Found a load of smashed Victorian hearth tiles under my floorboards.
Starting to have newfound respect for archaeologists
Starting to have newfound respect for archaeologists

Gotta admit tho - every time a bit goes together...

...Peranakan*. I can't spell...
Peranakan refers to a place in Malaysia, Singapore.
What did this have to do with my old, broken Victorian tiles?!
Peranakan refers to a place in Malaysia, Singapore.
What did this have to do with my old, broken Victorian tiles?!
You're not mistaken. The Peranakan Tiles are identical to my old Victorian Tiles, just a different colour...
It turned out that the fashionable, British influenced Singaporeans had been copying the late Victorian fireplace tiles from Oop North
And this leads us to the beautiful and amazing Joo Chiat Road in Singapore, which is covered in the same tiles, and which tourists flock to visit...
But this still leads us to wonder HOW and WHY my tiles ended up in Singapore. Thanks to interviews with Victor Lim, we have the answer...