singapore 1987

[floramarge]

Great video, I grew up in S'pore and was 5 years old there in 1987 this video is so nostalgic for me.

[MrSunbliss1]

Oh yes, before Tampines was developed, it was quite a shitty place in the past. haha.. I still recall visiting relatives who first shift to Tampines in the late 80s and early 90s. The old bus interchange was like in a desert of no where n East West line was still constructing. lol

[MrSunbliss1]

I am pretty sure this video was shot either in 1988 or after 1990. It cannot be in 1987. Orchard MRT was not opened in 1987. Only 5 stations were opened in 1987, Toa Payoh, Braddell, Bishan, Ang Mo Kio and Yio Chu Kang. I remember when MRT first started running, I was one of the Kiasu Singaporeans who took the first ride. Orchard Station was opened in the second phase of the north south line.

[tjoe374]

The slogan of Sentosa then was: SUN WORLD / FUN WORLD / NATURE WORLD / HISTORY WORLD.

[tjoe374]

Well I just love looking back at how Singapore was like then, thanks 4 the video!!!!!!!!!!

[TheSoftby]

No ERP Gantries

[tjoe374]

@TheSoftby No RW Sentosa & MBS

[jooave]

thank you .. for sharing this rare footage of singapore ..

[jooave]

those were the more peaceful days , the times when we really lived n enjoy like a singaporean unlike now !!!!

[imran551]

Oh Thats so lovely... I was living in singapore for a ver shot while from year 2007 to 2008. I jus love this place that I keep visiting every year... And Tampinis oh my.... it was so empty and less crowd everywhere..... I really Love Singapore and miss it a lot.....

[rasserie]

i remembered the ferry. i was in primary school, and the TV, my tv back then was a Blaupunkt.

[WorzBila]

7:42 if I'm not wrong the fountain is under renovate or maybe demolish

[creepysg]

Was the lady whom appear from 1:21 & 4:21 the same person?

[tobyschimm]

@creepysg  yes it's the same person

[tobyschimm]

@creepysg  yes it's the same person

[tobyschimm]

@creepysg yes it's the same person

[wak18dan]

You sir was blessed and fortunate to see my country what was it back then, as for me i was born a year later after this video =( everything was just a childhood memories for me, till i saw this video of yours. Thank you so much for uploading this video =)

[ngyehli]

It remind me the day when I was young, my parents bring me to orchard during Xmas, my primary sch teachers bring us to sentosa for excursion. Singapore back then is much more simple n happier, even without Facebook or iPhone!!

[zoule]

I remembered that A&W at sentosa....hope they will reopen it..

[UltraSpeciumKick220]

Can u show the part you taking the bus .???

[tobyschimm]

@UltraSpeciumKick220 we took the bus from tampines bus terminal to peoples park

[Meltosonic]

The coffeeshops look the same. :D

[andromedacarina]

@zhengkaizhong: Our grandfathers WERE the ah tiongs and banglas when they first migrated to Singapore. We don't own this place just because we're not the ones in our family who are 1st generation immigrants.

[BenHo0003]

The 1980s were simply magical...

[500ncb]

i was born this year..... man that old SBS logo......

[TheaterOfStorms]

Man, this is 1987 not the 1960s! What's with the Beatles music?

[zero747]

I was only born when the East-west MRT line was completed...but loved this video.if only i have a time machine..

[kassimbabaa]

now, i am quite sure more than half are foreigners in singapore.

[kassimbabaa]

now i quite sure more than half are foreigners in singapore.

[tanfs]

5:58, it used to be a A&W if I didn't recall wrongly, in e 2005s, it was being occupy by Burger King, as far as I know e last time I went there, BK is still there.

[jusdeananas]

Can't remember the last time I saw the sidewalks on Orchard so blissfully empty ... these days its a zoo out there ! @tobyschimm, thanks so much for sharing, you made my day.

[InfiniteSaviour49]

omg..young gen here..notice how open singapore was back then..was the changi airport open? during this time? love to time travel to my parents age

[jakeweiq]

i was 2 back then.. SG was much more beautiful and lovely than now

if time machine ever invented i'll stay in the 80s~late 90s forever

[mcclair88]

No ERP gantry at orchard road :P

[kny4eva]

Singaporeans used to be so much happier lesser stress and lesser competition. Now its just one big mess =(

[lyulka23]

I wish that I can turn back the clock:)

[formula91]

Classic memories! Thanks for sharing with us.

[muzafar001]

i was. . . 15 in 1987!!! I still remember this place which is now some are gone

[jedistaff]

i miss those days....

[yazidtabdulhamid]

Wow remember the older days, cool..

[diemutha666]

When all was less of a mess during those days...Thanks for showing what Singapore was really like before the invasion and stress.

[genm79]

Thanks for the memories. Really Thanks. If possible come back again and make another video of the places of than and now. That would be fascinating.

[Damonteng]

Thank you for sharing this video. To be able to see motion pictures of my childhood is such a blessing. I went back in time during this 9mins. :D

[AStrayingDog]

we, singaporeanm used to be happier!

[vaineo]

You've got to visit Singapore again! It has changed soooo much, the skyline is now peppered with new skyscrapers and there are casinos here right now! Its kind of nostalgic to see an under-construction tampines mrt station in the video and how commuters used the old tickets to enter the station! The good ol' days!!!

[kwanzd]

taken in 1987, lucky. if taken today, police will arrest you thinking u video-ing to plan to bomb somewhere

[ganstagan]

This was before the foreign talent influx. Haiz..those were the good old days.

[idler1006]

i love every single song used on this video! 

[Eddeham]

OMG! It is sooo strange to see Tampines ! HAHA!

[scottjing]

despite cars buses and several buildings, actually not much differences.

[lackdaz]

lol all you fellow 1987 borners, doesn't this feel so damn weird because it makes you feel that these were the first images you'd have seen.

Let me guess, you were all hoping to see the A&W ferry at sentosa?

[blackapple89er]

@lackdaz yes!!! bring a&W back to singapore!

[knightrider1422]

Wah. This musz be taken using the old camcorders using tapes that can last only 180 mins i think.

[icecub3]

thanks for sharing!! i too was born in 1987 so this was really nostalgic.. =)

[malfoyette]

I was born in 1987! :) I'm glad that I got to see (and spend my childhood at) most of the places in this clip, more or less as they appear here. Everything seems so modern and new and foreign now. Thanks for sharing this video!

[zhengkaizhong]

less BANGLA and AH TIONG then.

[AceofproZ]

@zhengkaizhong

Damn rigjht and it will be again.

[xiuxin78]

@zhengkaizhong

OR ANGMOHS

[omgsianz]

lol its more crowded now because our parents gave birth to us what

[chocobitz]

its so...open and spacious. it's too crowded now!

[rex10wang]

Although I'm 17 this year, I find this very nice. Shows how much Singapore have changed.

[elieliina]

This is definitely the days before the millenium :D

[madcap386]

Thanks for the video! This is the good old Singapore i know... unlike now...

[zingma]

Those were the golden days of Singapore. How Singapore has fallen esp since the clown prince took over

[pitchaxistheory]

The quality of your video is incredible given how old it is! Do come by again soon! =)

[melloasshole]

its nice in the past. Now, Singapore is just a piece of breeding land for china. Just walk around and you can see communist bastards walking over over the place. Not forgetting the china bitches existing among us to trick us of our money. Fuck china, they never fail to ruin our life. And yes, fuck you too philippine and india, fuck you.

[Alfiz88]

@melloasshole : Agreed.. Too many foreigner workers here, estimated at 40% of singapore population

[amaelamin64]

tobyschimm, if you were to come back to singapore now you'd be astounded at how different singapore is. i hope you had a nice time during your visit :) ah this has made me all nostalgic. the old buses!

[MissZwitterion]

Singapore wasn't so crowded back then...

[jackel83]

THIS WAS AMAZING!

[gcheow]

i think SG still looked somewhat like this even in 1997 lar. hahaha.

[DBlack07]

After seeing this video, I felt like I've just went thru a time machine! Thank you for sharing this! :)

[giddyinoz]

Dear tobyschimm,

Thank you for sharing this video! 1987 was the year I was born and your video provides a heartwarming reminder of Singapore as it was back then. The uncrowded spaces are definitely a far cry from Singapore today! I hope you had a great time in Singapore and have had opportunities and reason to return since. And if you haven't, I hope you will soon. Cheers!

[wherewillyoube]

Wow, Singapore has changed so much! I really miss the old layout of Orchard Station. Who would have imagined that 23 years later, a glitzy new mall opened to business, right above the very same station?

1987. I wasn't even born yet :P

[shunzhi]

now you do this...they think you terrorist lol

[Eaststar]

Singapore's changed so much since, and especially Sentosa, which would be unrecognizable now to anyone who last saw it in 1987. Thanks for sharing this, it sure brings back memories of my halcyon youth :-)

[yeebascampy]

love the old Singapore.

[fleng]

ah so nostalgic, especially the old tampines area :)

[WJ8888]

thanks for posting this video which let me see hows singapore is like in the 80s as i was born in 1988 haha

[anrinaz]

YESYES!! I rmb de toys on de floor!!!!!! hhahaa... so precious.... SBS busses and all.. hahah.. Thanks for posting! (=

[damienvargas]

Priceless! Tampines and Santosa and Changdi, also Vivo City. Everything. Fun World indeed.

[MTChee]

WoW....thks for this video...good to look at the old SG.