This week, Pixels & Grains will take you on a little visual journey back in time to explore mother nature right in urban Singapore. How has Changi Beach changed through the years?

“My mother sat on a rock in the distance at Changi Beach”

(Photos and captions by David Papworth, who owns a collection of his father’s old photos shot during his service with the RAF at Tengah, dated from June 1967 to December 1969, view his photo albums here.)

Read more for some old and new photos sent in to us by three Yesterday.sg readers- Belinda Tan, Pakcik Salleh and David Papworth, which lend a more intimate take of how the Changi Beach had changed through the years .

“My Mother, Ann at Changi beach”

“Mum, (sitting) and Louise on the beach”

Family and Friends at Changi Beach

The next three photos were sent to us by Pakcik Salleh, taken in December 2010. He also happens to be the uncle of Taufiq Jaafar, who had shared with us The Story of Lorong Mydin, featured in previous episodes of Pixels & Grains.

(Photos and captions by Pakcik Salleh, view his Flickr photostream here.)

“Changi Beach – A plane about to land at Changi International Airport”

Some friends having fun in the water

Sunset and silhouettes at Changi Beach

These next three photos were sent to us by Belinda Tan, a bubbly, outgoing lady shutterbug who goes around exploring Singapore taking many lovely pictures.

View of the water, sky and some ships in the distance

Despite its tranquility, Changi Beach had a slightly morbid past- during the war, it was where 66 Chinese civilians were killed by firing squads during the Japanese Sook Ching operation in 20 February 1942.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s episode of Pixels & Grains, because there are more to come next week!

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