Tin mining exhibition at Falim House

There is an exhibition called "A tin mining family" at Falim House until Aug 2013.

Falim House is an historic old house which I visited earlier this year. The current exhibition is produced by Ian Anderson. One of his previous exhibitions was The Story of Ipoh.

This tin mining exhibition shows the life and times of some tin mining families, featuring their every day lives, with exhibits from the home, play time, local traders, equipment as well as tin mining objects.

 Falim House

 
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Falim House, Ipoh after the estate destruction

See previous blog for photos of the Falim House estate before it was demolished for development.

By March 2013 this was the view from the main road

 and from inside looking to the main road

The house now stands in isolated splendour. It has been painted and does look rather grand. Though it is a shame there is not a single tree remaining.

 View from main road -

The porte corchere

 Old Ford

Looking at what was once the estate gardens and orchards, with the railway line in the background -

The end of an era.

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Falim House, Ipoh before the estate destruction

I have been past Falim House a few times but never took any notice of it and had not taken any photos. It is a large house located in Falim, just outside Ipoh in Perak. It is off Jln Lahat. It was built for the tin tycoon, Foo Nyit Tse in the 1920s and has 20 rooms. It is set in 26 acres of estate. See history on Save Falim House.

I was able to take a few photos on 26 Nov 2012. There is a driving school at the northern end and a pond. Then there is a row of workers' quarters before the main house, as seen here from the road -

 Stone gate posts

It was not easy to get a good view from the road as the trees were rather dense.

By early 2013, the whole estate surrounding the house had been demolished, leaving the house standing alone. Every single tree had been felled. The house was turned into a sales gallery for the Tin City commercial development. This will be a township of 2 - 4 storey shop lots, and phase 2 will be a condo. The artist impressions were all rather garish in contrast with the splendour of the old house.

See next blog for photos of the development.

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