Those are great pictures of the Britannia club where I learnt to swim in 1959 (son of a NCO based at Tanglin/ Blankan Mati). It was built on the sea side of Beach road - the clue is in the name
- behind the club there was building and repairing of wooden vessels. Now a mile or so inland.
I have seen Singapore over the years (No52Sqn Seletar & Changi) then Asia trips Britannia/Thomson/Hadj. Watched the changes good and bad - Good - the financial district architecture / bad- the monstrous 'ship in the sky' hotel.
There is a facebook page 'Nostalgic Singapore' which sometimes throws up some gems but probably doesn't mention the post flight watering hole next to Raffles that is 'Lot Stock and Barrel' - still open late for returning crews on my last holiday.