Lammbock Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Maybe you know this picture and maybe they have been postet here already, sorry if so but i just found them on a Website mentioned here on ThaiVisa All pictures taken 1975 Heidelberg Back site of Nana Hotel Sukhumvit Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancelot Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Wow, great pics. Thanks for sharing. One observation-there are no people! And the sidewalk shot in the second pic-where are all the vendors? (and customers...) Edited March 21, 2010 by Lancelot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinnieTheKhwai Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 W O W !!!!!!!!! Thank you!! I love old shots of Thailand! This is incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Yeah, paradise lost indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Great stuff. I was 8 at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiDong Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Nice, I too love old pics of familiar places, the streets are empty and pristine by the looks of it too! Look at the new paths!(sidewalks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipvice Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Brings back memories of the good old days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundman Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 I was still in kindergarden when those photos were taken! .............................. More to do with Bankok - moved to that forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Nice... thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 These are a few I took in 1968-1969 while stationed here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammbock Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wow, very nice too. Maybe you could tell us where are this photos was taken, please????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wow, very nice too. Maybe you could tell us where are this photos was taken, please????? Thought I would make it a guessing game. It was a long time ago - believe the top one is on Petchburi which was the main entertainment avenue at the time. The 2nd one shows the Manhattan hotel in the background, the 3rd also Petchburi and the last is the Giant Swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilHarries Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Looks like a Ford Anglia to the right of the top pic. I'd guess '68. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 A couple of more recent ones on Sukumvit (I believe, as it is the label I put on it) in 1989. These are all scans from slides so quality is not great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Another one in 1968 at the Bangkok Zoo. Not particularly interesting except the style of the era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjaak327 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 ^ is that the landmark in that second photo ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 ^ is that the landmark in that second photo ? I believe it is. Right across the street is a sign that says Quality Inn - don't know if that is there still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgs2001uk Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 ^ is that the landmark in that second photo ? Looks like the Landmark, with the enterance to soi 15 on the rh side just above the tuk tuk where the red car is pulling out. First photo is the Bangkok bank building, was the bank open then? Miama hotel LOL is that dump still going or did it go the way of the Crown up on soi 29? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammbock Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 @Tywais The women who is feeding the Giraffe is she your wife now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qualtrough Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The Topper Club was still around when I first lived here 1980-1984. I remember they have pics of when Bob Hope visited or did his act there. I think that was in Ploenchit area? Anyone remember the Sani Chateau in Gaysorn and Mario's Pizza? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 The Topper Club was still around when I first lived here 1980-1984. 1970 group playing there: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Thanks great pics, i will dig my late 80's one out. Found this link for some old clips http://www.britishpathe.com/results.php?search=bangkok Warning, you can get lost for hours on the site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spee Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Thanks for sharing. I'm amazed at how open and airy Suk looks w/o the BTS overhead. Reminds me a lot of the main boulevards in a lot of other big cities. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, Calle Gran Via in Madrid, many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game4shame Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Great stuff. I was 8 at the time. I was -6! the nana hotel and suk road pics are amazing - what a contrast to the present day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobbledoc Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Thanks for those pics, there is now evidence that lower Suk did once have a sidewalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 @TywaisThe women who is feeding the Giraffe is she your wife now??? Its one of his wifes....apparently he has several , just kidding, I wondered the same Tywais....love the hair do of the late 60ies/early 70ies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lammbock Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 love the hair do of the late 60ies/early 70ies. Indeed! The hair is amazing! Tell us Khun Tywais, who is she??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noise Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 RE the 1st picture: I miss the Armarit beer and, non-appropo, Nick's #1 (which probably dates me!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Tell us Khun Tywais, who is she??? Here she is with her two sisters at Pattaya beach 1968. <just kidding, a beach photographer did the special effect shot> We didn't fit the TV stereotype - she's an older woman as I was only 20 at the time. We were a couple for some time but both realists as when my tour of duty ended I would have to leave. That and my being too young to know what I wanted in life yet except to return to Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathanpattaya Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 What wonderful pictures. It reminds me how edgy and exciting Thailand used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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