The Serangoon Gardens Estate was one of the few electoral wards at that time. The estate was well-planned with shops , banks , private clinics, tailors , a sports club , a post office , hairdresses , a pharmacy and a cinema.
There were also schools in Serangoon Gardens area which included the Serangoon Gradens South School and the Serangoon Gardens North School.
My mother who resided at the Serangoon Gardens , completed her primary education at Serangoon Gardens South School.
The houses in the estate were Terrace, semi-detached and bungalows. Many of these houses were rented out to the British soldiers and their families who were stationed in Singapore. A wet market was later built in the estate so as to reduce the travelling distance of many residents who originally had to tarvel to Peya Lebar to do their grocery shopping.
It was common for one of the British housewives to organise activities such as "Tupperware"" parties for neighbours to attend. She would then invite the other housewives in the neighbourhood. These parties had a vareity of food and drink served. There would also be an agent from Tuppperware who would demonstrate how to use the various types of Tupperware which she was selling. The housewives would then palce their orders for the Tupperware through the agent.
Written by Shantini J - 1E1
There were also schools in Serangoon Gardens area which included the Serangoon Gradens South School and the Serangoon Gardens North School.
My mother who resided at the Serangoon Gardens , completed her primary education at Serangoon Gardens South School.
The houses in the estate were Terrace, semi-detached and bungalows. Many of these houses were rented out to the British soldiers and their families who were stationed in Singapore. A wet market was later built in the estate so as to reduce the travelling distance of many residents who originally had to tarvel to Peya Lebar to do their grocery shopping.
It was common for one of the British housewives to organise activities such as "Tupperware"" parties for neighbours to attend. She would then invite the other housewives in the neighbourhood. These parties had a vareity of food and drink served. There would also be an agent from Tuppperware who would demonstrate how to use the various types of Tupperware which she was selling. The housewives would then palce their orders for the Tupperware through the agent.
Written by Shantini J - 1E1
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The present SHELL Station at the corner of Lorong Chuan and Serangoon Gardens Avenue was the place for British Servicemen to rent cars to go to town.
Adrian Choo
(DOB:1972)
adrian.choo@boyden.com