Old photos of Udon Thani

Post by **thrilled** » August 10, 2009, 12:02 am

its to bad that they didn't hve video cameras to speak of back then.

Post by **Flatlander** » September 1, 2009, 6:10 pm

Update:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 6&page=102

Post by **malc123** » September 1, 2009, 11:53 pm

flatlander

Enjoyed the old pictures of Udon, asked the T-wife if she remembered them.

Said that they were before she was born

malc123

Post by **Flatlander** » September 25, 2009, 4:47 pm

Update:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 4&page=199

Post by **lee** » September 26, 2009, 2:13 pm

I like the dusk photos taken on the top of AEK Udon and the UD Town panorama. =D>

Post by **Flatlander** » September 28, 2009, 4:38 pm

I'll keep you busy Lee

Unfortunately i only have the Thai captions, i hope someone can translate.

อุดร ในอดีต ครับ

ฝากรูป

น่าจะเป็นถนนประจักษ์

ฝากรูป

นึกไม่ออกว่าตรงไหน ใครทราบช่วยบอกด้วย

ฝากรูป

ภาพนี้คือร้านค้าสมัยยุค จี. ไอ. ปัจจุบันก็คือแถวๆบ้านต้อยติ่งครับ

ฝากรูป

หนองประจักษ์ครับ

ฝากรูป

ภาพนี้ประมาณ 40 ปีแล้ว ถ่ายบนโรงแรมเจริญโฮเต็ล ด้านบนของภาพยังเป็นวงเวียนหอนาฬิกาอยู่

ฝากรูป

น้ำท่วมเมืองอุดร

ฝากรูป

Post by **dee** » September 28, 2009, 4:55 pm

theres some nice photos there.but sorry i cant translate the thai!!!

laphanphon · Post by **laphanphon** » September 28, 2009, 5:37 pm

my best translation.......................ok, using my cute little translator

udon in the past

guessing this is prajack rd

don't know where at, if you know please tell

this pic is of vendor G.I.' go to when here, and now is located over by toyota

nong prajack

this pic about 40 yrs ago taken from on top chareon hotel

flood in udon

Post by **rick** » September 28, 2009, 5:46 pm

Do not worry much about the headings, their pretty cryptic. The last 2, first is taken from top of 'President' hotel towards clock roundabout. last is just 'flood in north'. before anyone wonders where i got the thai language skills, ...... Google translate. Sort of works sometimes. try it

Post by **Flatlander** » September 30, 2009, 9:07 pm

Udon Thani 1967

The outskirts of Udon Thani 1967

Udon Thani 1967

Downtown Udon Thani 1973

Post by **Flatlander** » October 1, 2009, 4:30 pm

Downtown Udon Thani movie theatre activity 1974

1973 Udon Thani restaurant

Post by **Fawn** » October 2, 2009, 1:46 am

My Dad had a Ford Anglia like that.

Post by **beer monkey** » October 2, 2009, 5:03 am

I had one when i was 12, blue with white roof, it was a 1200 Super, i raced it around the fields until the rear springs came up through the floor...luckly no one was sitting in the back seat...

great days.

Post by **parrot** » July 22, 2015, 3:01 am

I came across this site today.......some of the old GI timers might be interested:
A tip of the hat to John Stewart and Phil Nickell for the photos of Udon (and other locations in Thailand) from back in the early 1970's....at
http://pantip.com/topic/33946400
The third photo down is taken on Makkaeng Rd, with what was the Chaiyaporn Hotel on the left side. Notice the dearth of phone lines! I've always wondered whether it's a rule/law/custom that samlaw drivers must wear shorts.

The fourth photo is of Makkaeng Rd, taken from near the corner of Srisuk and Makkaeng. It shows a seed/gardening supply store. I believe the same store remains......don't know if same family, but wouldn't doubt it.

In photo 7....view behind the theater: my first bungalow in Thailand in 1971 was in Nakhon Phanom (NKP).....and was similar to the wood bungalows in that photo. We had one of those same rainy season gangplanks....only wide enough for one person to comfortably walk, but often you had to accommodate someone coming the opposite direction. My rent was 150 baht per month, about $7.50.

In photo 10......the watch repairman reading a paper: I'll guess he's in front of Udon Optical, just up from the fountain circle on the way to Makro. The owner told me his shop was open during the GI days.

In photo 11.......kids and a monkey: I don't see a pair of shoes/sandals on any of the kids.

In photo 12....local bus: It's a BanJan-NaKa bus.....I would not be surprised if that very same bus is making the very same runs today.

In photo 14....school function of some kind: Ah, the days when red shirts and yellow shirts lived together in harmony!

In photo 17.......what ever happened to the pressed squid vendors? The fruit vendors (photo 16) are still out in force......but I haven't seen a pressed squid vendor in years.

Post by **Brian Davis** » July 22, 2015, 6:02 am

"but I haven't seen a pressed squid vendor in years."

They're present often at Morlam concerts. The aroma lingers!

Post by **papaguido** » July 22, 2015, 6:11 am

The third photo down is taken on Makkaeng Rd, with what was the Chaiyaporn Hotel on the left side.

The Chaiyporn hotel has reincarnated to the Much Chemanta Boutique hotel, it was where I stayed in the early 90's whenever I visited Udon. On the lobby walls hung paintings and photos of US fighter aircraft from the Vietnam war period. Also, the roof top floor was accessible and looked as if at one time it was a roof top bar. Probably hosted many a GI party.

In photo 17.......what ever happened to the pressed squid vendors? The fruit vendors (photo 16) are still out in force......but I haven't seen a pressed squid vendor in years.

Still around, one occasionally comes through our neighborhood and see one often at UD Town.

Post by **Bronco** » July 22, 2015, 11:20 am

Great Pictures.Thanks for sharing.I often think of all the forgotten pictures,sitting in a box or an attic,taken by the many servicemen stationed in Thailand during Vietnam war.A forgotten treasure trove for those of us that love old pictures.

Post by **old timer** » July 22, 2015, 12:00 pm

The photo titled "Traffic Ticket in Progress" is the exact same place that OT's son got a ticket just yesterday and I'm not joking at all. Talk about coincidence. I know that it was exactly the same place because he was following me when he got pulled over by the BIB.

1973 - OT's TW wasn't even born then. Some of the shots of the manual samlors parked together take OT back to around 15 years ago when I first arrived in Udon Thani and it was back then still a common sight.

OT.................... $\:D/$

Post by **kakariki** » July 22, 2015, 3:05 pm

Brian Davis wrote:"but I haven't seen a pressed squid vendor in years."

They're present often at Morlam concerts. The aroma lingers!

Their still around, we have a few around home.

Post by **waanjai** » July 22, 2015, 10:20 pm

"GI's walking the streets of Udorn
By: Phil Nickell (Udorn, 1973)"

Obviously, no boyscouts in those times.