Comments on: Heritage and Nature Walks

By: Sue Amy

Sue Amy — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:04:07 +0000

Thanks, Gregg for the malteaser memories of Seletar. Can you send me a digital version of your photos? I can add them here. You may be interested to know that there is an RAF Seletar Association who arrange trips to Singapore every 1-2 years to walk down memory lane and take in the NEW that Singapore offers.

By: gregg taylor

gregg taylor — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:15:51 +0000

i lived in 3 hampstead gardens in 1966/67 my family corpral john taylor royal signals and mum sherley my older brother david and younger sister beverley, i dont remember much about school there i remember the golf course and swimming pool, if any one knew us we had a little fruit monkey as a pet and you would only get past her judy if you gave her malteasers, we use to have the coconut tree in the front garden and a guy use to come and get the coconuts down for us, i have some old photos around if any one is intrested,
gregg

By: Sue Amy

Sue Amy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:43:59 +0000

You can go to the National Archives. Interviewing long-time residents can also get you some interesting and personal information. Enjoy your project! Sue

By: sue

sue — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:25:26 +0000

Hi, I am writing an article for school about the history and development of the seletar hills subzone, kindly point me in the right direction. Is there any information anyone can share, or books relating this area?

Please contact me at exquisite-illusion@hotmail.com, thanks.

By: David Taylor

David Taylor — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:39:15 +0000

Peter, As well as Membership secretary for the RAF Seletar Association I also wrote the history of Seletar – Crowning Glory – and would be interested to know if you have any data that might be of help for an update. Any documents, photos, personal recollections etc, all are valuable, especially now that the base is more or less defunct. I was a good friend of Grp Cpt Maisner, the last RAF CO, and he helped a lot, albeit that he was suffering form Parkinsons disease, and as a result unable to converse very well. He loaned me all his albums, and contributed in so many other ways.
I do have some good photographs of No1 Park Lane, as well as video footage.
Regards,
Dave Taylor

By: Sue Amy

Sue Amy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:00:03 +0000

Hi George

Well, as you will know, Seletar Camp certainly isn’t what it used to be. You might like to join the RAF Seletar Association, where you can get information on Seletar as it was. On this website, I simply endeavour to keep the candle burning and will publish pictures of Seletar as it was before the dreadful facelift. Also if there are any get-togethers, I’ll let you know. Many previous Seletar Camp residents have fled to Seletar Hills!

Warm wishes

Sue

By: Sue Amy

Sue Amy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:57:13 +0000

Dear Peter

Sorry for the ever so slow response to your note. I’ve been in England, and got snowed up at my mother’s, where there is no such thing as the internet.

You may have read about the changes to Seletar, a great tragedy. Park Lane is under wraps at the moment, so I am unable to say whether it is still standing, but I could send you a picture taken about a year ago. Unfortunately, your old school has been torn down. Dave Taylor has some pictures of it in recent years, when it was very delapidated.

I do recommend your joining the RAF Seletar Association. They are very active, do tours to Singapore, reunions national and regional and put together a great quarterly full of reminiscences.

I’m still around Singapore, though sadly no longer in Seletar. Do let me know if I can be of further help.

Warm wishes

Sue

By: PETER SEYMOUR

PETER SEYMOUR — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:01:43 +0000

Hi,
I’ve been trawling Seletar based websites as I’m writing our fmily history. My father . Group captain R G Seymour was CO from 552-54 and I spent 21/2 very happy years there as a boy, attending Seletar school and living at 1,Park Lane. Later I followed into my father’s footsteps, joining the RAF and retiring in 1994. I’d be very interested in Seletar news!

By: george pasqual

george pasqual — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:37:55 +0000

I am a resident of neigbbouring Seletar Hills and have always enjoyed the green and old world ambience of the Seletar Base, having spent a lot of my younger days golfing and soaking in the woodsy areas there. I wrote an article in the press about saving the rustic landscape of the area and the many tembusu trees that have existed for maybe more than 100 years. I would like to be acquainted with your group. I am a member of Seletar Hills Estate Residents’ Committe, SHERA, and write for our quarterly newsletter and anything interesting about our area including the airbase does evoke interest. Thanks and I enjoyed the Seletar Chronicle. George

By: Roger Lomas

Roger Lomas — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:15:22 +0000

HI
I lived in Seletar in the late 60.s. My father was a Flight Sergeant Engineer looking after the Marine Craft at RAF Seletar at that time..
I would have been about 8 ys old. My older Brother & sister lived at Birdcage walk in the 50′s ans they are wondering if the street still exists also?

I would like to look around Seletar and my old school etc etc.I have never retuned and am contemplating a visit this spring & wondered if you can help.. ie places to stay etc

Looking forward to your reply

Roger Lomas