Tuesday 20 March 2018

Catchment area of Westlands Primary


THE STUDENT catchment area of Westlands Primary was surprisingly vast, stretching from Ayer Itam to Pulau Tikus and the inner city. However, the majority of us came from around the school in two clusters:
  • First, side roads between the Pangkor and Larut Road intersections with Burmah Road, and 
  • Second, to the south, Logan Road, Dunn Road, and MacAlister Road with all its side roads. 
Burmah Road used to be a small road that cut through some Burmese plantations leading to Pulau Tikus — an area with a sizable number of minorities e.g. Thais, Burmese and Eurasians. It was also a place where the richer folk in town, like the Babas of Muntri Street, built their second homes.  This is the reason so many roads near Westlands Primary had names associated with Burma and Thailand.

The other landmarks that defined our school's environment were, of course, the Chinese Recreation Club and Victoria Green. Their rich history deserves another story.

In this story, we want to see who among our small initial group lived where — the areas and the roads. We have linked all the roads to a website called PenangTravelTips to give us a short description of each. This is done with owner Timothy Tye’s permission.

Hopefully, some of us can elaborate on life on their own roads. For example, Suku talked to us about the Yap Brothers shop he frequented, and a coffeeshop at the corner of Burmah and Tavoy Roads which sold the “best pau”.

Do you have any reaction or a story to tell? Please send them to westlandsprimary65@gmail.com

Near the school (click on the road names for more info on the road)
Ayer Itam area
Pulau Tikus area
Others:
Please send your reactions to westlandsprimary65@gmail.com
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Siang Jin said...
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25 March 2018 at 22:39

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