This weekend (3 & 4 Dec 2011) and the next (10 & 11 Dec 2011), get a hair cut, mend your shoes, get your fortune told and snack on kachang puteh and iceballs at prices from days of yore.
The Heritage Along Footpaths project seeks to re-introduce trades that were once common in the past at two designated sites within the Bras Basah and Bugis precinct – the Singapore Art Museum and Stamford Arts Centre (along the mural wall facing Middle Road).
At each of the sites, tradesmen that were once commonly found along alleyways or five-foot ways – namely street barbers, cobblers, fortune tellers, ice-ball sellers and kachang puteh sellers – will ply their wares at the prices of yesteryears.
Here’s a sneak peek at the respective tradesmen in action!
50 cents per haircut
20 cents per iceball
50 cents to get your fortune told
20 cents for a packet of kachang puteh.
*hint: stock up for these and join us at Asian Civilisations Museum’s ‘It’s a Great Great World’ screening later in the evening.
50 cents to get your shoes mended
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