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 |























































