Ang Mo Kio means “Red Hair Bridge” in Hokkien. It actually refers to a disused bridge that links the western part of the current Ang Mo Kio estate to the Thomson Estate.

The Red Hair referred by the locals was a British Lady called Lady Jennifer Windsor. Lady Windsor was the wife of Lord Windsor, a wealthy merchant who had a huge estate in the Upper Thomson Area in the 1920s till after World War II.

It was a tragic incident that linked Lady Windsor to a unnamed crossing that bridged a stream running off the Pierce Reservoir.

The incident happened in 1923 when Lady Windsor lost 3 of her children; Harry, Paul and Angela. The 3 children were supposed to have visited a family friend staying in the Upper Thomson area, and were lost in the woods. It was later found that the 2 boys were playing by the wooden crossing when a sudden gush swept them away. Their bodies were found about 2 miles from the bridge. However, the body of Angela was never found.

Since that eventful day, locals started hearing cries of a little girl and that prompted Lady Windsor to stay by the bridge for the rest of her life. She told her close friends that she had heard her daughter voices by the bridge and she wanted to accompany her soul. Lady Windsor would spend the whole day by the bridge, reading or knitting. People soon gotten used to her perpetual presence by the bridge that they soon refered the bridge as the “Red Hair Bridge”; which in its right sense should have been called “Lady Windsor Bridge”.

Lady Windsor passed away in 1963 and it was only thereafter that locals no longer hear the voices of the little girl. Today, one could still see the disused bridge near the intersection of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Upper Thomson Road.

hmm

then jurong is created by a gang?

ang moh kio is 红毛桥 meh

红茂桥 what.

... legend or fact?

there was an ang mo kia.

and the area is named after him.

hmm interesting

got pic bo?

Doesn't sound like the real story cos just as chocochips pointed out in Chinese.

Here's mine. Legend of Ah Hood Road in Balestier:

Robin Hood decided to swap the forests of Nottingham for Singapore. So he came down to settle in Balestier and that area is now Ah Hood Road.

Legend of Middlesex Road in Tanglin:

It used to be a place for people who couldn't sort out their sexual orientation, so all the pondans, bapoks and aguas hang out there.

Ok lame lame.....haha flame me pls.....

the ang moh lady suka tomato?

Originally posted by ChoCoChips:

ang moh kio is 红毛桥 meh

红茂桥 what.

in the past, it's really called 红毛桥 because it's directly translated from hokkien meaning red hair bridge.

now the name is changed to 宏茂桥 to sound better.

lol.smart aleck.red hair bridge makes no sense at all.don’t kachang puteh please.i don’t remember any westerner even step on amk in the past.

The chinese name of Jurong is Yu Lang. The legend is Lady Windsor of Ang Mo Kio fame went to this place in the west and met one sex maniac then saw by one chinese reporter so he say "Wah, Lady Windsor come here and Yu Dao Se Lang." After long, short form become Yu Lang

Originally posted by Michaelzhang68:

Ang Mo Kio means “Red Hair Bridge” in Hokkien. It actually refers to a disused bridge that links the western part of the current Ang Mo Kio estate to the Thomson Estate.

 

The Red Hair referred by the locals was a British Lady called Lady Jennifer Windsor. Lady Windsor was the wife of Lord Windsor, a wealthy merchant who had a huge estate in the Upper Thomson Area in the 1920s till after World War II.

 

It was a tragic incident that linked Lady Windsor to a unnamed crossing that bridged a stream running off the Pierce Reservoir.

 

The incident happened in 1923 when Lady Windsor lost 3 of her children; Harry, Paul and Angela. The 3 children were supposed to have visited a family friend staying in the Upper Thomson area, and were lost in the woods. It was later found that the 2 boys were playing by the wooden crossing when a sudden gush swept them away. Their bodies were found about 2 miles from the bridge. However, the body of Angela was never found.

 

Since that eventful day, locals started hearing cries of a little girl and that prompted Lady Windsor to stay by the bridge for the rest of her life. She told her close friends that she had heard her daughter voices by the bridge and she wanted to accompany her soul. Lady Windsor would spend the whole day by the bridge, reading or knitting. People soon gotten used to her perpetual presence by the bridge that they soon refered the bridge as the “Red Hair Bridge”; which in its right sense should have been called “Lady Windsor Bridge”.

 

Lady Windsor passed away in 1963 and it was only thereafter that locals no longer hear the voices of the little girl. Today, one could still see the disused bridge near the intersection of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and Upper Thomson Road.

 

Unlikely to be true. Windsor is the Royal Family name of the United Kingdom. It is hard to imagine why a member of the Royal family would be residing in Singapore. Even if indeed a royalty decides for some strange obscure to reason to be in Singapore, they should be well looked after by hordes of bodyguards and hence little reasons for them to be lost in woods.

last time chinese temple there is 9 bridge

九条 桥 新 笆 拿 督 坛

how to link?

The Jiutiaoqiao Xinba Nadugong Temple

According to Victor Yue’s translation (with some of my additions) of an article from the Shin Ming Daily: 

This temple, with a history of 77 years, was originally in Ang Mo Kio, where there were nine bridges, hence, Jiutiaoqiao 九条桥 (Nine Bridges), where Tua Pek Kong (Dabogong　大伯公 – a local Taoist deity) and Natoh Gong (Na Du Gong 拿督公) were worshipped. [Xinba means “new district”]. From the old temple, they moved to the new place at Old Tampines Road. To celebrate racial harmony, Ganesha (the Hindu Elephant God) was included as one of the three main deities to be worshipped in this temple, as a symbol of racial harmony. Twelve decorated Christmas trees would be included. 

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Originally posted by zaxis:

last time chinese temple there is 9 bridge

九条 桥 新 笆拿 督 坛

how to link?

The Jiutiaoqiao Xinba Nadugong Temple

According to Victor Yue’s translation (with some of my additions) of an article from the Shin Ming Daily: 

This temple, with a history of 77 years, was originally in Ang Mo Kio, where there were nine bridges, hence, Jiutiaoqiao 九条桥 (Nine Bridges), where Tua Pek Kong (Dabogong　大伯公 – a local Taoist deity) and Natoh Gong (Na Du Gong 拿督公) were worshipped. [Xinba means “new district”]. From the old temple, they moved to the new place at Old Tampines Road. To celebrate racial harmony, Ganesha (the Hindu Elephant God) was included as one of the three main deities to be worshipped in this temple, as a symbol of racial harmony. Twelve decorated Christmas trees would be included. 

huh!!!!?//??? got ah kong kongs, ah ma mas, got indian god, got hindu god, got christ..wha lau..best thesis i ever read.

Simple lah, last time the British built all these bridges, since ang mo built it, so the people there call it ang mo kio lor..

Originally posted by Iluvboi:

lol.smart aleck.red hair bridge makes no sense at all.don’t kachang puteh please.i don’t remember any westerner even step on amk in the past.

you don't rememeber? how old are you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Mo_Kio

not sure don't rojak try to dismiss others.