These fascinating photos were taken by David Ayres that shows everyday life of Singapore from 1965 to 1967.
Corner of Beach Road and Middle Road; on the right was the Tay Koh Yat ticketing office; about four shops back is the York Kee bar |
Dockyard workers going home from Sembawang dockyard |
Evening fishing on the south coast of Singapore |
Food stall on Albert Street |
Hawker stall (the first Satay Club); the building is Singapore Hainan Hwee Kuan (Hui Guan) at the junction of Beach Road and Middle Road |
In Sembawang village outside the Naval Base |
Looking towards the Capitol Theatre |
Nee Soon |
North Bridge Road |
Odeon Cinema |
Odeon Theatre, along North Bridge Road |
One of the stallholders on the food stalls at Sembawang village |
Peter Bar in Sembawang |
Raffles Place, just visible on the right is the John Little shopping centre |
Raffles Place |
Roadside fruit stall |
Roadside stalls |
Seletar Bar in Sembawang |
Sembawang Bar near to the Naval Base entrance |
Sembawang food stalls |
Sembawang Gate |
Singapore by night |
Singapore National Theatre |
Singapore waterfront; in the distance is Clifford Pier |
Street scene in Sembawang |
Street scene in Singapore |
Street scene in Singapore |
Street scene in Singapore |
Street scene in Singapore |
Street scene in Singapore |
The 'chopsticks' civilian war memorial being constructed |
The entrance to Jalan Sendudok at Chong Pang Village |
The junction of Serangoon Road, Selegie Road and Bukit Timah Road |
The Naafi barber shop |
The proud owner of his motor scooter at the roadside in Sembawang |
A couple of ice cream sellers on a jetty in Northern Singapore, possibly Sembawang |
A minor street in downtown Singapore |
A traffic warden in Singapore |
Admiralty Road, close to the Sembawang gate of the Naval Base |
Albert Street stall |
Albert Street |
An alley in Singapore |
At a Singapore arcade |
Bluelight Bar in Sembawang |
Bras Basah Road; steeple and building on the left is the town convent |
Brittania Club Pool |
Bugis Street |
Bugis Street |
Capitol Theatre |
Chinese firecrackers |
Chinese firecrackers |
Clifford Pier |
Clifford Pier |
Cloth shop, probably Sembawang |
Concert Hall at night |