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HISTORY OF FREE SCHOOL Ten narratives in mini-videos

A project by Old Frees in support of their alma mater. Fortis atque Fidelis. >>> Scan QR codes or click on headings to take you to the videos The FOUNDING Hutchings and the idea of a “free” school

EARLY YEARS Adaptations for a solid foundation

HARGREAVES PERIOD Scholarship and entrenchment of professional teaching DAYS of PINHORN Building all-round students through extra-mural activities

WAR and POST-WAR ERA Shock, transition and Malaysianisation Scan QR codes or click on headings to take you to the videos <<< CELEBRATION of MILESTONES Centenary, Sesquicentenary and Bicentenary OLD FREES NETWORKS A global diaspora TRADITIONS and SCHOOL SPIRIT Living heritage that continues to inspire PREFECTS and TEACHERS Two pillars of the school culture PROMINENT OLD FREES Fortis atque Fidelis With thanks to the following for the use of their pictures and/or videos: BEHIND THE VIDEOS • Aliran Monthly (Eusoffe Abdoolcader Wikimedia Commons Epidemic Sound photo) > Allied prisoners in Changi Prison by > Almost there anytime now - Statonary These videos on Penang Free School’s • Alpha Moments Photography (2016 unknown author Sign history were developed as narratives to Bicentenary photos) >  >  Christ Church by Toby Ord Always remembering - Howard Harper support the “PFS Student Leadership • Areca Books (early Penang postcards) > Dittisham by PJ Marriott Barnes Workshop: Developing a Pool of • Arkitek Urbanisma Sdn Bhd (artist > > Malay College Kuala Kangsar by Bicycle built for two - Traditional Talent”. Begun in 2017 by Loh Lean impression of PFS Church Sq building) Hafiz Noor Shams > Classical light uptempo 3 - Magnus Kang and Lim Siang Jin, the series • Australian War Memorial (WW2 th > Map of “Bengal” from Pope, GU Ringblom of workshops is a follow-up to the 150 material) (1880) Text-book of Indian History: > For your eyes only - Claude Signet Anniversary of the school’s Board of • CapitaLand (Raffles Institution photo) Geographical Notes, Genealogical > Prankster dreams - Arthur Benson Prefects (BOP). •  Channel News Asia (clips from The Tables, Examination Questions, > Run and hide - Philip Ayers Plague Fighter Dr Wu Lien-teh) London: W H Allen & Co The BOP anniversary was celebrated > Violin concerto No 5 adagio - Traditional • David Loh (Komtar & Penang Bridge > Map of the Malay Peninsula from in May 2015 with a gala dinner at the photos) A Dissertation on the Soil & Agriculture school hall. Three commitments were Thanks to • Facebook accounts of Old Frees and of the British Settlement of Penang made at the event, i.e. to: • Free School students (1836) by James Low Dato’ Andrew Lim Tatt Keong • Initiate research into the BOP (the •  • Heritage Asia (early Penang photos) > Merlion by fad3away Flickr: https:// Other Old Frees especially from initial product was a 48-page booklet the years 1970-72 and 1971-73 with 69 photographs of the boards • John Hughes (JMB Hughes’ video on www.flickr.com/photos/76425142@ for funding and helping out in this dating back to 1934 and an article on PFS school play in the 1950s) N07/12948445504/ > project the traditions and raison d’etre of the •  Moonrise over Kuala Lumpur by Naim Juni Ewe and friends (videos on the BOP); Penang-Dittisham overland drive) Fadil https://www.flickr.com/photos/ naimfadil/10121316715 Special thanks to • Renovate and upgrade the Prefects • Imperial War Museum (WW2 videos) • > Trinity College photo by David Illiff Headmaster Omar bin Abdul Rashid Room (this was completed in 2016); • Marcus Langdon (George Porter photo) •  and > SS Emden, Bundesarchiv, Dato’ Haji Abdul Rafique bin Abdul Karim •  • Conduct leadership training in the The Old Frees’ Associations in Penang, Bild 137-001329 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 • Other Penang Free School staff, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, and school not only for Prefects but also Wikipedia especially Syed Sultan bin Shaik Singapore (various photos) Oothman, Senior Assistant for Student other school leaders. >  • Options, The Edge (P Ramlee photo) College of Medicine Building by Affairs Seng Kang • Penang Free School Archives (various) • Prefects and other students As part of the training, the workshop > Frank Swettenham painting by organisers imparted narratives about • Penang Institute (historical drawings of John Singer Sargent the school’s history. These videos Penang) > Lim Chong Eu by Parti Gerakan serve to enhance the stories in a more • Penang Museum (esp early paintings comprehensive manner. They are donated by the Heah Joo Seang family) > Old Supreme Court Building by based on the book by Quah Seng Sun, • Romano Archives (WW2 material) Seng Kang Let the Aisles Proclaim: The First Two • Singapore Philatelic Museum (Raffles Hundred Years of Penang Free School Institution photo) 1816-2016. Published by the Yayasan • The Straits Times (various clippings) Penang Free School, it was launched • The Star Malaysia (especially photos during the school’s Bicentenary in and videos on the Bicentenary in 2016) 2016.

PRODUCER Lim Siang Jin • FILM CONSULTANT Kumaravelloo Thangiah • NARRATIVE Quah Seng Sun CAMERA Robin Dexter, Baptist Doss, Inesh Dhillon • VOICE-OVER Jimmy Lim Teik Wah, Quah Seng Sun, Brian Lomax • STUDIO PRODUCTION Appu Ramasamy SINGER FOR SCHOOL RALLY Albert Quah Chei Jin • MUSIC PRODUCTION FOR SCHOOL RALLY SR Studio • LICENSED MUSIC Epidemic Sound © Lim Siang Jin (concept) and Quah Seng Sun (narrative and personal audio-visuals)