Nostalgia
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Nostalgia: Yeoh Ghim Khoon, Transport Entrepreneur
By Ian Anderson There was a time when Ipoh was said to be the town with more Mercedes cars than…
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Nostalgia: How About a Nice Cup of Tea!
By Ian Anderson There can be nothing more soothing for many people than a nice cup of tea, whether with…
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Nostalgia: Lets Go on a Pub Crawl
By Ian Anderson Over the years, Ipoh has fostered many pubs, but none lasted for too long, apart from the…
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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: Memories of Merdeka
By Ian Anderson While Tunku Abdul Rahman was doing his famous Merdeka performance in the Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on…
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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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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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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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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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Nostalgia: Remembering New Pasir Puteh
By Ian Anderson Three of ipohWorld’s staunch supporters Mano, LMS and SK, lived in New Pasir Puteh in the late…
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