Get an ice-ball for 20 cents or your hair cut at a traditional street barber for 50 cents #Singapore

Putting life back on the footpaths

thelongnwindingroad.wordpress.com 02 Dec '11, 3am

Get an ice-ball for 20 cents or your hair cut at a traditional street barber for 50 cents #Singapore

An interesting project that is being rolled out by the National Heritage Board (NHB) this weekend is Heritage Along Footpaths, which seeks to re-introduce trades that were once common at two designated sites within the Bras Basah and Bugis precinct – the Singapore Art Museum and Stamford Arts Centre (along the mural wall facing Middle Road). On this weekend and on the next, members of the public will find tradesmen such as traditional street barbers, ice-ball sellers, fortune tellers and kacang puteh sellers peddling their trades and wares at prices that we were used to in the heyday of street tradesmen – a haircut will cost a mere 50 cents and a stick of kacang puteh will go for 20 cents. The tradesmen will be present at the two locations on 3 and 4 December 2011 as well as 10 and 11 December 2011 from 10.00am to 5.00pm each day (more information including a map of the lo...

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@saraannk » 04 Dec '11, 10am
"Back in the day, ice balls were 5 cents" Wanna try them yourself? -Putting life back on the footpaths [link] via @JeromeKG
@iremembersg » 02 Dec '11, 3am
Happening this weekend: Heritage Along Footpaths! [link] | via @JeromeKG and @natlmuseum_sg #goodstuffmustshare
@natlmuseum_sg » 02 Dec '11, 3am
[link] . If you are keen to get a little slice of heritage this weekend, check out heritage along footpaths!
@iremembersg » 02 Dec '11, 3am
RT @JeromeKG: Get an ice-ball for 20 cents or your hair cut at a traditional street barber for 50 cents #Singapore [link]
@JeromeKG » 02 Dec '11, 3am
Get an ice-ball for 20 cents or your hair cut at a traditional street barber for 50 cents #Singapore [link]
@JeromeKG » 02 Dec '11, 3am
Putting life back on the footpaths [link]
@InclusiveMuseum » 02 Dec '11, 4am
RT @natlmuseum_sg: [link] . If you are keen to get a little slice of heritage this weekend, check out heritage along footpaths!
@natlmuseum_sg » 02 Dec '11, 3am
RT @JeromeKG: Get an ice-ball for 20 cents or your hair cut at a traditional street barber for 50 cents #Singapore [link]
@lovelyloey » 02 Dec '11, 3am
RT @JeromeKG: Get an ice-ball for 20 cents or your hair cut at a traditional street barber for 50 cents #Singapore [link]