From climbing coconut trees to catching crabs by the sea, the generation who were born in the 1930s and 40s lived in a Singapore completely different from what we know now. As these landscapes disappear and ways of life change, their childhood memories give intimate glimpses into the world of old Singapore.

Hear the true stories of Singaporeans who lived through a bygone era, and the vivid details of how their idyllic childhood was shattered by a war that changed everything. Through their most intimate and personal recollections, ‘Let Me Tell You A Story’ paints a portrait of their coming of age.

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0:00 Introduction
1:57 Our childhoods in a multilingual nation of immigrants
9:45 Too poor to study, not too young to work
16:23 The Japanese invasion of Singapore
21:13 Surviving harsh conditions during the Japanese Occupation
28:34 From wayangs to Japanese propaganda films
34:54 Children found clever ways to survive the Occupation
37:47 Celebrating the surrender of the Japanese
41:14 The desire to be an independent nation

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About the show: These are the stories of the last surviving historians among us. Hear the vivid memories of a time gone by, told by a generation who grew up in a completely different Singapore nearly 100 years ago.
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