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This was Changi Beach in 1988. The above shows partially a round sandpit. They had a few of this along the beach. I think the purpose was for sitting or resting on the edge after a long walk. Kids like us at that time like to play in it.
This was why we liked to go there so much on a sunday afternoon. They had a big playground over there. We would pester our father so much that he would brought us there from Tampines Bus Interchange.
It was much more fun than the neighbourhood playground. Things were not confined in a small area. They had things like the bridge at one place and the swing in another area all spread out within sight. We would hogged onto the swing and after a while had to run some distance just to play the slide. I guess that was how they made us kids tired and satisfied.
See how gigantic the swing was compared to us. It had two rubber tires connected to the long hanging metal chains. Initially we often had a hard time getting onto the tires. It was fun and challenging to get in and not fall off since our weight was on one side. In the picture above you could see us balancing it by each climbing in from both sides at the same time. After getting in our short legs would fit nicely in the tires, but they couldnt reach the ground. We would need another person to push us.
A stationary wooden horse!
How we kids could have so much fun simply mounting on it and imagined riding and moving it.
An interesting three lane slide. Irregardless of what it was made of, we just liked to get our bums down. Metal slide could get really hot and burning.

Most playgrounds would have a house like this as the theme.
Ideal for playing catching after we had enough of climbing it.
The playground had been demolished a long time back.
It was there and will always be there in our memories.

Article migrated from original My Story Portal 2007.
Author. Dejavu