In the 1950s and 1960s, your grandparents and their friends grew up in a Singapore that was quite different from how it is today. Discover some questions posed by children and museum visitors to their senior pen pals and find out what life was like for our seniors when they were young!
Did you submit a Pen Pal Corner card at the Our Home installation during Children’s Season 2021? Scroll to the end to see if your senior pen pal has replied!
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Take a look at the questions others have posed, through the thematic collections of whimsical illustrations below.
Enjoy the illustrations? You can also download them as colouring templates here (First Edition only)!
Second Edition
First Edition
Theme: Technology
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Theme: Housing
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Theme: Pastime
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Theme: Transport
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Theme: Food
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Did you submit a Pen Pal Corner card at the Our Home installation during Children’s Season 2021?
Find the serial number on your card and click on the link to see if your senior pen pal has replied!
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This initiative is supported by our senior care partners Anglican Senior Centre (Hillview), Apex Harmony Lodge, Dementia Singapore, Lentor Senior Care Centre, Man Fut Tong Nursing Home, NTUC Health Co-operative Limited, Ren Ci @ Ang Mo Kio Nursing Home, St. Andrew’s Senior Care.
