Young and old join two-day festival to celebrate Butterworth’s history

1 Children taking part in the hopscotch game.2 Taiwan’s Isaac Hou keeping the audience mesmerised with his ball balancing act.3 A Bunraku puppet show by the Kuala Lumpur’s Japan Foundation.4 Old Vespa scooters on display in the ‘Vive La Vespa’ showcase.Photos: ASRI ABDUL GHANI & ZHAFARAN NASIB

IT was a trip down memory lane for tailor Chew Keng Seng when he visited the ‘100 Images of Province Wellesley Exhibition’ during the two-day Butterworth Fringe Festival (BFF).

Chew, 70, spent nearly an hour looking at and scrutinising the old photographs, maps and paintings dating from early 19th century up to 1979, which were put up on display in an old shophouse unit at 19, Jalan Jeti Lama on the mainland.