Michael , you truly deserve an accolade from Singapore , your footage is timeless

@Triadii

4 жыл бұрын

indeed. footage quality is mindblowing for '83

Thanks. If you wish to see more of old Singapore search YT with 'michael rogge singapore'

@naifongkoh6953

4 жыл бұрын

MichaelRogge Love your work mate!! U captured history & the demolished past ❤️

@Triadii

4 жыл бұрын

These video's are really impressive. 480p and image stabilizer is unthinkable for the 80s where most people would take a picture and call it enough.

Watching these videos make me nostalgic to a life I never lived. Thanks for sharing these wonderful videos, Mr. Rogge!

This is really something that bring back all past memories of Clark quay Singapore. The old block of 1 room flat had transformed into beautiful Central shopping mall and also Swiss hotel merchant court. It has long gone. I born in 1975 and stay right opposite Clark quay in 1 room flat which right now still stand still along Chin Swee road. Thanks Michael!!!

@michaelijsbrand

6 жыл бұрын

Happy memories indeed.

You have the best videos of old singapore ,. thank you Michael Rogge.

Thank You for this, bring back the faded memories of yesterday. How beautiful was it then. I am a few lucky one still staying nearby.

Michael, thanks for these old clips of Singapore. Much appreciated.

Thank you. These are beautiful. Being born in 1989, I missed the chance to experience how life was before things progressed. I learnt a lot about my country from this footage.

The boat quay of Singapore was my familiar place as I used to frequent it and especially when I was assigned to tally the missing rubber bale from the consignment from Sarawak to Singapore in 1980

there should be a cinematic museum to preserve this sort of cultural heritage

Thank you Michael Rogge for sharing these vintage scenes of Singapore. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

well thank u mr Rogge , wished that you could lived another 100 years .. i nominate u in hall of fame !

👍 thank you. Boat quay I remember as a smelly place. It had a strong stench near those boats and my father likes to bring us there for teochew porridge lunch.

5:39 - Didn't realize ATM screen used Cantonese at that time (請放入咭) That was also around the time when Cantonese and other Chinese dialects were banned from TV

Love your footage, thanks for having done this!

Ironical we have to see this footage from an Ang Mor, back then civil service too poor or just not bothered to record this part of Sinky history. Heartfelt thanks to Mr. Rogge for his vision, we are in your collective debt.

Wow I was a small kid back then... this is so surreal of how it was back then.. now its just like a fancy F&B establishment!

Thks Michael for the wonderful memories! Hope you are doing well today!

That's really sad how they demolished that historic area. Part of their heritage gone forever.

@rudolffabrie3233

5 жыл бұрын

nativetexanful. Historic area??? Old rubbish you mean!

@jimk1899

5 жыл бұрын

The buildings were extremely old and many were, in fact, crumbling, posing much danger to dwellers and passers-by alike. I should know, I grew up in the late-60's/early-70's often following my parents to visit old friends and relatives many of whom lived in such places. My own parents, in fact, lived in similar conditions in the Bugis Street / Victoria Street areas. It was unfortunate, but a 'necessary evil'. Having said this, significant swathes of these 'old city' area were preserved and renovated for modern commercial purposes in the Chinatown, Telok Ayer, Little India, Duxton Plain (Tanjong Pagar), North Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, and Arab Street vicinities. So, not all have been lost.

my grandfather rented office at boat quay early 1985 wow really bring back memories.

Know this place very well thank you for sharing your beautiful story very nice thanks

@arnoldibay5929

Жыл бұрын

mrs. corey, i always see a comment from you on these nostalgic singapore videos. i can tell you really love and miss the place. i visited once in july of 2003 with my future wife and really like the place. anyway, i hope you're doing well. if not, may you rest in peace. april 30, 2023

Teochew street at 2:00 Brings back alot of childhood memories to me.

Dear Michael, did you film this yourself? I find the juxtaposition of shophouses against the 'modern' high-rises intriguing, especially the slow panning upwards of the high-rise housing block.

@5:44 seems like the open office concept went back way in time. Amazing footage!

Outstanding vid. Thanks for the memories.

Uncle MichaelRogge, Thanks with the video in Boat Quay area,found many memories in those day when i was a kid. Uncle MichaelRogge if you have a video area like Anugus street,Fisher St,Cumming St,Solomon St,Keng Cheow St,with many more in that area.Thanks with your sharing.

@simroysten7963

Жыл бұрын

Should be Angus St by the Singapore River.

My heart is aching...

Michael fhank u so much

Thank you again.

👍Thanks for sharing !

at 0:20 mark, it's Ardmore Park (foreground) and Draycott Park in background. But they are at Anderson Road, far from Boat Quay.

holy shyt escape from new york,snake plisskin.....lmao when i first watched that movie it was like late 2000s.......and here it is live in singapore 1983.......and blade runner came out in 1982.....and alien 1979......can u imagine catching all these movies in real life.....it would be mind blowing at that time,still mind blowing decades later.....

Very interesting though the title is a bit of a misnomer since you covered areas in Bugis and Little India as well. Two observations - at that time, who decided which shophouses to demolish and which to conserve (and now raking in its owners millions)? Also, why was the Teochew St HDB blocks demolished after just 20 odd years? (Since Clarke quay central was completed in 2007, these blocks would have been demolished by the early 2000s)

@obiwan88

2 жыл бұрын

Your point being? Or are you one of those that like to find bones in an egg?

artistic and authentic, hope you are living a great life

OH mine, where did u get all these films Michael, the flat towards the right in 1:45 is where my uncle used to live, and I was thinking about that for the last few days :)

Sweet memories of childhood.

Those protected area signs have been updated and can still be seen all around the island.

still remembered the huge basement and gaping hole in the ground when Raffles City was built back then. priceless footage. anyway it is demolition, not demolishment. 😊

@jimk1899

5 жыл бұрын

Demolishment is legit. Archaic, but legit still.

Today it's all fancy restaurants. Had a nice meal there 6 years ago.

awww that poor lady in 5:24 didn't have a mask to protect against the lead fumes

This is really well shot. Shows the oppressive ugliness of much of the new.

@jimk1899

5 жыл бұрын

Wait till you get inside one of these dwellings to experience the oppressive ugliness of the old. I've seen it all in my youth. It's not pleasant, I assure you. Give me the oppressive ugliness of the new any day; I'll take it!

They were playing Checkers (Br Eng) aka Draughts (Am Eng) or popularly known as “Dum” in Singapore.

2:14 is Bugis.

2:17 is the construction of bras basah complex I believe

At 0:15 mark, is that Draycott Park in the background?

Great clip! Shows how much have been destroyed in the name of progress!

@jimk1899

5 жыл бұрын

Or do nothing in the name of nostalgia

Progress, how sad but guessed with an over growing population, the old has to make way for the new. Hope it does not come to that of HK , where the density is crippling in terms of space. Ta

Nice music

Fortunately you shoot all these places especially Lavender river side. I miss this Lavender River old style view. If you have Joo Chiat Terrace do update me. I come from Joo Chait Terrace i been looking for Joo Chiat Terrace Vedio & Pictures.

awesome..the year i was born!

Wht is this backround music??it s very cute.

Life out of balance

Sweet memories

This is Kuala Lumpur today

Sayang ITU old building maa....

This is a trick to turn the property to state

All the old people in the footage are dead.

Changi airport singapore made time 1984 modal video upload

Renovation not demolishment

My grandma is soooooooo young lol

Most of your video show only chinese, singapore is multiculture there are other races too.

@Amidat

5 жыл бұрын

it is 3/4 ethnic Chinese - so it's not strange

@Maquifard

3 жыл бұрын

Singapore 75% population is still Chinese.

@shakaslatino5806

3 жыл бұрын

@@Amidat not to surprise most of them are import not ori born in sjngapore