Seletar Dreams group on Flickr
935 photos from 56 members – head over to the pool for a blast from the past.
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 5,400 views in… Read More
Maintenance hangars cleared
Yet another farewell, captured by the folks at firstcutproduction.
Abandoned
Reblogged from first.cut.production: Melancholic shots of Seletar today by firstcutproduction
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,200 times in… Read More
Renewed interest from ex-residents
August and September have been busy months on this blog, with ex-residents reminiscing. The most popular threads: Theatre Club – now with 24 comments and counting! St Andrew’s Church at the Airbase Ex-resident… Read More
Orang Seletar
Fabulous story about Seletar’s original residents… kon seletar or orang seletar is now classified as an orang asli tribe in malaysia. they were named after the seletar area in singapore (or it could… Read More
Sunrise @ Old Seletar Camp
via flickr.com the cranes, the cranes
A resident’s personal farewell
Came across this clippings from 2 years ago…
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!.… Read More
New look at RAFSeletar.co.uk
The revamped RAF Seletar site is now up, and Eddie (eddie at rafseletar dot co dot uk) would really like your feedback. Lots of new stuff from the old days. We’ve also attracted… Read More
JTC to build 7 factories at Seletar
By Karamjit Kaur, Aviation Correspondent Source : Straits Times – 05 February 2010 SEVEN new factories, each up to 3,000 sq m in size, will come up at Seletar Aerospace Park next year,… Read More
Hampstead Gardens road sign still up
via wondercreation.blogspot.com By Loh Kok Sheng Yesterday Gun Kiat and I went to Seletar to take a good look before construction and development starts for a new aerospace centre. Was introduced of this… Read More
The Cube at Seletar Airbase
via twcnomad.blogspot.com By Wee Cheng: We headed for the Seletar Air Base, once a sleepy remnant of British colonial air force network, now being converted into an international aerospace industrial park. Aircraft hangars… Read More
Stonefish at Tanah Merah – via Wild Singapore
A big part of Postcards from Seletar is the flora and fauna that lived with humans at the Airbase. Many of our open day visitors came though the Wild Singapore network, and it… Read More
wild shores of singapore: Sky lanterns: deliberately released debris
via wildshores.blogspot.com why do we do this?
Royal Air Force Seletar Reunion Tour – March 2009
via seletar.net Mid March saw thirty-eight members of the Association once again gathering at that ancient conglomeration of buildings known as Heathrow Airport…… lots of great pictures of Singapore, including the sad mid-demolition… Read More
David Rose’s Memories – Royal Air Force Seletar Singapore
via seletar.net
Theatre Club still invokes memories
A post from almost 2 years ago is hot again, thanks to memories from Pete Goss and Alan Hills. Enjoy! Pete Goss // April 22, 2009 at 7:47 am | Reply (edit) I must have… Read More
Oxford Street in October 2009
Big thanks to Joe Teh for his video – directions to Sunset Grill. Interesting new glass cube at the top end of Oxford Street.
One year on
12 months ago, residents along Haymarket, Bayswater, Kinghtsbridge, Hyde Park Gate, The Oval, Swallow Street and parts of Edgeware Road and Regent Street were hosting garage sales, packing up and bidding farewell to… Read More
Eurocopter breaks ground in Seletar
As reported by Channel News Asia Companies express interest to build aviation centre at Seletar By Cheow Xinyi/Ryan Huang, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 31 October 2009 Even before a tender is called, companies… Read More
Fate of the Oval and Lancaster Gate
Ex-resident Ken is making a pilgrimage to Seletar in November and is looking for information on the Oval and Lancaster Gate – can you help? Just post a comment in response to his… Read More
Rolls Royce expands
Today in the Straits Times When the projects are completed in a few years, Rolls-Royce, which now employs about 1,400 people here, will increase its head count to 2,000, its regional director, Singapore,… Read More
Seletar Fuel Depot
As reported by Ven Sreenivasan in Business Times on June 4th, 2009 Redevelopment of the 300-hectare Seletar Aerospace Park is on schedule despite a slump in the global aviation industry. JTC Corp’s CEO… Read More
Demolition in progress
Thanks to notty-bug’s efforts, some images of the demolition, taken on 23rd April 2009. More can be seen at the original photostream
Ex-resident clears up mystery
Some of you will remember photos from the 60s of the church and theatre. Pete, who used to live on the base, has helped us locate these structures. The St Andrews Church I… Read More
Revisiting Seletar Memories
Many of you have asked for the link to Ang Yiying story at The Straits Times on 30th March … here is the link, and below is the text A LITTLE corner of… Read More
Seletar Boy
Inset to main story at Straits Times 30 March RETIRED Major Yeo Kuan Joo, 72, who is coordinator and guide for the RAF Seletar Association members on tour here, has a special relationship… Read More
We are on Twitter
Now that we no longer live in Seletar, our ability to provide in-depth updates is limited. Snippets via Twitter will be more feasible. We hope you can join us, or just enjoy the… Read More
RAF Seletar residents reunion
This weekend, a group of some 40 former residents from the 1950s and 60s are visiting Singapore, and will head to Johor for a reunion gathering. These dinners used to happen at Hyde… Read More
Chikungunya in Seletar Camp?
A few of the remaining residents at Seletar Camp appear to be suffering from a mystery illness not unlike chikungunya. Sussex Gardens has been boarded up at one end, and that JTC has… Read More
Winning podcast competition entry about Seletar
In case you missed it, former young resident Huda-Addeana Husaini’s entry for a national school podcasts competition 2008 is now up on YouTube, in four parts. Be sure to crank up the volume… Read More
Seletar homes and residents wanted by photographer
Highlighting a comment we had in an earlier post: I am currently seeking former residents of Seletar Camp who would be willing to be photographed at their homes prior to their being “expunged.”… Read More
New words and dry grass, not much else changes
A big thanks to Suresh who was at Seletar Camp over the weekend. Roads will no longer be ‘expunged’, but closed. And the dry spell has added to the air of neglect. Otherwise,… Read More
Rolls Royce delays
Advance GDP estimates released by MTI today are grim: The weaker prognosis for the Singapore economy in 2009 is also based on the sharp contraction seen in the fourth quarter of 2008. Advance… Read More
Nativity crib in Seletar Camp
Those familiar with Seletar’s Brompton Road will recognise the postboxes facing each other. This image, taken by Suresh, can be viewed in higher resolution at his Flickr photostream. Merry X’mas everyone.
Roads will be expunged
Had to look up ‘expunge’ ex·punge (k-spnj) tr.v. ex·punged, ex·pung·ing, ex·pung·es 1. To erase or strike out: “I have corrected some factual slips, expunged some repetitions” Kenneth Tynan. 2. To eliminate completely; annihilate. See Synonyms at erase.
Moving out sale
Since October, we have seen one family after another move out of Seletar Airbase. Today, there are just 20 families left in the Park Lane, Hyde Park Gate, Oval and Haymarket area. We… Read More
Heritage to rubble in just a few days
The bulldozers seemed louder these past couple of days, and we’ve been sneezing like it’s springtime. A quick stroll down the lane revealed the reason – the logistics centre is being demolished.
Which houses will stay, which will be demolished?
We’ve had quite a few debates about which houses will remain standing, and which have been earmarked for demolition in January 2009. Thankfully, Isabelle was able to superimpose our definitive residential map on… Read More
No new tenants in sight?
A looming global recession cannot be cheerful news if you are trying to sell to the aviation industry. ‘Build them and they will come’ may no longer be a viable strategy… I wonder… Read More
The final stretch
It has been a strange summer. On the one hand, making the most of our final days here at Seletar has been motivating some residents to continue with nature walks, art festivals and… Read More
Upcoming events at Seletar
Nature walk Saturday, August 16th – sold out Saturday, August 23rd – limited spaces. Contact Sue for more information. Flea Market Saturday, August 30th = Contact Sue for more information.
Diminishing Memories
Come September, Singapore’s very first farm resorts would be officially launched in Singapore. While most Singaporeans are delighted to know of yet another family outing place to visit during weekends, the question is… Read More
