Singapore - Collyer Quay Prior to 1956

            A postcard published by S.C. Chang that was posted in Singapore on Tuesday the 22nd. May 1956 to:

Miss Eileen Perrett,
Ministry of Housing &
Local Government,
18/21, Chester Terrace,
Regents Park,
London N.W.1.,
England.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"21.5.56.
The large building on the
other side of this card is
the highest one in
Singapore.
I went up to the top of
it last night and had a
magnificent view over
the lighted city.
There is no twilight here,
and it is dark by 7 pm.
I miss the long English
summer evenings.
F.H.G."

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 22nd. May 1956, in the United States, NBC's peacock logo was used for the first time, to indicate the quality of its colour television broadcasting.

Also on that day, Swedish teacher Gunnel Gummeson and her American boyfriend Peter Winant were seen for the last time in Shibarghan, Afghanistan, before going missing. 

In 1977, Gummeson was declared presumed dead, probably murdered.
   

Taken on: October 5, 2018

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