Friday, July 15, 2016

Faces of the river folk

Going through the archives I see so many portraits of people from that time. Here is a selection of some of them. Faces from the river.

peanut seller                                                                  twakow guys resting





ladies in a doorway                          corner shop




lunch break                                                                 street sinseh




   mateship                                                                 tobacco seller with his snakeskin rattle











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4 comments:

  1. chinatownboyJuly 21, 2016 at 5:56 PM

    Wonderful pictures. So many memories came flooding back. If you could post one at a time, perhaps, we could add stories to each picture. Just an idea. :)

    The man with the rattle .. called gialong? That's the one where there is a Teochew Opera about the gialong chek?

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  2. ronniJuly 24, 2016 at 11:00 PM

    I think its good idea Vic, assuming i can remember of course. I just wish there was a way to know that you are not my one and only fan whose interested....:)

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  3. chinatownboyJuly 25, 2016 at 12:25 AM

    Look at the number of hits on this blog and in the facebook page and you will know in the number of fans you have. :)

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  4. ExpatinPenangAugust 24, 2016 at 2:55 PM

    This is such an excellent blog, with so many really interesting photos and quirky texts - please may we have more?

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