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badge and motto of some Michael's Institution, Ipohhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_120957044_hdr.jpgIMG_20190627_120957044_HDRSt Michael's Institution, Ipoh (1923)2026-08-27T11:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/history-of-penang/2026-08-27T05:33:33+00:00weekly0.6https://britishmalaya.home.blog/history-of-ipoh/2026-08-27T04:27:49+00:00weekly0.6https://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/10/thomas-and-anna-leonowens-of-anna-and-the-king-of-siam-fame-and-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot-2022-08-24-2.31.48-pm.pngScreenshot 2022-08-24 2.31.48 PMhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190610_072841155.jpgIMG_20190610_072841155The grave of Thomas Leon Owens in Georgetown who died tragically of a stroke in Penang, 1859, aged 312026-08-26T18:42:00+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2024/08/08/captain-kerr-and-the-origins-of-the-crag-hotel-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/screenshot-2024-08-08-4.52.47-pm.pngScreenshot 2024-08-08 4.52.47 PM2026-08-26T18:38:02+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/01/sir-frank-swettenham-first-british-resident-of-the-federated-malay-states-1896/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190519_112138908_hdr.jpgIMG_20190519_1121908_HDRStatue of Frank Swettenham in the National Museum, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190523_1232456792.jpgIMG_20190523_123245679~2Birch and Swettenham, both standing front right in dark jackets2026-08-26T18:35:32+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2025/05/05/a-brief-history-of-the-presbyterian-church-in-penang/2026-08-26T17:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/07/28/history-of-st-francis-school-malacca/2026-08-26T17:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/08/07/education-nationalism-and-the-making-of-modern-malaya/2026-08-26T17:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/08/10/the-history-of-methodist-girls-school-kuala-lumpur-1896-1957/2026-08-26T17:12:01+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/08/16/the-history-of-teluk-anson-anglo-chinese-school-1895-1957/2026-08-26T17:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/08/23/history-of-bukit-bintang-girls-school-kuala-lumpur-1893/2026-08-26T17:08:31+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/07/16/the-history-of-the-railways-in-british-malaya-tin-rubber-and-the-consolidation-of-colonial-government/2026-08-26T17:04:51+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2026/08/24/the-reluctant-empire-trade-security-and-non-intervention-in-malaya-1786-1867/2026-08-26T16:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2025/11/07/the-statues-of-st-francis-xavier-and-yajiro-the-first-japanese-christian-in-a-malacca-church/2026-08-26T13:50:17+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/30/ralph-fitch-elizabethan-adventurer-and-first-englishmen-to-visit-the-malay-peninsula/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220630-133931.pngscreenshot_20220630-133931https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220630-142419.jpgscreenshot_20220630-1424192026-08-26T13:36:19+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2023/07/13/the-tragic-life-of-lady-swettenham/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-13-8.04.48-am-1.pngscreenshot-2023-07-13-8.04.48-am-1https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-13-8.04.48-am.pngscreenshot-2023-07-13-8.04.48-amhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/screenshot-2023-07-12-2.21.36-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-07-12-2.21.36-pm2026-08-26T13:30:32+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/08/05/the-ethel-proudlock-murder-trial-which-scandalised-british-colonial-society-in-malaya-in-1911/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220805-153055.jpgscreenshot_20220805-1530552026-08-26T13:26:11+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2025/04/14/nona-baker-the-only-english-girl-guerrilla-in-malaya/2026-08-26T13:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/08/12/the-lion-of-malaya-gurchan-singh/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220811-083540.pngscreenshot_20220811-0835402026-08-26T13:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2025/04/22/first-victoria-cross-awarded-in-the-malaya-campaign-charles-anderson-vc/2026-08-26T13:17:04+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/14/victoria-cross-in-malaya-arthur-scarf/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220714-160545.jpgscreenshot_20220714-160545https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220714-160528.jpgscreenshot_20220714-160528https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220714-1611412.jpgscreenshot_20220714-16114122026-08-26T13:15:12+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/21/victoria-cross-in-malaya-george-channer/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220721-182351.pngscreenshot_20220721-1823512026-08-26T13:11:49+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2023/09/08/captain-syers-malayas-most-famous-policeman/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screenshot-2023-08-29-5.12.36-pm-1.pngscreenshot-2023-08-29-5.12.36-pm-12026-08-26T13:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2024/07/12/the-sarkies-brothers-in-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot_20241011-1248243.pngScreenshot_20241011-124824~3https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-12-11.52.16-am.pngScreenshot 2024-07-12 11.52.16 AMhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-12-11.53.41-am.pngScreenshot 2024-07-12 11.53.41 AM2026-08-26T12:39:05+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2023/08/19/leaning-tower-of-teluk-intan/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/screenshot-2023-08-13-9.28.27-pm.pngscreenshot-2023-08-13-9.28.27-pm2026-08-26T11:24:26+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/history-of-kuala-lumpur/2026-08-26T10:24:08+00:00weekly0.6https://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/10/31/yap-kwan-seng-the-last-kapitan/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/screenshot_20221031-153229.pngscreenshot_20221031-1532292026-08-26T08:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/22/church-of-the-assumption-malaysias-third-oldest-catholic-church-1860/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_105039071_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_105039071_HDRThe Assumption church built in 1860 and Malaysia's third oldest Catholic Churchhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190527_105840164.jpgIMG_20190527_105840164List of the resident priests at the Assumption Churchhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190527_110007492.jpgIMG_20190527_110007492The interior of the Assumption Church in Georgetown2026-08-25T18:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/20/tha-royal-selangor-club-kuala-lumpur-1884/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_141941227.jpgIMG_20190516_141941227A football match taking place on the padong in front of the club in 1905 (Source, KL City Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_140423350_hdr.jpgIMG_20190516_140423350_HDRPart of the original club buildinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_114349421.jpgIMG_20190518_114349421The Royal Selangor Club2026-08-25T18:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/26/sun-yat-sen-in-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_103959171_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_103959171_HDRSun Yat Sen memorial house, https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190616_092228995.jpgIMG_20190616_092228995Sun Yat Sen centre, Georgetown2026-08-25T18:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/11/a-famosa-malacca-1512/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220612-104841.jpgscreenshot_20220612-104841https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220610-182653.pngscreenshot_20220610-182653https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220610-203823.jpgscreenshot_20220610-203823https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220610-182302.jpgscreenshot_20220610-1823022026-08-25T16:48:45+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/24/the-japanese-interregnum-in-malaya-1941-45/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1216201252.jpgIMG_20190523_121620125~2Japanese surrendering to the British in 1945 (Source, KLCity Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190522_113557020.jpgIMG_20190522_113557020Japanese swords surrendered in 1945 (National Police Museum, Kuala Lumpur)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1227559652.jpgIMG_20190523_122755965~2Japanese troops advance towards the main railway station in Kuala Lumpur in 1942 Source, KLCity 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Light established the British colony of Penang in 1786 (Source, National Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190527_1034564723.jpgIMG_20190527_103456472~3The tomb of Francis Light in the Protestant Cemetery in Penang recording his death in 1794 from malariahttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_103050598.jpgIMG_20190530_103050598The plaque inside the pavilion dedicated to Francis Lighthttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_103146722_hdr.jpgIMG_20190530_103146722_HDRThe Francis Light pavilion in the grounds of St George's church erected in 1886 to commemorate the centenary of the founding of Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_1002051912.jpgIMG_20190529_100205191~2Francis Light who established the British colony of Penang in 1786 (Source, City Hall Gallery)2026-08-22T10:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/09/27/pitt-street-jalan-masjid-kapitan-keling-harmony-street-george-town/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screenshot_20220927-140234.jpgscreenshot_20220927-1402342026-08-21T11:22:28+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/12/sri-mariamman-temple-1833/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_110541270_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_110541270_HDREstablished to serve Penang’s early Tamil immigrant community, this richly decorated temple remains an important part of George Town’s multicultural heritage.2026-08-21T11:10:37+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/08/the-kong-hock-keong-chinese-temple-1728/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_105444556.jpgIMG_20190612_105444556The Chinese Town Hall which replace to the temple as the community tribunal centre in the 1880s (Source: the temple)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_105223250.jpgIMG_20190612_105223250Map of Georgetown from 1803 showing the location of the Kong Hock Keong temple referred to by the British map maker as a "Chinese church" (No. 11)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_104738987.jpgIMG_20190612_104738987Main deities in the Kong Hock Keong templehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_104654557_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_104654557_HDRKong Hock Keong, or Kuan Yin Teng, was established in George Town’s early Chinese settlement and became an important religious and community institution, serving worshippers while helping unite different Chinese groups.2026-08-21T11:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/06/ubudiah-mosque-by-a-b-hubback-1917/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220606-151613.jpgscreenshot_20220606-1516132026-08-21T11:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/30/the-town-padang-mosque-ipoh-1908/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_120632226_hdr.jpgIMG_20190627_120632226_HDRThe Town Padang mosque built in 1908 to serve the Tamil Muslim community of South India.2026-08-21T10:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/30/the-panglima-kinta-mosque-ipoh-1898/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_112828647.jpgIMG_20190627_112828647The Panglima Kinta mosque established in 1898https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_112929294_hdr.jpgIMG_20190627_112929294_HDRThe Panglima Kinta mosque said to be oldest in 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Mansion, Northam Road, 1923https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190615_084435788.jpgIMG_20190615_084435788The Homestead at No. 54 Northam 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panning for tin in Perak in the 1900s (Source, National Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_1219012192.jpgIMG_20190519_121901219~2A dredge used to extract tin from alluvial deposits (Source, National Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_1213370612.jpgIMG_20190519_121337061~2Tin mine in Perak in 1906 British Malaya (Source, National 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first Durbar held in in 1897 in Kuala Kangsar2026-07-11T13:04:20+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/29/the-federated-malay-states-railways/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_111923643_hdr.jpgIMG_20190519_111923643_HDRA British locomotive used in Malaya at National Museum, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_1416176652-1.jpgIMG_20190516_141617665~2Adverts for the Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh railway hotels (Source KLCity Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_112359385_hdr.jpgIMG_20190519_112359385_HDRBritish steam locomotive used in Malaya in the National Museum Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_121935213.jpgIMG_20190523_121935213FMS Railways advert for Penang to Bangkok express taking 34 hours Source, KLCity 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Old General Post Office soon after openinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_113856005.jpgIMG_20190518_113856005Old General Post Office, Kuala Lumpur (1907)2026-07-07T19:32:42+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2024/08/14/woodville-mansion-on-northam-road-penang/2026-07-06T14:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/26/the-protestant-cemetery-georgetown/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190605_070121679.jpgIMG_20190605_070121679A plaque in the cemetery listing some of the notable persons buried there.https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190527_103729012_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190527_103729012_HDR~2The Protestant cemetery, Georgetown2025-12-22T12:33:06+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/19/the-british-rubbermen-in-malaya-sir-henry-wickham-and-sir-henry-nicholas-ridley/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20220919-2122402.jpgScreenshot_20220919-212240~2Ridley with his herring-bone method of tapping for rubber (Source: Public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_121537855.jpgIMG_20190519_121537855Tapping for rubber (National Museum Kuala Lumpur)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_121431489.jpgIMG_20190519_121431489Bust of Sir Henry Nicholas Ridley in the National Museum, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_121707853.jpgIMG_20190519_121707853Bust of Sir Henry Whickham in the National Museum, Kuala Lumpur2025-11-04T17:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/23/the-old-post-office-at-jalan-panggong-1911/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_133540023.jpgIMG_20190523_133540023Interior of the old Post Office which is generally lacking maintenance and closed to the publichttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_133618197_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190523_133618197_HDR~2Old Post Office at Jalan Panggong, Kuala Lumpur (1911)2025-11-04T17:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/03/church-of-the-holy-rosary-kuala-lumpur-1903/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/img_20250120_1438393554.jpgIMG_20250120_143839355~4https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190518_122043962_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_122043962_HDRChurch of the Holy Rosary, Kuala 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hallhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190626_121043153.jpgIMG_20190626_121043153Inside the entrance to the town hall with pictures of the Sultan of Perak and his wifehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190626_120959858.jpgIMG_20190626_120959858The main entrance to the Town Hall, Ipohhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190626_121411469-effects.jpgIMG_20190626_121411469-EFFECTSThe Town Hall, Ipoh, designed by A.B.Hubback2025-03-11T13:49:42+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2024/10/07/how-penang-celebrated-its-centenary-in-1886/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/screenshot-2024-10-07-3.52.12-pm.pngScreenshot 2024-10-07 3.52.12 PM2024-12-02T09:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2021/02/07/queen-victoria-memorial-fountain-malacca/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot_20210207-193430.pngScreenshot_20210207-193430Queen Victoria memorial fountain, Malacca2024-10-17T17:09:56+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2024/08/13/the-murder-of-frank-dunsford-by-armed-robbers-at-his-raub-gold-mine/2024-08-16T12:36:24+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/12/sungai-petani-clock-tower-1936/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220712-133959.pngscreenshot_20220712-1339592024-08-14T10:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2024/07/29/1919-the-anti-japanese-riots-in-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/screenshot-2024-07-29-4.05.11-pm.pngScreenshot 2024-07-29 4.05.11 PM2024-07-29T17:32:30+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/18/government-printing-office-kuala-lumpur-1898/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20220611-173250.jpgscreenshot_20220611-173250https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_141119887.jpgIMG_20190516_141119887The distinctive windows designed to let in maximum lighthttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_142036825.jpgIMG_20190516_142036825City Gallery shophttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_145342833_hdr.jpgIMG_20190516_145342833_HDRhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_144405036_hdr.jpgIMG_20190516_144405036_HDRExterior of the buildinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_141812321.jpgIMG_20190516_141812321https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_141510340.jpgIMG_20190516_141510340John Russell, the Selangor Government printer who helped design the building (Source City Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_142930363.jpgIMG_20190516_142930363Model of Kuala Lumpur2023-11-04T11:51:05+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/20/the-assassination-of-henry-gurney-british-high-commissioner-of-malaya-in-1951/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190520-163633.pngScreenshot_20190520-163633Henry Gurney (Source, Wikipedia)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_122525971.jpgIMG_20190519_122525971The gravestone of Henry Gurney in Cheras War Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur (Source National Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190520-080448.pngScreenshot_20190520-080448The funeral of Henry Gurney in Kuala Lumpur in 1951https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_122511089.jpgIMG_20190519_122511089The Rolls-Royce with bullet holes2023-11-04T11:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/05/29/anthony-burgess-in-malaya-1954-58/2023-11-04T11:29:08+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/08/perak-museum-the-oldest-in-malaysia-1883/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220608-205850.pngscreenshot_20220608-205850https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220607-225250.jpgscreenshot_20220607-2252502023-11-04T11:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/08/taiping-airport-the-oldest-in-malaysia/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220707-1613292.jpgscreenshot_20220707-1613292https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220707-1613482.jpgscreenshot_20220707-16134822023-11-04T11:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/30/the-atkinson-memorial-clock-tower-sabah-1905/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220727-2043432.jpgscreenshot_20220727-20434322023-11-04T10:51:48+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/23/malacca-clock-tower-1886/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220623-150516.jpgscreenshot_20220623-1505162023-10-19T12:55:42+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/22/the-malayan-railway-building-in-georgetown-1907/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_092458932_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_092458932_HDRThe Malayan railway building constructed in 1907 in China Street, Georgetown2023-10-10T06:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/27/perdana-botanical-gardens-kuala-lumpur-1888/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220627-170250.jpgscreenshot_20220627-170250https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220627-180108.jpgscreenshot_20220627-180108https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220627-170436.jpgscreenshot_20220627-1704362023-07-26T11:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/09/philip-dundas-first-governor-of-penang-1804-7/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190605_071115348.jpgIMG_20190605_071115348Grave of Philip Dundas, Governor of Penang who died in 18072023-07-05T15:22:46+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2023/07/04/the-kedah-rice-riots-1879/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_20230704_151013474.jpgimg_20230704_1510134742024-03-18T06:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/05/28/the-whitehouse-of-klang-1909/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot_20220528-061022.jpgscreenshot_20220528-0610222023-06-29T20:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2023/06/07/the-penang-club-1868/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/screenshot_20230607-092341.jpgscreenshot_20230607-0923412023-06-07T08:39:46+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/22/the-murder-of-james-w-w-birch-the-first-british-resident-of-perak-in-1875/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190522-183609.pngScreenshot_20190522-183609Abdullah Mohammad Shah II of Perak in 1875, the year after the Pangkor Treaty was signed and Birch was assassinated (Source, public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190522-183549.pngScreenshot_20190522-183549Abdullah Mohammad Shah II of Perak (Source, public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190522-183109.pngScreenshot_20190522-183109J.W.W.Birch, first British Resident of Perak, who was murdered in 1875 (Source, public domain)2023-06-05T12:45:56+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/02/the-leaning-tower-of-penang-the-jubilee-clock-tower-1897/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20220824-054306.jpgScreenshot_20220824-054306https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_1004276632.jpgIMG_20190529_100427663~2Early photograph of the Jubilee Clock Tower built at the junction of Light Street and Beach Streethttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_1024462744.jpgIMG_20190529_102446274~4Council notice board about the ongoing restoration of the clock towerhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190527_112022797_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190527_112022797_HDR~2The Jubilee Clock Tower, Georgetown (1897)2023-05-31T19:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/17/the-penang-town-hall-fountain-1883/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_103922100_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_103922100_HDRThe Town Hall fountain soon after it was unveiledhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_103804927_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_103804927_HDRThe Town Hall fountain donated by a wealthy Chinese businessman in 18832023-04-29T07:50:34+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/18/the-acheen-street-mosque-georgetown-1808/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190617_131017080_hdr.jpgIMG_20190617_131017080_HDRThe facade of the Acheen Street mosque, Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190617_130648496_hdr.jpgIMG_20190617_130648496_HDRThe unusual octagonal minaret of the Acheen Street mosque dates from 1808 when the mosque was constructed2023-04-03T16:07:55+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/24/the-old-colonial-coliseum-hotel-and-cafe-1921/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20230130-090602.jpgscreenshot_20230130-090602https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1157219993.jpgIMG_20190523_115721999~3Advertisement in the Malay Mail from 1921 for the Coliseum Cafe (Source, Coliseum Cafe gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_115530147_hdr.jpgIMG_20190523_115530147_HDREntrance to the Coliseum cafe and hotel which is mostly unchanged from the colonial era of the 1950shttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_115737739.jpgIMG_20190523_115737739The Coliseum restauranthttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1157413842.jpgIMG_20190523_115741384~2The bar at the Coliseum is unchanged since the 1950s2023-01-30T15:50:52+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/13/whitelies-of-the-east-one-of-the-finest-shopping-emporiums-in-asia-1903/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_100808631_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_100808631_HDRThe Whiteways shopping emporium building opened in 1903 in Georgetown, was one of the finest department stores in South East Asiahttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_100410395.jpgIMG_20190612_100410395Early photographs of the whiteways building (Source: The Whiteways Arcade exhibition)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_100311347.jpgIMG_20190612_100311347Early photographs of the Whiteways Building2022-11-12T12:30:00+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/26/weld-hill-bukit-nanas-eco-park-kuala-lumpur/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220915-194610.jpgscreenshot_20220915-194610https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/screenshot_20220726-150507.jpgscreenshot_20220726-1505072022-11-03T10:06:00+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/04/the-dhammikarama-buddhist-temple-georgetown-1903/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190602_173206813.jpgIMG_20190602_173206813Tablet explaining the establishment of the temple in 1803https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190602_173848113.jpgIMG_20190602_173848113Plaque listing the chief monks from 1803 to presenthttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190602_173417432_hdr.jpgIMG_20190602_173417432_HDRThe chedi and worship hall are the oldest parts of the templehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190602_172557121.jpgIMG_20190602_172557121Entrance to the templehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190602-190414.pngScreenshot_20190602-190414Sir George Leith, Governor of Penang from 1800-06 who approved the transfer of land to the temple in 18022025-07-27T09:06:11+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/09/26/how-the-duke-of-wellington-saved-penang-1797/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screenshot_20220820-141041.jpgscreenshot_20220820-141041https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/screenshot_20220926-162543.jpgscreenshot_20220926-1625432022-10-06T04:22:09+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/23/the-king-george-vii-memorial-hospital-georgetown-1915/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_115627872.jpgIMG_20190623_115627872List of donors to the building of the George VII hospital fundhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_115921979_hdr.jpgIMG_20190623_115921979_HDRThe building was used as a and maternity hospitalhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190616_092748144_hdr.jpgIMG_20190616_092748144_HDRThe King Edward VII hospital and temporary home of Penang State Museum2022-10-04T18:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/08/ipoh-railway-station-1917/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190701_144434843.jpgIMG_20190701_144434843The station like Kuala Lumpur's also had a hotelhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190626_120834930.jpgIMG_20190626_120834930Ipoh railway station designed by A.B.Hubback and completed in 19172022-09-25T12:14:44+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/05/the-ipoh-cenotaph-1926/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190701_144319014.jpgIMG_20190701_144319014Commemorating those who died building the "Death Railway" in Burma and Thailand numbering nearly 100,000 according to the inscription.https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190701_145720-collage.jpg20190701_145720-COLLAGECommemorating those who died in the two world wars and other conflicts in Malaysiahttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190701_144303073.jpgIMG_20190701_144303073Residents of Perak who died during the Second World Warhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190701_144213289.jpgIMG_20190701_144213289The war memorial in Ipoh erected in 19272022-09-20T06:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/16/james-richardson-logan-defender-of-the-poor-and-oppressed-in-19th-century-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_104408613.jpgIMG_20190615_104408613The memorial plaque of James Richardson Logan commemorating his life and workshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190605_070840221.jpgIMG_20190605_070840221The grave of James Richardson Logan in the Protestant cemetery, Georgetown, who died in 1869https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190615_111436-collage.jpg20190615_111436-COLLAGEStatues representing Wisdom, Fortitude, Temperance and Justice on the Logan memorial, Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_104556151_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_104556151_HDRThe James Richardson Logan memorial outside of the court building in Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_104319810.jpgIMG_20190615_104319810Image of James Richardson Logan on his memorial in Georgetown2023-12-28T09:14:26+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/03/the-beginning-of-the-residency-system-1874/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190519_120859059.jpgIMG_20190519_120859059On the steamer HMS Pluto off the island of Pangkor, Perak, with Raja Abdullah of Perak and Sir Andrew Clarke (Source: National Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190519_120840340.jpgIMG_20190519_120840340The Pangkor Treaty signed in 1874 (Source: National Museum)2024-10-02T11:57:15+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/05/the-royal-ipoh-club-1896/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190626_131531014_hdr.jpgIMG_20190626_131531014_HDRThe padang in front of the Royal Ipoh Club was used for football and cricket by the colonial residentshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190626_132155703.jpgIMG_20190626_132155703The royal Ipoh Club opened in 1895 as a meeting place for the colonial administrators2022-09-14T18:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/05/the-ipoh-court-building-1906/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190701_150607407.jpgIMG_20190701_150607407View of the Ipoh High Court buildinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190701_150512428.jpgIMG_20190701_150512428The Ipoh court building designed by resident British architect A.B.Hubback was opened in 19092022-09-14T18:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/17/federated-malay-states-railway-headquarters-kuala-lumpur-1905/2022-09-09T15:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/27/the-coliseum-theatre-kuala-lumpur-1920/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_115355285.jpgIMG_20190523_115355285Old movie projectors in the lobbyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_115312608_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190523_115312608_HDR~2The Coliseum Theatre, Kuala Lumpur (1920)2022-09-09T15:03:22+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/30/st-johns-anglican-church-ipoh-1912/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190627_164320-collage.jpg20190627_164320-COLLAGECommemoration to soldiers of the XV-XIX King's Royal Hussars who lost their lives during the Malaya Emergency in the 1950shttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_123450711_hdr.jpgIMG_20190627_123450711_HDRStained glass window behind the altar of St John's Anglican Church, Ipohhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_131239611_hdr.jpgIMG_20190627_131239611_HDRSt John's Anglican Church, Ipohhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190627_123332950.jpgIMG_20190627_123332950The nave of St John's Church, Ipoh2022-09-02T06:09:53+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/08/31/taiping-clock-tower-1881/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220829-181545.jpgscreenshot_20220829-181545Taiping’s main street, c.1900–1914, with the Clock Tower. In just a few decades, Taiping had grown from a tin-mining settlement into the administrative capital of Perak and one of British Malaya’s most important mining towns. Its expanding streets and commercial district reflected the wealth and infrastructure that accompanied British rule (source: public domain) 2022-09-02T05:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/23/penang-post-office-building-1907/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220623-063458.jpgscreenshot_20220623-0634582022-08-31T15:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/27/kuala-lumpur-railway-station-the-most-beautiful-in-the-world-1910/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1219060802.jpgIMG_20190523_121906080~2Advert for the rail service between Penang and Singapore taking 24 hours from 1920s and showing the station (Source, KLCity Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_121718443_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_121718443_HDRKuala Lumpur railway station with its four lines and three platformshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-021711.pngScreenshot_20190521-021711The Kuala Lumpur railway station by Hubbackhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1217161113.jpgIMG_20190523_121716111~3Kuala Lumpur railway station in the 1950s (Source, KLCity Gallery)2022-08-28T15:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/01/st-georges-anglican-church-georgetown-1819/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_103110845.jpgIMG_20190530_103110845The impressive portico of St. George's church, Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_1029224402.jpgIMG_20190530_102922440~2Plaque honouring John Alexander Bannerman who was the governor of Penang when the church opened in 1819 and is buried nearbyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_103008109_hdr.jpgIMG_20190530_103008109_HDRPlaque commemorating the consecration of the St. George's church, Georgetown by the bishop of Calcutta in 1819https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_1029254552.jpgIMG_20190530_102925455~2List of chaplains and vicars of St.George's church, Georgetown https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_102705044.jpgIMG_20190530_102705044The nave of St. George's church Georgetown with the cross of St. George bannershttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_1032524433.jpgIMG_20190530_103252443~3Plaque commemorating the laying of the foundation stone of St. George's church, Georgetown in 1817https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_1029435572.jpgIMG_20190530_102943557~2The font in St.George's churchhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190530_103533672_hdr.jpgIMG_20190530_103533672_HDRSt.George's Anglican Church, Georgetown, 18172022-08-28T15:26:55+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/23/the-old-central-market-kuala-lumpur-1888/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1229547652.jpgIMG_20190523_122954765~2The Central Market in 1920 (Source, KLCity Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190522_134925014.jpgIMG_20190522_134925014Interior of the old Central Markethttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190522_135221794_hdr.jpgIMG_20190522_135221794_HDRThe old Central Market originally built in 1888 but modified in the Arte Deco style in the 1930shttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190523_170515-collage.jpg20190523_170515-COLLAGE2022-08-25T05:29:39+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/08/23/victorian-mosque-in-malaya/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220823-062732.jpgscreenshot_20220823-062732https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220822-090749.jpgscreenshot_20220822-0907492022-08-23T06:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/05/26/the-selangor-residency/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot_20220819-1510333.jpgscreenshot_20220819-1510333https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_20220526_131241208-1.jpgimg_20220526_131241208-1https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot-2022-05-26-6.35.28-pm-2.pngscreenshot-2022-05-26-6.35.28-pm-2https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot-2022-05-26-6.35.28-pm-1.pngscreenshot-2022-05-26-6.35.28-pm-1https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/screenshot-2022-05-26-6.35.28-pm.pngscreenshot-2022-05-26-6.35.28-pmhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_20220526_131241208.jpgimg_20220526_131241208https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/img_20220526_131343693.jpgimg_20220526_1313436932022-08-21T13:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/04/the-carcosa-residency-1898/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220604-071020.jpgscreenshot_20220604-0710202025-05-17T06:39:32+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/08/14/sarawk-museum-today-the-largest-museum-in-malaysia-1888/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220727-203230.pngscreenshot_20220727-203230https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/screenshot_20220727-202231.jpgscreenshot_20220727-2022312022-08-15T08:45:15+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/22/the-federated-malay-states-fms-survey-office-kuala-lumpur/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_105841223.jpgIMG_20190518_105841223Old photo of the Federated Malay States (FMS) Survey office, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_105933487_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_105933487_HDRThe 120 metre long collunade of the Federated Malay States (FMS) Survey office, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_105716506_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_105716506_HDRThe facade of the Federated Malay States (FMS) Survey office, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-021609.pngScreenshot_20190521-021609The beautiful collunade of the Federated Malay States (FMS) Survey office, Kuala Lumpur2022-08-14T12:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/14/the-colonial-banks-standard-chartered-bank-vacates-its-iconic-building-on-beach-street-georgetown/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190615_091958055_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_091958055_HDRStandard Chartered's new more modest building at No.38 Beach Streethttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_095048431_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_095048431_HDRThe iconic building at No. 2 Beach Street, Georgetown, associated with The Standard Chartered Bank for nearly 90 years is no longer, the Bank having relocated in 20172022-08-10T06:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/18/st-marys-cathedral-kuala-lumpur-1894/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_135256119.jpgIMG_20190516_135256119Commemorative plaque to https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_134438501_hdr.jpgIMG_20190516_134438501_HDRhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_141847390.jpgIMG_20190516_141847390https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_135812599.jpgIMG_20190516_135812599https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_134550520.jpgIMG_20190516_134550520List of the chaplainshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_134656987.jpgIMG_20190516_134656987Consecrated in 1895 for Kuala Lumpur’s growing Anglican community, St Mary’s became part of the capital’s changing social landscape as its congregation and role developed alongside the city. https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_135411813.jpgIMG_20190516_1354118132022-08-05T05:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/27/british-colonial-service-medals-malaya/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190522_1151465872.jpgIMG_20190522_115146587~2British service colonial service medalshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190522_1152128172.jpgIMG_20190522_115212817~2British colonial service medalshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190527-1607293.pngScreenshot_20190527-160729~3https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190527-1607294.pngScreenshot_20190527-160729~4British colonial service medals, Malaya2022-08-03T07:36:12+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/30/the-birch-memorial-clock-tower-ipoh-1909/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20191016_134611611_hdr.jpgIMG_20191016_134611611_HDRFrieze showing removal of the prophet Mohammed (second left) in accordance with Islamic practice.https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190626_113714480.jpgIMG_20190626_113714480The empty niche for the bust of Birch and above one of the four panels depicting the growth of civilizationhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190626_112556876.jpgIMG_20190626_112556876The Birch Memorial clock tower in Ipoh constructed in 1909https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190626_142115-collage.jpg20190626_142115-COLLAGEThe four virtues of British administration:- Fortitude, Justice, Loyalty, and Patience2022-07-26T11:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/07/09/cheras-war-cemetery-kuala-lumpur/2022-07-09T18:07:38+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/11/the-colourful-life-of-martina-rozells-wife-of-francis-light-founder-of-georgetown-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_123303149.jpgIMG_20190623_123303149The last will and testament of Francis Light (Source: Penang State Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_122906827.jpgIMG_20190623_122906827The last will and testament of Francis Light (Source: Penang State Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_100127200.jpgIMG_20190529_100127200Georgetown, Penang in the late 18th century when Francis Light and his wife Martina Rozells, lived on the island2024-07-07T13:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/11/beach-street-the-colonial-business-centre-of-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190529_100827982.jpgIMG_20190529_100827982An early photograph of Standard Chartered Bank Beach Street (Source: City Hall Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/image.jpgimageBeach Street, Georgetown, todayhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_095524408.jpgIMG_20190612_095524408The former Netherlands Trading Society Buildinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_095457300.jpgIMG_20190612_095457300The former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bankhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_101244310_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_101244310_HDROCBC Buildinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_101149465_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_101149465_HDRThe Goon Yen and Friends Building, 1886https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190615_095111020_hdr.jpgIMG_20190615_095111020_HDRThe Logan Building was originally three storiedhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screenshot_20190711-102506.pngScreenshot_20190711-102506Map of Beach Street, showing the colonial buildings (Source, Penang Heritage Trail)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/screenshot_20190612-073302.pngScreenshot_20190612-073302Beach Street, George Town in 19102022-06-24T11:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2021/06/08/the-cenotaph-georgetown-1929/2022-06-17T15:20:29+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/18/cops-fountain-merdeka-square-kuala-lumpur-1897/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_114117753_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_114117753_HDRCop's Fountain in Merdeka Square2022-06-16T11:10:33+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/29/the-old-british-government-offices-now-the-sultan-abdul-samad-building-kuala-lumpur-1897/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-021654.pngScreenshot_20190521-021654The Government Offices of the British colonial administration built by A.C.Norman in 1897https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_120842369_hdr.jpgIMG_20190523_120842369_HDRFacade of the Colonial Government Offices now the Sultan Abdul Samad Building (1897)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1209442402.jpgIMG_20190523_120944240~2The building is used in the annual parades (Source, KLCity Gallery)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190516_1417079762.jpgIMG_20190516_141707976~2The building just after opening in1897 minus the clock2022-06-13T13:07:50+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2022/06/10/penang-state-museum-building-1817/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/screenshot_20220610-205756.jpgscreenshot_20220610-2057562022-06-10T21:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2021/02/04/the-stadthaus-or-city-hall-malacca/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot_20210204-093718.pngScreenshot_20210204-093718Interior, now a museumhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot_20210204-093749.pngScreenshot_20210204-093749The rear of the building previously the Dutch gardenhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot_20210204-093709.pngScreenshot_20210204-093709Exterior of the Stadthaushttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/screenshot_20210204-093649.jpgscreenshot_20210204-0936492021-02-04T14:22:06+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/14/the-fort-cornwallis-lighthouse-georgetown-1882/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190529_101827646_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190529_101827646_HDR~2The Fort Cornwallis lighthouse near the esplinade in Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190529_102754258_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190529_102754258_HDR~2The Fort Cornwallis lighthouse built in 18822019-07-14T06:00:47+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/01/the-cenotaph-georgetown-penang/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_101737125_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190529_101737125_HDR~2Penang Veteran's Association plaque next to the Cenotaphhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_1017203903.jpgIMG_20190529_101720390~3The Cenotaph, Georgetown2019-07-13T07:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/03/the-queen-victoria-monument-georgetown-1930/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190603-111656.pngScreenshot_20190603-111656Sir Cecil Clementi, 20th Governor of the Straits Settlements (1930-34), who unveiled the Queen Victoria Monument in Penang in 1930https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190603_080004321_hdr.jpgIMG_20190603_080004321_HDRThe Victoria Monument, Georgetown, was unveiled in 19302019-07-13T07:03:19+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/09/fort-cornwallis-georgetown-lights-defensive-bastion-1786/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_122141867.jpgIMG_20190623_122141867Lieutenant Wood's map of 1832 (Source: Penang Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_121057441.jpgIMG_20190623_121057441Painting by Robert Smith of 1820 showing a small Georgetown Source: Penang Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190519_120642551.jpgIMG_20190519_120642551A replica of a 32 pounder canon (32P) dated 1798 used by Francis Light at Fort Cornwallis (Source, National Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_102830802_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190529_102830802_HDR~2Fort Cornwallis which is currently undergoing major restoration workshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190609-112320.pngScreenshot_20190609-112320An early map of Georgetown from the 1790s showing the cemetery (Source, public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190609-112329.pngScreenshot_20190609-112329Fort Cornwallis, Georgetown from a print published in 1813 (Source, public domain)2019-07-13T07:01:21+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/07/the-straits-settlements-government-building-1907/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_095401333_hdr-effects.jpgIMG_20190612_095401333_HDR-EFFECTSThe Straits Settlements Government building now the Penang Islamic council buildinghttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190612_095325897_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_095325897_HDRThe Straits Settlements Government Building, George Town 19072019-07-13T06:57:43+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/02/city-hall-georgetown-1903/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190602-111509-1.pngScreenshot_20190602-111509City Hall, Georgetown, taken just after it was opened in 1903 (Source, public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_0959152202.jpgIMG_20190529_095915220~2The entrance to City Hall, Georgetownhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190602-111509.pngScreenshot_20190602-111509City Hall in 1904, the year after it was completed (Source, public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_095747157_hdr.jpgIMG_20190529_095747157_HDRThe grand ballroom of Penang City Hall was used as the Royal Courtroom of King Mongkut's palacehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_1010260052.jpgIMG_20190529_101026005~2City Hall, Georgetown probably 1930s with the Cenotaph right (Source, City Hall Gallery)2019-07-13T06:48:50+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/04/town-hall-the-oldest-municipal-building-in-georgetown-1880/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_095614807_hdr.jpgIMG_20190529_095614807_HDRThe Town Hall, Georgetown's oldest municipal building was opened in 18802019-07-13T06:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/13/the-georgetown-dispensary-building-1923/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_101737332.jpgIMG_20190612_101737332Entrance to the chambers with the original lifthttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_103626418_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_103626418_HDRThe Georgetown dispensary in Beach Street opened in 19232019-07-13T06:12:11+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/14/india-house-georgetown-1941/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190612_100925655_hdr.jpgIMG_20190612_100925655_HDRIndia House, Beach Street, Georgetown built in 19412019-07-13T06:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/11/st-johns-cathedral-kuala-lumpur/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190709_113553468_hdr.jpgIMG_20190709_113553468_HDRSt John's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur2019-07-11T06:53:53+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/07/05/the-fms-bar-ipoh-a-favourite-of-european-miners-and-planters-1906/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190626_132408024.jpgIMG_20190626_132408024The walkway in front of the FMS bar which faces the padang in Ipohhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_20190625_115548945_hdr.jpgIMG_20190625_115548945_HDRThe old FMS bar in Ipoh beloved by planters and miners for over 100 years2019-07-05T08:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/08/the-eastern-and-oriental-colonial-hotel-georgetown-1885/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190623_121915892.jpgIMG_20190623_121915892An early photograph of the Eastern and Oriental Hotel, Georgetown (Source: Penang state Museum)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190610_071110580.jpgIMG_20190610_071110580Restaurant in the Eastern and Oriental Hotelhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190610_070936320.jpgIMG_20190610_070936320Eastern and Oriental Hotelhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190609_070321621.jpgIMG_20190609_070321621The Eastern and Oriental, Georgetown, facing the seahttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190527_104101205_hdr.jpgIMG_20190527_104101205_HDRThe facade of the Eastern and Oriental Hotel, Georgetown, established by the Sarkies brothers in 18852019-06-23T05:31:41+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/16/the-official-residence-of-the-head-of-government-of-penang-1904/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190616_085212446_hdr.jpgIMG_20190616_085212446_HDRThe official residence of the governor of Penang, currently empty whilst the property is renovated2019-06-16T06:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/06/02/the-high-court-building-georgetown-1901/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190602-155004-1.pngScreenshot_20190602-155004The High Court building in the year of its opening in 1901(Source, public domain)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_20190529_095326647_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190529_095326647_HDR~2The Court Building, Light Street, Georgetown built in 1901https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/screenshot_20190602-155004.pngScreenshot_20190602-155004The High Court building in the year of its opening in 1901(Source, public domain)2019-06-02T08:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/28/the-old-town-hall-kuala-lumpur/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-022249.pngScreenshot_20190521-022249The old town hall by Hubback2019-05-28T12:16:01+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/27/the-ktm-building-kuala-lumpur-by-hubback/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-022001.pngScreenshot_20190521-022001Three floor verandahs in Neo-Mughhal stylehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_120742729.jpgIMG_20190518_120742729The KTM Building by Hubback2019-05-27T07:07:03+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/25/old-supreme-court-building-kuala-lumpur-1915/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-021722.pngScreenshot_20190521-021722Old Supreme Court building, Kuala Lumpur (1915)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_120545881_hdr2.jpgIMG_20190523_120545881_HDR~2The old Supreme Court by A.B.Hubback opened in 1915 (Source, Colonial Walk signage)2019-05-25T05:01:29+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/21/the-old-market-square-clock-tower-minus-george-vl/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_113035553_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_113035553_HDRThe old Market Square clock tower, Art Deco (1937)https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190519_121214441.jpgIMG_20190519_121214441Old Market Square, 1920s (Source, KLCity Gallery)2019-05-23T11:15:11+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/23/the-sin-seng-nam-old-colonial-restaurant-1928/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_122510784_hdr.jpgIMG_20190523_122510784_HDRThe Dutch style facade of the restauranthttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_122543495.jpgIMG_20190523_122543495Interior of the restaurant with old photos on the wallshttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_123449318_hdr.jpgIMG_20190523_123449318_HDRThe entrance to the restaurant now called the "Kafe Old Market Square"https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190523_1216550302.jpgIMG_20190523_121655030~2The Old Market Square in 1940 (Source, the DinSeng Nam's restaurant's photo gallery)2024-06-21T02:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/2019/05/22/jamek-mosque-kuala-lumpur-1909/https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_110723284.jpgIMG_20190518_110723284Interior of Jamek Mosque, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_110837458.jpgIMG_20190518_110837458Prayer Hall, Jamek Mosquehttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190518_111141474_hdr.jpgIMG_20190518_111141474_HDROpened in 1909 at the meeting of the Gombak and Klang rivers, Masjid Jamek served Kuala Lumpur’s growing Muslim community and became the city’s principal mosque before Masjid Negara opened in 1965.https://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/screenshot_20190521-021705.pngScreenshot_20190521-021705Jamek Mosque, Kuala Lumpurhttps://britishmalaya.home.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20190522_133325-collage.jpg20190522_133325-COLLAGEJamek Mosque in 1909 when it opened and today2019-05-22T09:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://britishmalaya.home.blogdaily1.02026-08-31T16:02:28+00:00