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Ipoh - churches, schools & mosques

This journal, one of several journals I will produce featuring the wonderful sights in & around Ipoh, contains photos of some historic churches, schools, & mosques in the city.

Here's some background on Ipoh:

Located 165k from Penang & 205k from Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh is the capital of Perak State & the commercial hub of the Kinta Valley. Interestingly, it was the Japanese who made Ipoh the capital of Perak during the WWII occupation. ... (more)

ST JOHN THE DIVINE
Anglican church, founded in 1910 & opened in 1912, is on Jalan St...

Side view

Stained glass window

ST ANDREWS Presbyterian, 1929
This beautiful little stone church, which looks as if it was...

WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH (1896)
The church & manse, which doubled as a school during the week in...

ANGLO CHINESE SCHOOL (ACS)
front view. This Methodist school, one of two important historic...

View from the back
There was obviously a special school event that day.

ST MICHAEL'S INSTITUTION (1912)
on Jalan S.P. Seenivasagam (formerly Clayton Road)is friend Jon's alma...

Closeup view of the ornate detailing
The current Gothic vernacular building was designed by a French-born...

CONVENT of the Holy Name of Jesus
on Brewster Rd, opened in 1907. This front block (1927), which faces Brewster...

Perak State Mosque (1968)
the largest & most recognized mosque in the State, is an...

Dato Panglima Kinta Mosque
the first mosque in Ipoh, was erected by Dato Panglima Kinta in memory of his...

Another angle
The family mausoleum is behind the mosque, and next to the mosque, in what...

One of the two turrets

Town Padang/Hanafi Mosque
next to St Michaels on Clayton Rd, founded in 1908 by a Tamil Muslim after a...

Muhibbuddin Shah Mosque
on Wilayah Greentown, near the hospital, has these striking blue domes.

A newer mosque
on the city outskirts. Can't identify it. I think it was in or near the...

Another angle

article published 4/6/2006

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Lorraine, thanks for sharing your rare compilations of talents - sharp reporters eye with the artistic eye of an architect;-) Looking through this and neighboring albums, you finally get the impression to have spent wonderful vacations, to be impregnated by Malaysia,you are by no means impressed - just have to look again at your albums. Thank you for this pleasure! Greetings, Rafal
— Rafal K Komierowski, April 12, 2006

Hi, Rainy Nice to view your gallery on Ipoh. Brings back wonderful memories to me, especially the photos on St Michael's Institution, my alma mater. The building is still as magnificient as ever and hasn't changed a bit, while we have all aged - Jeremy (Homepage: www.pbase.com/jeremy101).
— Jeremy, April 8, 2006

Jon:
Well okay..... I had the long list, you found the places for me ;o)
— Lorraine Brecht, April 7, 2006

ermm. guide?? i think you were the guide...
— Jon J. Tan, April 7, 2006

Explorers:
I had a top notch personal driver & guide, a home boy by the name of Jon Tan ;o)
— Lorraine Brecht, April 7, 2006

u drive or travel by taxi? u seem to travel to every single corner in ipoh.. haha..
— The Explorers, April 7, 2006

Some of the pictures turned out really well for you.. the panglima mosque looks so much more majestic under your lens...
— Jon J. Tan, April 6, 2006