Most squash players may remember the squash courts at Fort Canning Centre. During the heydays of squash fever in the 70’s and early 80’s, names like Zainal Abidin and Peter Hill became synonymous with the game of squash. Besides Kampong Java Tennis and Squash Centre, I remembered having enjoyed a few games of squash using the Ascot racket with fellow classmates at Fort Canning. At that time, the building was pretty rundown and in dire need of renovations. Today, a stroll at Fort Canning brought back some happy memories as well as a peek into its history.
Before 1822, Fort Canning Hill was known as Bukit Larangan (meaning “Forbidden Hill”). It was so called because of age old legends that this hill was believed to be the sacred burial ground for kings of royalty.
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oh, i remember the squash fever of the 70′s and 80′s quite well.
share your questions, memories,..
like Park Avenue Squash, Lincoln Squash, Downtown Athletic Club, Park Place, Fifth Avenue, ….and many more in the boom days of hardball.
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Posted on August 4th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
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Posted on August 5th, 2009 at 9:44 am
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