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<p>[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9845624, member: 360"]As I think people here know, I like collecting stuff that is, or is related to, the Straits-Chinese/Peranakan Chinese, since that's my ethnicity and ancestry. For the last 12 years or so, I've been learning and studying more and more, and slowly adding to my collection over that time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Something else I collect is antique whistles. And one whistle I've always wanted is one from the old Straits Settlements - the home of my ancestors - it's where both sides of my family were born and raised. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway - recently - I finally landed one!! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]492640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492641[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Manufactured by J. Hudson & Co., Birmingham, the whistle was used by the Straits Settlements Police Force, so that means places like Malacca, Penang, and Singapore. </p><p><br /></p><p>Antique whistles like these are dated according to their barrel-stamps. The barrel stamp here reads "244 Barr St.", which was (and still is) the address of the J. Hudson Whistle Works. This dates the whistle to around 1910. </p><p><br /></p><p>I've always wanted one of these old Straits Police whistles, but unfortunately, they are EXTREMELY RARE. In nearly 15 years of collecting whistles, I've only seen one other, from another collector, and that was online. And I'd never seen one for sale before! This cost a pretty penny, but I'm glad I have it. This is exactly what my grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents, would've seen - and heard!! - on the streets of Singapore, way back in the Edwardian era <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shangas, post: 9845624, member: 360"]As I think people here know, I like collecting stuff that is, or is related to, the Straits-Chinese/Peranakan Chinese, since that's my ethnicity and ancestry. For the last 12 years or so, I've been learning and studying more and more, and slowly adding to my collection over that time. Something else I collect is antique whistles. And one whistle I've always wanted is one from the old Straits Settlements - the home of my ancestors - it's where both sides of my family were born and raised. Anyway - recently - I finally landed one!! [ATTACH=full]492640[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492641[/ATTACH] Manufactured by J. Hudson & Co., Birmingham, the whistle was used by the Straits Settlements Police Force, so that means places like Malacca, Penang, and Singapore. Antique whistles like these are dated according to their barrel-stamps. The barrel stamp here reads "244 Barr St.", which was (and still is) the address of the J. Hudson Whistle Works. This dates the whistle to around 1910. I've always wanted one of these old Straits Police whistles, but unfortunately, they are EXTREMELY RARE. In nearly 15 years of collecting whistles, I've only seen one other, from another collector, and that was online. And I'd never seen one for sale before! This cost a pretty penny, but I'm glad I have it. This is exactly what my grandparents, great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents, would've seen - and heard!! - on the streets of Singapore, way back in the Edwardian era :)[/QUOTE]
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