CHEN, Lucy nee Lim Seok Hui 林淑惠
Women through the Years: Economic & Family Lives,
Accession Number 003130
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 3
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 02:28:59
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 3
Metadata
- 9 Mar 2007
Recording Date
- 00:51:01
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*She was holidaying in Ceylon when war broke out in Singapore. How her father and his family were shipwrecked while trying to escape. How her father was made a prisoner-of-war in Changi. How her brother signed up to join the army. Her role as as a volunteer in the Women Voluntary Service. Her schooling years in Raffles Girls' School. Her interest in domestic science. How she managed to find a temporary teaching post in St Hilda's. Her work as a part-time accounts clerk at her father's Southeast Asia Film Company. Description of the inheritance left by her maternal grandfather. Fond memories of Nee Soon, Sultan and Garrick Theatres.
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