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GAY WORLD (HAPPY WORLD)

Gay World was one of three amement parks built Sgapore before World War II and around which Sgapore’s nightlife revolved om the 1920s to the ’60s. The other two were New World and Great World. Gay World was a popular entertament jot before the advent of televisn and shoppg malls. It featured a variety of entertament cludg baret, operas, movi, gamg, sport match, stunts and shoppg. The se of many fir over the years, Gay World was molished 2001 to make way for revelopment. * gay world geylang *

Gay World was one of three amement parks built Sgapore before World War II and around which Sgapore’s nightlife revolved om the 1920s to the ’60s. Gay World was a popular entertament jot before the advent of televisn and shoppg malls. The se of many fir over the years, Gay World was molished 2001 to make way for revelopment.

COLIWOO GAY WORLD HOTEL: MEMENTOS OF THE BYGONE 1936 GAY WORLD AMEMENT PARK GEYLANG

Before World War II scend, Sgapore had three famed “World” amement parks, namely Great World, New World, and Gay World. * gay world geylang *

History Gay World was one of the three “World” amement parks that provid affordable entertament for Sgaporeans. Gay World, loted on 10 acr of land1 between Mountbatten and Geylang roads, was officially opened on 6 May 1937.

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<p>This photograph of the entrance to the Happy World Amement Park (later known as Gay World) at Geylang Road om the album of an RAF pilot who served Sgapore, Ceylon and the Pacific between 1938 and of the RAF pilots who served Sgapore durg the 1930s were statned at Seletar Airbase the northeastern part of the island. Built on a 600-acre se formerly belongg to Sgapore Uned Rubber Plantatns, the airbase was operatnal by 1928 and officially beme an RAF statn 1930. The airbase also served as a civilian airport until 1937, when the Kallang Airport was opened to handle mercial flights. Seletar Airbase was signed to handle both nventnal aircraft as well as seaplan such as the Short Sgapore III and Short Sunrland flyg boats. The first batch of Sgapore IIIs parted om Pembroke Dock the Uned Kgdom for Seletar January 1935 to re-equip Number 205 Squadron. The first of the new Sunrlands arrived Seletar om Pembroke Dock June 1938 for e by Number 230 Squadron.</p> * gay world geylang *

The four bs that remaed were Gay World Stadium, Datoh Rajah Theatre and Cabaret (the olst baret Sgapore then), 14 Tai Thong Rtrant and New Happy Cema. 15 Gay World was rced to a mass of buildgs and shops sellg r parts, ed rs and furnure, and a “r park” where office workers nearby parked their rs.

18 They were put up maly by three troup – S Khee L, S Sai Hong and Lum Gay – and ually to fullhoe dienc.

19 Apart om the ual recreatnal activi, Gay World also hosted many cultural shows the 1960s, cludg the six-week-long Sgapore Ftival 1968. 20Gay World was known as a sportg arena, pecially for s boxg match. 21 The door Gay World Stadium was once hailed as the greatt vered stadium Southeast Asia and was purportedly the first vered stadium Malaya.

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