Sophia Lo Day 2 - Visit YLCO Museum Visit

Day 2 of Sophia Lo and family’ visit started early with a Dim Sum breakfast. A visit to the YLCO can be very mentally tiring hence they were well fed for the encounter. The visitors seemed to really enjoy the dim sum dishes which said much for Ipoh cuisine. 

At the museum was Yeoh Poh See the daughter of 5^th aunt Chew Gaik Ee and Yeoh Cheang Peng. Poh See was wealth of information being the only daughter in the family. Interestingly she had some costume jewellery that  10 aunty, Chew Gaik Swee gave her when she was young girl and when Gaik Swee had her shop behind 4 Gurney Drive.

Ignatius than introduced the visitors to other entities at 1 Lasam before bringing them to the YLCO Museum.

at Perak Academy ...

..outside the Ipoh Echo office, Philip in the stairwell 'museum'

.. looking at the circular Chew family tree ....

..Ignatius walks the guest through the museum explaining the who's who in the family...

(r)...the inherited items from his grandparents trip around the world in the early 1920's 

Yeoh Poh See presented Sophia and Caitlin with costume jewellery that 10 aunty Gaik Swee gave to her when she had her shop behind 4 Gurney Drive in the 1950's.... 

..2 pairs of earrings and a ring....

Poh See recalls Mimi, Grace with Dorothy said aunty Swee asked them to model for her at grandfather's Gurney road house, walking from front lawn to the gate that led to the beach....this was in the early 50's before she left for the USA.

..the guests brought a huge photo collection .....

..some of the photos from the collection 

..according to Caitlin, Swee Lo used to personally model her creations .....

Below are some unedited recordings about Chew Gaik Swee (my gutsy mum by Sophia Lo) and Caitlin and hubby Philip. It is very informative and gives an insight to Gaik Swee. Please use earphones for better volume.

...'.I left for the US with my mum Swee Lo in 1959 after my grandmother died... in Penang Tua Yee, Peik Yee and Kow Yee looked after me..., Peik Yee made delicious meals,.... i attended school in Pulau Tikus Convent,.... later i went to a Finishing School in Switzerland .......  '

Caitlin & Philip Roberts ..Swee Lo started her business in the servants quarters behind 4 Gurney Drive, then Ipoh, Singapore and to the US giving 'trunk shows' at Hotels ......

Caitlin & Philip Roberts - finding about my amazing grandmother - Swee Lo

..'A Relative Of Our Relative Is Our Relative' .....

..late lunch after the YLCO museum session ....

..back to 1 Lasam for cake .....

..the guests at Chew Boon Juan's former mansion , 65 Jalan Chung Thye Phin, in the background

..at Morel Restaurant (the old Chew Museum) .....downstairs ...

.....upstairs at Morel Restaurant 

It was the end of Day 2

JAG