Senica Photos would like to dedicate this post to our nation’s late founding father, Mr. Lee who passed on on 23rd March 2015.
The initial intention of this post was to feature Tanjong Pagar Railway station as a place to consider visiting over the last long weekend holiday, as it’s only open on Public Holidays.
However, while searching for photos of the station, I came across many old photos of Singapore which I have never seen. Familiar places such as North Bridge road, Bugis street, Chinatown etc, were barely recognisable in those memories.
The photos ignited a lot of nostalgia in me, and so this post was born! Hope the photos will bring to you the same sense of nostalgia it brought to me. Enjoy the view of Singapore, less developed. :)
1. Albert St-1966
2. Chulia Street-1960s
3. Orchard Road-1969
4. Bras Basah Road-undated
5. Capitol Theatre-undated
6. Vegetable farm-undated
7. Junction of Race Course Lane and Serangoon Road-undated
8. Victoria Theatre under construction-1905
9. Sembawang-1967
10. Former Overseas Union Bank (OUB) building-undated
11. Albert St-1966
12. Serangoon Road, 1966
13. Fish monger-undated
14. Street of Singapore-1972
15. Capitol Theatre- 1950 to 1960
16. Singapore River-undated
17. Clifford Pier at Collyer Quay-undated
18. Singapore General Post Office-1945
19. Day and night market at Jalan Kayu in the 1960s
20. Chartered Bank-1970
21. Changi Prison-1950
22. Changi Village-1962
23. Collyer Quay Singapore-1900s
24. Bugis Street-undated
25. Eu Tong Sen-1970s
26. Celebration of Chinese New Year-undated
27. Household in Chinatown-1960
“Upper levels of a shophouse in the Chinatown area. Men engage in conversation on one level while children have a meal a level below them. An urn for religious worship hangs outside the window. A wooden box (right) based on the pulley method is used to haul food bought from street hawkers to the upper floors.”- Simon Mcdonald
28. Change Alley at Raffles Place-1970
29. Satay Club at Beach Road-undated
30. Lau Pa Sat- 1970s
31. The junction of Circular Road with North Bridge Road
32. Lido Cinema-1960s
33. Chartered Bank at Raffles Place, Battery Road-undated
34. Chinatown-1970s
35. Public toilet at Clarke Quay-1970s
36. Tampines Road and Upper Serangoon Road Junction-undated
37. Singapore River-undated
38. Singapore River-1972
39. Kallang Airport-1950
40. Singapore River-1980
41. Collyer Quay-1900
42. Bussorah St-1965
43. Cathay Cinema-undated
44. Seafood Restaurant-undated
45. Tanjong Pagar railway station-undated
46. Charcoal Traders-undated
47. Chinatown Market-1983
Also the year where street hawkers were told to move out.
48. The Entrance to Happy World Amusement Park-1946
49. Chijmes-1945
50. Chijmes-undated
51. Skyline of Singapore-1950
52. Chinatown Market-undated
53. Cathay Cinema-undated
54. Plaza Singapura-undated
55. Tank Road railway station-1900
56. Masjid Sultan Mosque-undated
57. New Bridge Road-undated
58. Bugis Street-undated
59. Drive-in movie theatre at Jurong
60. Empress Place-undated
61. Location and date unknown
62. Queen St-undated
63. Admirable Samsui women-undated
According to the uploader, the samsui women in the picture were involved in the construction of a HDB.
64. Change Alley-undated
65. Singapore Airlines at Paya Lebar Airport-1960s
66. Tanjong Pagar Police Station-undated
67. Opium Den-1941
68. C K Tang Department Store at Orchard Road-1960s
69. Fortune-teller in Chinatown-1960s
Wow you made it here!
These old photos of Singapore illustrate our nation’s amazing transition into what we are today. We hope you share these nostalgic memories with your family and friends!
If you have any old photos of Singapore that you’d like to share with us, please drop us your photo at monica@senicaphotos.com!
You can find the original article here: http://www.senicaphotos.com/updates/stunning-old-photos-of-singapore/
Special shout out to the original uploaders, thank you for sharing your memories of Singapore, to let future generations of us Singaporeans have a glimpse of what life used to be in the past!
I was unable to insert caption to credit the photos. Here are the sources where the photos were collected:
- Simon McDonald
- National Archive Singapore
- Singas.co.uk
- Nowhere.per.sg
- Foundily.com
- Nostalgic Singapore
- Esther Kofod
- The Lycan Times
- Derek Tait
