Policeman's son posing for for me. Just like me during primary school days. The arrow indicating where barrack 'E' used to be. Barrack 'E' was built during colonial time. It was a one bedroom apartment with commom toilet facilities.

Next to the police quater is the 'Padang Majlis Perbandaran Kuala Kangsar'. The first merdeka celebration was conducted here. It is gone now being replaced by MPKK complex.

The back of the unit where my family used to live in the 60s.

I used to live in the top right hand unit. It is a one room apartment but with kitchen and toilet. It was called 'barrack baru' then. Total floor area probably smaller than the current single storey terrace house.
REVISITING KUALA KANGSAR POLICE QUARTER.

There is a plan to relocate the police quater somewhere else in Kuala Kangsar. So last week I took the oppurtunity to pay a visit to the place I used to stay in the 60s. Well some of the building had already been demolished. Barrack 'E' which was built during colonial time was no more there. It was a concrete building facing the Town padang. The original unit had 'dapur kayu' with chimney. It was no longer used even in the 60s as we had evolved to kerosene stove era. There was a common bathroom and toilet at the end of the building. Quite a common sight those days to see mothers 'berkemban' going to the bath room with their washings and afterward drying them on cloth line located at the back of the barrack. 'Tudung' was never heard off in those days and 'selendang' was only used during formal function.

Barrack 'E' had common electric meter and water meter. Electricity was supplied by 'Kinta Electricity Board'. The tenant paid fixed rate for all the utilities. Those who owned electric iron had to pay surcharge of 1 ringgit per month. Some tenant had the only other electrical appliance which is a radio.

Later my family moved to 'barrack baru' which is a self contained unit. A real luxury in those days. Another colonial history being erased from our soil and it reflect how far we have progressed since then.