Patron of the Arts Award is now open for your nomination. If you know ... http://yesterday.sg/uncategorised/vote-your-art-supporter-for-patron-of-the-arts-awards/ We've featured him many times here on Yesterday.sg - now you can read the book! FOYer Chun See announced over the weekend that his book, a compilation of reflections about life in the 50s and 60s has just been published and is on sale at the bookstores. From Chun See's blog: Dear ... http://yesterday.sg/people/good-morning-yesterday-the-book/ The Rojak Librarian uncovers the story of Tan Chor Lam, buried in Bukit Brown Cemetary, contemporary of Teo Eng Hock and Lim Nee Soon, and first president of the Singapore branch of the Tung Meng Hui - the Chinese revolutionary movement started by Sun Yat-sen. The Rojak Librarian explores the life ... http://yesterday.sg/people/tan-chor-lam-a-revolutionary-in-singapore/