Sketch of the day in my Daler Rowney art journal is of a vintage chartered bank night safe on Beach street Penang.
A relic from the colonial days. It is now the Standard chartered bank. The night safe is no longer in use but still on the wall preserved as part of the heritage of the past.
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August 28, 2015 at 03:15
The Raffles hotel in Singapore and the eastern and oriental hotel in Penang were build by the Sarkies brothers. X
August 27, 2015 at 18:37
We need to get the combination.
August 27, 2015 at 18:37
Most probably. It always was (and is) about trade. I imagine you know the Raffles. I don’t. All I have are those adventurous cliché impressions. Heat, ventilators and punkha! 🙂
August 26, 2015 at 18:53
I think maybe established around the same time as the raffles. It was all about the trading.
August 26, 2015 at 18:52
Well I tried to pry it open but it’s sealed shut