3D Blog - Queen Elizabeth Walk

Queen Elizabeth Walk c 1950. The same place where the coconut tree was located. (Photos above and below).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Queen Elizabeth Walk - Then

Queen Elizabeth Walk circ 1957. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Queen Elizabeth Walk circ 1972. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Same Place. Different Times...the same location at the Queen Elizabeth Walk "nong nong ago" in the 1930s. (Photos above and below). Could you spot the difference of the buildings?

Queen Elizabeth Walk circ 1950. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

 

A pretty model in Indian sari dress at Queen Elizabeth Walk in 1957. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore.

Queen Elizabeth Walk c 1957. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Queen Elizabeth Walk circ 1972. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Queen Elizabeth Walk circ 1972. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).





Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

With the courtesy from a family album.

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Cenotap c 1922. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

"Tourist Week Regatta 1966" at Queen Elizabeth Walk. Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Queen Elizabeth Walk - Then, Then (In Between Years...)

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Photo Credit: National Archives of Singapore (NAS).

Queen Elizabeth Walk - Now (Night Time)


A bright fairyland at night in the distance.


Queen Elizabeth Walk - Lovers Spot (Then):
Same Place. Different Times. Different People...

Queen Elizabeth Walk - Lovers Spot (Now):
Same Place. Different Times. Different People...

Quiz: What is the "Queen Elizabeth Walk" referred to in dialect?

Thanks to Chun See's Cantonese translation for "Hoi Pei" (meaning "seaside").

In the course of this blog research, I found the "Teochew (Chaozhou) for English Speakers" and would like to seek his advice to translate the "five trees" which was commonly known as the Queen Elizabeth
Walk. It sounds something like "ngou zang chiu" (which I am not sure this is correct). The spontaneous response from Mr Tan Peng Boon's email below:

"Queen Elizabeth Walk, according to my system of Romanised Teochew, is "G`ou zan chiu kha" (G`ou20zan10chiu54kha3 if include tonal marks).

Direct translation is "Five Trees Leg/Foot/Base", proper translation is "Shade of Five Trees". See my website for guide on my system on Teochew pronunication.

Regards,
Peng Boon"

This website is meant to help Teochews who are brought up in an English-speaking environment and wish to know more about Teochew Language (dialect), Teochew Nursery Rhymes, Sightseeing in Teochew Prefecture (Chaoshan) as well as know a little about Teochew Prefecture and its People. Teochew (or Tiochiu) is also known was Chaozhou in Mandarin and Chiuchow in Cantonese.

My gratitude to Mr Tan Peng Boon for sharing his Teochew dialect knowledge and to add this information about the Queen Elizabeth Walk for the benefit of our blog readers in Teochew.

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