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The first is the KL Railway Station in 1958, the first sight most of us saw when sent by train from Singapore. When I visited it again in 2004 it hadn’t changed one bit. My wife and I actually went looking for litter- there wasn’t any. The nearest car driving up the road is an Austin Hereford and the one to its right is a Morris Minor.

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The Government buildings down in KL centre opposite the Padang and next to the Post Office.

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I took this photo to show the line of typical KL shops we often walked by and browsing in the windows. The road was from Spike Island down towards The Government Buildings and the Singapore Cold Storage café where I and others from 84 always seemed to land up inside. There are no trishaws left now in KL. Buildings too have changed, see the next photo which was taken just down the road.

Anybody remember the Coliseum, with the bat wing doors - superb mix grills and T-Bone steaks.

... And Nanto's Bar on the other side of the road
Alan Holden

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I took this photo in 2004. Those who were there in the 1950’s/1960’s will remember how two large rivers met in central KL. They still do of course but when my wife and I were there in 2004 a sudden rainstorm raised the river levels, burst through the new defenses, and flooded the city centre- apparently the worst floods since 1971. I think the Singapore Cold Storage café was in that old building on the right and I show this photo to show how the high-rise buildings now dominate the area. The S.C.S. is no more

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Back now to detachment from Batu HQ.. A view from Grik camp with Gunong Kenderong in the background.

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En route to Kuala Rui which is at the bend in the Sungai Perak Another LZ prior to a spot of mountain climbing.

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At the time I realised I was looking at views very few people had ever seen and probably few would ever see from this location. This is one of those. It was taken from A.13 Trig point and shows the valley between Trigs T.40 (left) and T.32 (right) both of which I was on the survey party to occupy.

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A view taken looking north from the mountain top known as T.40. Taken whilst we were doing theo. obs. before the temperature and those clouds rose.

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On this occasion the sunrise and the clouds came at the same time. Taken at Chamar.

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Looking south from the mountain known to us as A.13.

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Looking north from the mountain known as A.13.

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A target set up so another survey party could get a bearing on to our position.

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Two local guides. If I remember correctly these two, and another out of shot, came from Fort Kemar. We got to know them quite well and when I was based there for a short period they very proudly introduced us to their wives and children.

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Not a very good quality picture I’ afraid but this is my kitchen on a trig station ! The foreground is dominated by a home-made seat. Comfort or what. Bottom left is a jerry can of drinking water. Can you see a shaving mirror at the top left shelf by a battered box ? Got to be smart. Never know who might drop in !

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A better shot of the same kitchen shot from a 90 degree angle. The jerry can is side on now and the big black item on the left (facing) is a tree trunk. Looks to me as if we were trying to establish Squatters Rights here.

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My notes say “ a weeks rations” and refers to Field supplies. Seems pretty good to me. Most of the writing on the tins has burned out but I can see cans of Margarine, Pineapple, Sugar, Chocolate, Salmon, Pilchards, Milk, Vegetables, Kidney Soup and Celery, Coffee & Oxtail Soup. What else could a chap ask for ?

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Self silhouette drawing up panorama and checking the days observations.

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An airdrop at Fort Kemar by the New Zealand Airforce. I thought that aircraft would be a DC3 but my notes say the Kiwis used Bristol aircraft, so it may be one of those.

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Small plane, a Pioneer, landing at Fort Kemar to take some of the survey party back to Grik HQ

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Off again for another trip from Grik airstrip.

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I was in the second helicopter. The tail of the first can just be seen about 2 o’clock on this photo when we were preparing for the run-in to the LZ. The RAF always worked in pairs as a safety measure.

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Returning to Grik camp this is a shot of our base before the helicopter touched down. I think the three peak-roofed tents together in the centre was the 84 eating area

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My notes say that this is Grik village centre but I must say I don’t remember anything as attractive as this . It could be though as they did have an official Guest House and maybe that was it.

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Ipoh north of KL. The two unique rock outcrops and an area the CT’s reputedly held in strength during the Emergency.

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Platform at Bukit Mertajam. I hardly recognise this young fella. My guess is someone took this photo for me to send to my folks back home. The questions are, where is my luggage and where are the other
train passengers ?

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Not many of us will forget these little charmers will we ? I never remember anyone getting stung by one although we were all very very careful. Their cousins in the Middle East were far more dangerous.

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The name I have on my notes is Bidan, but whether this is the island or village in this photo I don’t know. North of Penang island there are a group of much smaller islands, and this is one of them. Using Bidan as a base HQ the powers-that-be sent us in pairs to three other islands which were little more than rock outcrops with a few trees on them. Each pair established a trig station on the highest point using a large mountain north of Butterworth as a reference. Daily transport was provided by the Australian Air-Sea Rescue launches but one night we had to bivouac on the island beach. In the dark the beach became a heaving mass of hermit crabs moving all over the place and it was most unpleasant, worse, I had a snake gently rap itself around my ankle as a gesture of friendship. He didn’t stay long.

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The Australian Artillery used to lob shells into a specific jungle area where the CT’s were thought to be operating in the north. I was attached to their unit for a period but had great difficulty in eating enormous steaks, potatoes and vegetables at their dawn breakfasts and then trying to last the rest of the day on nothing. In this photo I tried to capture them actually firing.

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The main notice board at Batu Cantonment taken, if the clock is correct, at 10.14 am.

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These little scout cars are I think called Dingos but whether that was their official name I don’t know. Here they are at Batu

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Batu offices, where I spent some time, and a very pleasant working environment it was too.