1819

1819 is a labour of love by Mothership.sg where we tell stories from Singapore's history, heritage and culture.

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Hands up if you agree Milo vans should go to offices where suffering adults are

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A look back to how Lee Hsien Loong & Goh Chok Tong became Prime Ministers https://t.co/AkSPn5lwOB

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53-year-old record shop in Chinatown has been losing S$1k a month for the past 3 years https://t.co/qKXb5gAZxV

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Toyota Crown taxi, claimed to be one of last 2 in S’pore, spotted casually hanging out in Simei https://t.co/PcKxn2U2iU

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*crush appears* Guess I’ll go offline and then online again

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The SIA S’pore Girl’s iconic sarong kebaya uniform is 50 years old, nearly as old as S’pore https://t.co/wXbo5HRoJR

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hypebeast smh

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Someone actually got a top PSLE score of 420 in 1983 https://t.co/HN7tj2eClO

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me: u can go ahead n borrow my stuff!! :)
also me:

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8 year olds be like

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S’pore’s land area expanded by 25% in past 200 years https://t.co/h4pmdWEn7e

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Other people's puberty gave them undercuts and chiselled jawlines. Ours gave us acne 😭

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Pandan Valley Condominium built in 1977 when S’poreans weren’t familiar with condo concept https://t.co/PO9TiXu8dI

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Esplanade area, 1970s vs today. (Photos via NAS & screenshot from Videohive)

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Michael Jackson shopped at Sim Lim Square, caused mob at Raffles Hotel in 1993 & 1996 https://t.co/9A4FDvBWhg

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who do you save??

Photo by Ratchawut Lapis Cherdchuvanit.

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Potong pasir in the past.

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British photographer who took photos of S’pore in 1966 came back in 2016 https://t.co/t14cfAt4Ec

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Axe Brand oil founder’s eldest son, who popularised product in Middle East, passed away at 89 https://t.co/JaTOq76POh

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Bukit Ho Swee residents lived with the dead https://t.co/SF485UJQhO

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Make ice cream also can become so ripped.

Photo of ice cream maker (1962) via NAS.