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In 1992, MGS moved to a new site at 11 Blackmore Drive. The road was named after the school's founder at the request of the school [citation needed]. Methodist Girls' School is a well-known institution in the region with a history of academic and sporting excellence [citation needed].
King Albert Park MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line (DTL) in Bukit Timah, Singapore.Located at the western end of Bukit Timah Road at the junction of Blackmore Drive, this station serves the private residential estates along the Bukit Timah corridor.
Sophia Blackmore (18 October 1857 – 3 July 1945) was an Australian Christian missionary. [1] She founded the Fairfield Methodist Schools , and also Methodist Girls' School [ 2 ] in Singapore . She was the first unmarried woman missionary sent by the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to Singapore . [ 3 ]
After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]
The Civil Defence Heritage Gallery housed in Central Fire Station showcases the history of firefighting in Singapore, and trace the developments of civil defence in Singapore from the 19th century till the present day. [4] The gallery was proposed in 1995 and construction started alongside the renovation of the Central Fire Station.
You can drive along 700 years of history at Mesa Verde National Park. Eve Chen, USA TODAY. February 10, 2024 at 5:01 AM.
The first A&W drive-in restaurant opened in Sacramento in 1923. In 1925, when Allen was the sole owner of the company again, he started selling franchises. A&W became the first franchise ...
Miss Sophia Blackmore (1857-1945) was the first woman missionary sent by the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary Society to work in Singapore. She help found the Methodist Girls' School in August 1887 [ 6 ] and the Fairfield Methodist Schools in 1888.