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We are a vintage shop with a large variety of items that have great character! We also provide rental of our items for events.

Hi, we are a vintage shop filled with plenty of vintage and retro curios, homeware, luggage, kitchenware, luggage, typewriters, gadgets, nautical items, lamps, and much much more! These have been collected over the years, from Singapore and overseas. Our items are also available for rent. DM or call us at 98792088 to make an appointment to visit! We are just 5-7min away from Commonwealth MRT station

Payment:
We do not have any card payment facilities. Payment by cash, bank transfer, Paynow or Paylah. Parking:
Ample parking available in front of the building.

30/10/2026

Packing more vessels for my workshop tomorrow morning and thought I'll bring this! 😁 This Quaker Oats tin doesn't have a lid and you don't need a can opener to open it either🥫The answer lies in the item at the bottom!🗝️ Are you old enough to know? 😉

Catch this and other fascinating vessels with stories at the Time Capsule workshop I'm doing tomorrow as part of a new exhibition by Museum of Food with ArCH Square Singapore called Shipped: Vessels of Taste 🏺

Date: 31 Oct (Sat)
Time: 10.30am to 12pm
Place: ArCH Square at 125 Jalan Sultan
Sign up link: https://archxich.peatix.com/

See you! 😀

27/10/2026

Wasn't design just waaay cooler in the past? Even for bicycle accessories! 🚲 These bicycle lamps take you though the evolution of light 💡 - from miniaturised kerosene lamps to battery-powered lamps (brass and then aluminium), and motion-powered dynamo lamps 🚴 Love the kerosene one (bottom right), so steampunk! 😄

Then there are the vintage bicycle horns and even radios - shaped like rockets and car grilles inspired by the exciting space age exploration era, and cars of the 50s and 60s! 🚀

We also have vintage Japanese bicycle fender ornaments designed to depict speed with their streamlined aerodynamic profiles ✈️ Stylo indeed!

All items are available for purchase at the shop, make an appointment to visit and take a look! 😀

24/10/2026

Recognise this building facade? 🏢 It is significantly more famous now compared to when I bought this item many years ago! 😄 The iconic sunburst design of the former Malayan Motors showroom is now part of the Temasek Shophouse - a social impact hub made up of four newly conjoined shophouses along Orchard Road 👐🏻 It was also occupied by the Singapore Manufactuers' Association, and then MDIS for many years 🏫 I've been inside the space and you can see the interior is as beautiful as its exterior! ♥️ Malayan Motors/ SMA House/ MDIS/ Temasek Shophouse plaster facade available for purchase, contact if keen! 😄

23/10/2026

I am excited to be working with my friends at the Museum of Food once again! 😄 As part of their Shipped! Vessels of Taste exhibition which kicks off next weekend at ArCH Square, I'll be presenting 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙚, a workshop which looks at how the vessels and containers used in our kitchens aren't just about food - they also tell stories of evolution, sustainability, thrift, and personal memories ♥️ I'll be bringing some interesting and unexpected items I've found over the years to share these stories! 😄
You'll also get a chance to create your own time capsule! ⏳ The workshop happens 31 Oct (Sat) and 1 Nov (Sun) at 10.30am to 12pm.
Sign up at the link below and check out the other events happening on the same days!

https://peatix.com/group/16507108?lang=en-sg

ArCH Square is the region's only dedicated facility to archeology and intangible cultural heritage 🏺Catch their current exhibition Shipped! Memories from the Sea 🌊 which features fascinating items salvaged from three significant local shipwrecks.

21/10/2026

Just in time for these hazy days! 😷 I thought it was a jar filled with Chinese tea but it turned out to be liang teh 凉茶 or herbal tea for headaches, coughs and colds 🤧

These packets are maybe 60 years old or even older ☕ The most recognisable name - Ho Yan Hor 何人可 is still in business today (I still drink this!). They started making this tea in 1941.

What's also interesting is the measurement 1 1/2 chee, from the days when weight units were in chee, hoon and tahil (tael). 1 1/2 chee is approx 5.67gm, which is also the weight of a HYH herbal tea teabag today (I checked! 😄)

There is also tea from Yuen K*t Lam or 流澤堂 (Liu Ze Tang) at 46 Hongkong Street. This is 源吉林萬應甘和茶 (Yuan Jilin Wan Ying Gan He Cha), commonly known as Gan He Cha or Box Tea (probably because it's in a box 📦 haha). Another unfamiliar weight unit 150 grains! 🌾 The 'grain' weight system is from the West, based on the weight of one cereal grain (barley, wheat etc) and is 64.79891 milligrams.

I'm learning so much today! 🤯 Vintage tea available at the shop (just don't brew them) 😆

19/10/2026

Just based on how they look, I would say the British Dennis the Menace is the naughtier one, with his super cheeky grin and pet dog Gnasher! 😃 Vintage Dennis the Menace Annual 2003, and Dennis the Menace pencil sharpener from Japan, both for sale at the shop Make an appointment to purchase! 🛹

16/10/2026

Discover the Singapore of 1969! 🇸🇬 Four years after independence, our city skyline was still colonial, dominated by monumental British-designed buildings that must have been such an impressive sight for visitors who approached the city by sea to land at Clifford Pier 🛥️

The port was thriving, new housing estates were being built to house the masses, and Singapore was establishing global maritime and aviation routes ✈️🗺️

Read all about it in this pocket sized vintage book available at our shop now! 😄

14/10/2026

Customer - Do you have tingkats?
Me - Plastic, melamine, enamel, or aluminium? Plain or embossed? Stenciled or porcelain enamel decoration? 🌼🏵️🌼 Yes we HAVE tingkats! 😄

Out of all these, the melamine tingkat is the most unusual. I've not seen any others! And this one is a gorgeous retrolicious orange 🧡

More tingkat designs available at the shop, make an appointment to view! 🥡

13/10/2026

Holding this pocket knife in my hands, I have so many questions about it!
❓Who owned it?
❓What company was 新加坡成昌公司 (Singapore Seng Choon) and what did they deal in?
❓What was the relationship between the company and the receiver? Looks like a premium item!
❓ Whose hands wrote the characters 新加坡成昌公司敬赠 on such a narrow surface?
It's amazing how the ink has remained so dark and the characters so clear from the day they were written - I'm guessing about 60-70 years ago based on the lucite material used ⌛ A lovely piece of historical Singapore business memorabilia, available for purchase! 🇸🇬

10/10/2026

Yesterday's assignment - transplanting this Chinese medical hall display cabinet from Ban Un Chun into my storage space! 😄 It took careful measurements, thorough planning, an experienced contractor, a reliable mover, and ALOT of space clearing (in my storage) to make sure everything arrived safely and was installed securely! 💪🏻 Only the glass doors have not been fitted - cleaning first! 🧼

I'm grateful to owner Mr Choo and his family for entrusting their grandfather's cabinet and vintage TCM apothecary items to us! 🙏🏻 Will reveal more after I give everything a good wash 🧽 So stay tuned! ☺️

Address

Block 115A, Commonwealth Drive, #03/24
Singapore
149596

Telephone

+6598792088

Website

http://www.bymyoldschool.com/

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