Part II of the old photo series. Hwa Chiao School. Hostel of the Hwa Chiao School. Cathay Cinema. It still looks similar! Bukit Istana. Bomba. This photo was taken in 1959! The building still standing strong!… Read more ›
Recently Tigersden emailed me some photos that he found in his house. Old photos of Batu Pahat that he wants to share with all. Here it is. Thanks tigersden! You can go to Tigersden’s blog to read more about it.… Read more ›
Few days ago, mum took out some old stuff and we saw this plastic bag that it was wrapped in! Ekonomi! Anyone still remembers it? It was one of the earliest supermarket we had! It was at the current Courts… Read more ›
Larry who previously sent some old photos of Batu Pahat sent me this recently too. Anyone knows where is this? The only info give is that it was taken in the mid 70s. Larry notes the contrast between the two… Read more ›
What happens to old Cinemas? Well, they become $1 shops. Well, here are two old cinemas, incidentally, both are One Stop Superstore too! I missed out taking the photo of the other one! This is the former Rex Cinema at… Read more ›
Walking along Jalan Rugayah, you can see this distinctly different building that is one of the few left in Batu Pahat. It’s some old government quarters. Just beside the quarters, you will see a huge billboard covering up an old… Read more ›
Thanks to Mr Chew Yang Hua, who has emailed me some old photos of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Batu Pahat taken in the 1950s. The following photos were taken by Yang Hua’s father. In the insert is the… Read more ›
Continuation from yesterday’s post. Photo 7: Parked Cars Photo 8: Roundabout Photo 9: Shops Photo 10: Temple Photo 11: Temple Photo 12: Pedestrian walking on the streets
Mr Larry Pupkiewicz, if you remembered contributed photos of the Aeriel View of BP from a postcard. A few days ago, he sent me more photos. Here’s a gift to all readers from Larry. I recognize some places but not… Read more ›
This photo was sent to me by John Chan, the secretariat of the upcoming Class of 1965 High School Reunion. Well, this is something new to me. I had to ask John if it’s labeled correctly haha.. Quoting from John’s… Read more ›
2 days ago, I got a surprise email from Larry Pupkiewicz who is from the US, but lived in Batu Pahat during 1975-1976. He taught Form 4 Math at Sekolah Datuk Bentara Luar. He said a teacher by the name… Read more ›
A short post only. Dug out this photo that was taken 2-3 weeks ago. This is Wisma Sejarah Batu Pahat. It’s located at the corner of Jalan Pejabat and Jalan Rahmat. I don’t know any much about it. Maybe someone… Read more ›