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