Nana 1975

[Lammbock]

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.

[Lancelot]

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

[WinnieTheKhwai]

W O W !!!!!!!!!

Thank you!! I love old shots of Thailand! This is incredible.

[PhilHarries]

Yeah, paradise lost indeed.

[mca]

Great stuff. I was 8 at the time.

[MaiDong]

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)

[skipvice]

Brings back memories of the good old days

[soundman]

I was still in kindergarden when those photos were taken!

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More to do with Bankok - moved to that forum.

[lazygourmet]

Nice... thank you!

[Tywais]

These are a few I took in 1968-1969 while stationed here.

[Lammbock]

Wow, very nice too.

Maybe you could tell us where are this photos was taken, please?????

[Tywais]

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.

[PhilHarries]

Looks like a Ford Anglia to the right of the top pic. I'd guess '68.

[Tywais]

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.

[Tywais]

Another one in 1968 at the Bangkok Zoo. Not particularly interesting except the style of the era.

[sjaak327]

^ is that the landmark in that second photo ?

[Tywais]

^ 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.

[rgs2001uk]

^ 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?

[Lammbock]

@Tywais

The women who is feeding the Giraffe is she your wife now???

[qualtrough]

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?

[Tywais]

The Topper Club was still around when I first lived here 1980-1984.

1970 group playing there:

[bartender100]

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

[Spee]

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.

[game4shame]

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.

[Gobbledoc]

Thanks for those pics, there is now evidence that lower Suk did once have a sidewalk.

[neverdie]

@Tywais

The 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.

[Lammbock]

love the hair do of the late 60ies/early 70ies.

Indeed! The hair is amazing!

Tell us Khun Tywais, who is she???

[noise]

RE the 1st picture: I miss the Armarit beer and, non-appropo, Nick's #1 (which probably dates me!).

[Tywais]

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.

[Jonathanpattaya]

What wonderful pictures.

It reminds me how edgy and exciting Thailand used to be.