After two years of secondary education at Upper Thompson, I joined Balestier Hill Technical School in 1971.Had to spend more time on the bus now, since it was far from home. Technical subjects were more interesting. Awareness of the world increased with teenage. Interest developed in music and movies. The Beatles broke up and George Harrison had a big hit with ‘My Sweet Lord’. We started skipping classes and going for movies.
Women’s liberation movement was going on and our class teacher, a lady, decides to change the seating arrangement. She made the boys sit in front and the girls at the back. Next day, the boys decide not to allow it and returned to their old places. She gets angry but accepts it.
British armed forces pull out of Singapore and Father becomes redundant. Parents decide to move to India. On 14/3/1972, we leave for India on steamship S.S. Rajula.
UPDATE: I found some old pictures of Balestier Hill Secondary School - 1972. They are shown below.
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| Jurong Bird Park - with friends from Balestier Hill Technical School - 1972 |
Women’s liberation movement was going on and our class teacher, a lady, decides to change the seating arrangement. She made the boys sit in front and the girls at the back. Next day, the boys decide not to allow it and returned to their old places. She gets angry but accepts it.
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| Jurong Bird Park - with friends from Balestier Hill Technical School - 1972 |
British armed forces pull out of Singapore and Father becomes redundant. Parents decide to move to India. On 14/3/1972, we leave for India on steamship S.S. Rajula.
UPDATE: I found some old pictures of Balestier Hill Secondary School - 1972. They are shown below.
Hi george, it was very nice to see pictures of balestier hill secondary school. it brought back many fond memories.My father was a watchmen at the school & we used to live in the watch man quaters. many years later, i visited the school, sadly, it has been torn down, like most things in singapore . The pictures brought fond memories, hope u have more pics, Stan sukhwant
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DeleteI have updated the above blog and included some old photos of BHSS.Hope you like them.
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George
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ReplyDeletecool any old pic from bhss i am bhss too graduate from 2010 :D haha nice i love to see old pic . Now i am in ITE my teacher also from this school lol His name was Jayson Fu lol :D .. haha
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george
This is great stuff... memories my friend...... graduated in 1985.. missed those years there..........
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george
Love the photos! Thanks
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george
Greetings George,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pics. I was in BHTS from 1971-1974. Made many friends there and are still in contact with them. Many nostalgic and fond memories. Please post more pics if you have them. I am currently living in southern California, hence the question, was the school demolished? Best Regards, Kiat
hi kiat,thanks for the comment.i was there during 1971-72 so we may have seen each other.i live in india now.i heard the school was demolished and a new,bigger and modern building had come up.
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george
The Election Department is taking over the site by moving from princep street to BHTS.. Only recent few years it start to demolished before that, the place is still intact as i used to passby there often by upper thomson road
ReplyDeletethank you for the information regarding the recent developments at BHTS. sad to know that it will no longer be a school.
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george
Been so long, I was there from 71 - 75 (I think, not 100% sure) I am currently living in Hanover PA but working in Baltimore. Met my first girl friend there lol!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment. Glad to know that you were there during the 70's.
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george
Greetings George,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your postings of the old pictures of our memorable school(BHTS).The large field that we spend most of our time at playing soccer,atheletics and many other physical activities and yes i was a scout then spending much of my times in the field building those wooden structures,indeed bring back fond memories and the numerous campfires we had and inviting girls guide from neighouring schools to join us.I was there(1972-1976)back then i remember RI an SJI boys came to our school for Technical classes.I remember LKY second son came too for his lesson by chaueffer driven white MercedesBenz.There are many fond memories both good and bad which i still treasure.
Thank you for the comment. Glad you like the old pictures of our school. I was a scout in primary school and still remember all the fun we had including campfires.
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George
Hi George
DeleteThanks for bringing back the fond memories. It must have been >50yrs,everyone trying to look cool. We are still in contact with some in your photos. You certainly have a colourful & adventurous life. Keep on
blogging.
Beng Hong
Hi Beng Hong
DeleteSo nice to see a comment from an old classmate. Yes it has been about 50 years. We were about 15 in those days,teenagers trying to be cool. Thank you so much for the comment.
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George