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2 days ago

1980 Stop Polio Round the World expedition; Week 44: Singapore.
For the next couple of days Tony stayed in his room and I brought him food and drink. I took a ferry to Sentosa island and swam in the lagoon, managed to call Mary by visiting the Telecommunication building, paying my 21 Singapore dollars, about £5.00, for 3 minutes on the phone.
The day Tony had his stiches out an English guy from Broomwade, part of the Compair Holmans empire, came to visit and took us out for dinner. One of the best meals I had ever had, crab claws, sweet & sour prawns, Lobster, and lots of dish’s I did not even know, it was fantastic.
The next day we contacted the shipping agents who said the cars would arrive tomorrow, we then contacted Malaysian motors, the Leyland garage, who said parts should not be an issue. That evening another of the managers of Compare Mike Brown contacted us and invited us to his house for dinner, it was lovely to have a proper English roast meal. (years later I was speaking our lady in accounts and it turned out Mike was her ex-husband)
The next day it was raining hard, the cars were scheduled to be unloaded in the afternoon, and after sorting out a pass to get onto the docks we found them both. Jill started, then ran out of petrol, Jack was completely dead. Managed to get some fuel and ‘blag’ our way through customs. I then towed Jack to Malayan Motors just as they shut up shop. It was fantastic to think I could start the repairs tomorrow. ... See MoreSee Less

Ferris Garage

1 week ago

1980 Stop Polio Round the World expedition:Week 43: Singapore
We arranged a meeting with the manager of the British Leyland garage as he was back, there were no 1275cc engines available but he was confident we would be able to rebuild the engines so we gave him a list of parts we thought we would require. The sales manager then took us out for lunch, well it took most of the afternoon at a Dim Sum restaurant. It was a fantastic meal, the waiters came around with the bamboo steam baskets and you just stopped them they explained what they were and if you wanted, put them on the table. Must admit Dim Sum is still a favourite.
Over the weekend we decided to find a beach and caught a bus to the lagoon. Had a great swim, water was lovely and warm and then tried to find the fishing fleet without any success.
At the time there was a big market selling counterfeit electrical goods, watch’s cassette tapes all imported from Chinese, we bought some tapes and a cassette player.
That night we went to an upstairs bar, the sort where you sit in a horseshoe shape seat with a table in the middle, when the beers came, they were very expensive, we tried to bargain without luck and then Tony made a run for it. Two guys trapped me in, but with Tony shouting outside distracting them I managed to escape down the stairs. Within seconds 5 or 10 Chinese guys came out with metre long sticks chasing us down the road, they eventually caught us, and a fight ensued, I was able to kick a couple of them and they back off, but Tony got quite a beating. The police and ambulance arrived, Tony was taken to hospital and me to the police station to make a statement, where they said the bar was run by the Triads and we were lucky not be seriously injured as last week there had been a stabbing there. Next day I visited Tony at Singapore General Hospital he had 7 stitches behind his ear and was badly bruised all over. They kept him in for a couple of nights all for £25 good value we thought! ... See MoreSee Less

Ferris Garage

4 weeks ago

Despite the latest lockdown you are still required to MOT your car, if you are not sure when your MOT runs out you can check at the link from our website or call us on 01872 861100 ;
www.ferrisgarage.co.uk/services/mot/
We remain open, as we are classed as key workers, and abide by government guidelines concerning Covid19. If you are self isolating or in a vulnerable group please ask if we can collect and deliver for you ... See MoreSee Less