ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how the Memories at Old Ford Factory (MOFF) seeks to assist Singaporeans in 'feeling' and 'imagining' the war. In this regard, the marginalised position of locals and their varied war experiences at museums and interpretive centres, which also tend to revolve more around dramatic episodes such as the Sook Ching and less of the people's day-to-day affairs during the Occupation years. The Memories at Old Ford Factory hence provides a suitable case study to evaluate representations of quotidian war memories, as well as the myriad means through which these are communicated, from the point of view of Singaporeans. It is with the cognitive and affective objectives of using the war experiences of locals as a vehicle to deliver national messages, as well as 'tug at the heartstrings' of Singaporeans, that MOFF opened as a welcome addition to the local war commemorative landscape.
