Siam, Thailand & Bangkok Old Photo Thread

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[DJ Pat]

Central Chitlom, early 70s I think



The Hopeless Project, early 90s



Little Home Bakery first outlet, Thong Lor 1962, and it's still open.



Pratunam 1993



Pratunam 1975



Pratunam 1970



Sala Daeng 1971



Sala Daeng 1988



Siam Square early 80s. Billboard showing MBK under construction



Siam Square 1982



Siam Square 1974



Lido, Siam Square 1980

[bobo746]

Stiil digging up good stuff mate keep them coming.

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[DJ Pat]

Stiil digging up good stuff mate keep them coming.

There's plenty more coming.

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Notice the scouting/para-military dress. Reflective of the Phibun era....

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[DJ Pat]

Famous People in Bangkok

(apologies if these have appeared earlier but I'm not going through 251 pages)





Bjorn Borg, 1983



David Bowie 1983





Prince Charles & Lady Diana, 1988



Marlon Brando, 1963






Filming The Ugly American, Sanam Luang

[DJ Pat]

Various from Sukhumvit Road:


(apologies if these have appeared earlier but I'm not going through 251 pages)

Soi 4:


1980

1976 Restaurant Soi Nana


Looking towards Rajah Hotel, Soi 4, 1976

Sukhumvit Road:


Pra Kanong 1971

Soi 38, 1982

Soi 39, 1959

1969

1972



Sukhumvit Nightlife, 1976


At soi 20 (on the right)

GI at Windsor Hotel, 1978

Windsor Hotel View, Soi 20 1978

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[Luigi]

The Hopeless Project, early 90s

To go on and be known as The Stonehenge of Bangkok.




Great pics Pat & HL. Cheers.

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[Shy Guava]

This one brings back some unhappy memories for me. My clap doctors, the British Dispensary, are just a couple of doors down from the Copa Nightclub on the left and I visited them regularly. You can just make out the snake logo on the store. They later produced St Luke's talcum powder with the same logo and then developed the British Nursing Home - all with seed capital financed by my extremely bad taste in women. The Holden in the foreground looks suspiciously like one of the company vehicles we had at the time.

[HuangLao]

This one brings back some unhappy memories for me. My clap doctors, the British Dispensary, are just a couple of doors down from the Copa Nightclub on the left and I visited them regularly. You can just make out the snake logo on the store. They later produced St Luke's talcum powder with the same logo and then developed the British Nursing Home - all with seed capital financed by my extremely bad taste in women. The Holden in the foreground looks suspiciously like one of the company vehicles we had at the time.

Interestingly enough, the original [of the early/mid Chulalongkorn era] grounds of the British Dispensary housed a few buildings and acted not just as a pharmaceutical outlet, but also as a "foreign" general mercantile locale and associated expat social/gathering club - during the days when the English were the favoured and accepted foreigners within the royal circles, usually engaged in long-standing business and diplomatic affairs......hence, the significant number of English-folk throughout the kingdom.

[DJ Pat]

Central Lat Prao 1990



Lat Phrao Intercestion, c.1968

Beyond the flyover is what would become JJ Park, flyover to the right continues along Vibavadi Rangsit Rd to Don Muang.



This 1980 photo taken while JJ Park is evolving below. The lakes and paths are laid out as it is today.
Central would later appear between the junction to the left.

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