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The Raffles Institution Buildings 1823-1972 On the 5 June 1823, the foundation stone for the Singapore Institution, later renamed Raffles Institution, was laid on a plot of land beside the beach in the south of the island of Singapore. Raffles Institution has celebrated the 5 June as its Founder's Day ever since. This was a rectangular plot of land bounded by Beach Road, Bras Basah Road, North Bridge Road and Stamford Road. The site became known as the Bras Basah Campus. It remained on that site for 149 years from 1823 to 1972. Sadly in 1972, the school vacated the Bras Basah site and moved to spanking new location in Grange Road and celebrated its 149th Founder's Day there. Our Sec 3B Science classroom at the Annex E building which was built in 1883 suddenly disappeared. The whole school was demolished, not one brick was left behind and in its place rose the Raffles City Shopping Centre. The location of the Annex E building was replaced by the tall tower of the Fa...

Annex E Building of Raffles Institution The Sec 3B Science classroom was in the Annex Building E of Raffles Institution which was at the junction of North Bridge Road and Bras Basah Road. The site is now occupied by the Raffles City Complex. No one knew why it was called Annex E. It started life as Raffles Girls School. By the time this photo, which is from the Singapore National Archives, was taken  RGS had moved location to Anderson Road Location of our Class Sec 3B Science Our classroom was located as shown on the first floor and faced the very large Raffles Institution field. From our classroom, we could view many football and rugby matches between class lessons.  In those days with old buildings, access to our classroom was by way of entering into another class Sec 3A Science, i.e. we must disturb the lesson in the A class each time we need to enter our classroom. This makes going to the toilet difficult. It also means that we cannot be late for any le...

Class Photo Sec 3B Science. Form Teacher Mr Charanjit Singh In 1966, 44 boys wearing school uniforms of white shirts and short pants with the school badge of their famous school, Raffles Institution, affixed to their left breast pocket started their ninth year of education. This was the Secondary 3B Science class. Fifty-four years have passed and these ex-Rafflesians are still reminiscing the many schoolboy pranks and exploits in that infamous class, gleefully sharing with each other, now 68 to 70 years old,  their grandfathers' stories. This blog is an attempt to capture all our memories, many of which are still vividly etched in our minds. Wang Swee Chuang shared a song to express his sentiments. It is song by Love Affair, 'Bringing on Back the Good Times' (click on title). Recalling the good times would be a major aim of this Blog. 1966 was to be a year of hope for the nascent state of Singapore. Just the year before, on 9 August 1965 Singapore was unceremoniou...