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Nostalgia
Nostalgia: One Man’s Rubbish is Another Man’s Collectable
By Ian Anderson The British first arrived in India in 1758, as the British East India Company. In 1858, the…
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia: “Schooling Doesn’t Assure Employment, but Skill Does”
By Ian Anderson “Schooling Doesn’t Assure Employment, but Skill Does,” so said Amit Kalantri, author, magician and mentalist, recently, and…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: Shorthand – Heritage or Outdated Skill?
By Ian Anderson In the good old days, little girls always wanted to be film stars and little boys, train…
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Heritage: It’s 1937 and Kampar Celebrates
British Malaya, like all other countries under British rule, took great effort in marking any major event in Britain with…
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History
Nostalgia: Old Time Entertainment – Kampar Style
By Ian Anderson Kampar Town, founded by the Mandailings who came up the river from Kampar Regency, Rau Province Sumatra,…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: An Ipoh Centenarian Still Going Strong
The idea of a Chinese recreation club began when Dr K.T. Khong came down to Ipoh from Penang, in 1912,…
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia: Clubs and Clubbing – The Early Days
As the saying goes, “Wherever there are British, there’s a club”. Sure enough, when the Brits came to Perak, there…
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HERITAGE
Heritage: A Heritage that Spans 115 Years
By Ian Anderson Ipoh was a dreadful place in the 1880s with hundreds of Chinese immigrants living cheek by jowl…
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Nostalgia
Nostalgia: Necessity is the Mother of Invention
By Ian Anderson The bicycle was invented by a Scotsman, Kirkpatrick MacMillan, as long ago as 1839. He was a…
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HERITAGE
Here Comes the Milo Man
By Ian Anderson Ipoh World Sdn Bhd was set up in 2004 to record our history, concentrating on Ipoh and…
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