PHRA KHANONG | Sukhumvit Road | Cool Area to Live | Old Cinemas | Street Markets &
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- Phra Khanong is a place you can call Bangkok's urban oasis. Old school charm meets modern city living with some interesting places and history. It was once the place where middle class shoppers and movie fans came, with 5 cinemas and Daimaru department store. It's all changed now and has modernised behind the scenes whilst retaining the look and feel of Bangkok in the 1980s. Enjoy!
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Hat's off to you, Pat. 22 years in Phra Khanong on Pridi 16 and you have taught me some things I never learned about. I had been told by other old timers about the many cinemas but I did not know so many still existed. I do remember the one where the condo now stands. Before everybody had a cell phone in the early 2000s, girls would sit there with phones people could rent to make calls. Also there, one of Phra Khanong's last video rental shops.
Your friend need go no further than the uber-hip "The Beat" Hotel on Pridi 3 for some ghostly possibilities. Before it was gutted and transformed into "The Beat", it was the "69" Hotel, a dreary, filthy, sleazy, rat infested flop house populated by the saddest collection of addicts and society's castaways as one could imagine. Police pulling a body out of there was common enough that it wasn't even particularly noteworthy. Pridi 3 was pretty tough in those days, a dilapidated lumber yard where "W" district now sits. not a place to wander at night.
What was wonderful at night was the almost endless line of food vendors stretching down '71 from 10PM onwards till dawn. Even members of the Royal Family had been known to pull-up for a special bowl of noodles or a custom made "Ma Muang Poo"
The saddest, most unforgettable sight for me in Phra Khanong was January 1, 2009. My girlfriend and I were in a taxi on Sukhumvit returning from a New Years party. We passed Soi Ekkamai and all of a sudden began seeing ZOMBIES...that is, people looking like walking dead: burned clothing, faces and bodies black with soot, staggering, screaming and crying, a vision of hell and you could see more of the same further ahead, all the way to Phra Khanong. These were the lucky ones who had escaped the horrendous SANTIKA Nightclub fire in Ekkamai that killed at least 66 known victims, just as the New Year was rung in. Again, a pyrotechnics show gone to hell, exactly like the 2003 Station Club fire in Warwick, Rhode Island in which more than 100 died. AFAIK; nobody was ever held accountable.
The site of W District once had a theatre, called the Chao Phraya, I believe Soi 3 is actually called that, I remember the food vendors along there, I lived along Petchaburi Road and at Nasa Vegas in 2002/2003 and the area was a bit drab and grey I always remember think I was glad I never lived anywhere around there although I did look at a room in Winning Tower back in 2003 and decided against it, preferring a place along Petchaburi Rd next to Foodland at the end of Ekkamai Road.
I used to go to Santika quite a bit in 2006-08 and if I wasn't in London that Xmas that could have been one of our new year choices, that was shocking. I covered the fire in my Ekkamai video, and while looking for footage and pics saw the uncensored ones with all the bodies, horrific. The place was only registered as a restaurant. The owner was jailed for 3yrs in 2015.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santika_Club_fire
So much fun to see my neighborhood of 25 years. I even saw my barber and recognised several of the cats.
And there are so many cats! especially around the barbers shops and canal area.
An old girlfriend of mine lives in Phra Khanong. The last time I saw her was in 1989, but we've recently re-established contact. She's a grandmother now - scary!
we are all Grandsomething now, yes it is scary
1989 was 33yrs ago, scary!
@@BangkokPat Don't remind me! I should have made an honest woman of her when I had the chance. Hey, ho.
Wow I watched his ads growing up in LA area. :D
"This is TH-cam and someone got to do it." Amen 😎
It's a tough job, sometimes....
Another interesting video about something that I had no idea that I was interested in
Thanks! Cats can be interesting without you realising!.....
Next video at udomsuk with me right bro? haha...You've gone that way down the bts line. Top stuff as always mate.
Digital Park + Udomsuk mix.
@@tonythaiger93 bit of udomsuk walk, the market...we got it all 😆
I've been looking at Sukhumvit after On Nut to Bang Na, with you in mind of course mate.
@@BangkokPat haha woo. Back next week bro.
Hi Pat ..in th.all change pretty quick...people live very much in the present...then and now...that sentimental look into the past ...that can lead to sorrow ( which it did in the past to me ) is pretty foreign to thais ( at least those I know )..so I learned, adopted and I guess changed to live fully in the now ..still remember and don't forget...but be in the present...because thats the place where all the action happens...just to...change once again...
สวัสดีครับ..สมัยนั้นผมยังอายุเพิ่ง14ปี เข้าไปเรียนที่กรุงเทพฯ จากบุรีรัมย์อาศัยอยู่ที่แฟลตซอยสุขุมวิท93 บางจาก จำได้ว่าสมัยนู้นพระโขนงคึกคักมากกก โดยเฉพาะวันหยุดสุดสัปดาห์จะเป็นที่รวมพลของเหล่าคนจากต่างจังหวัดโดยเฉพาะคนทางภาคอีสาน ของขายเพียบ ไม่มีตึกสูงเหมือนสมัยปัจจุบันมีแต่อาคารพาณิชย์ห้องแถวเก่าเรียงรายเหมือนในวีดีโอเลย ตอนนี้ผมอายุ46ปีแล้ว
ขอโทษที่ตอบช้า ฉันอายุเท่าคุณ ฉันสนใจประวัติศาสตร์ของกรุงเทพฯ ในทุกเขตและเพราะมันเปลี่ยนแปลงเร็วมาก หลายคนอยากรู้ว่าเกิดอะไรขึ้นในอดีต! ขอบคุณสำหรับเรื่องราวที่น่าสนใจ ฉันเห็นวิดีโอเก่าของการรถไฟปากน้ำวิ่งผ่านบางจากเมื่อ 100 ปีที่แล้ว และตอนนี้มีคลองบนถนนสุขุมวิทแล้ว!
@@BangkokPat กรุงเทพมหานครเปลี่ยนแปลงไปมากครับหลังวิกฤตเศรษฐกิจปี2540 แต่พอประเทศไทยเริ่มฟื้นตัวการขยายตัวของกรุงเทพมหานครก็เจริญขึ้นมากตามแนวรถไฟฟ้า สมัยก่อนบางจากไม่มีตึกสูงเลย มีเพียงอาคารสำนักงานใหญ่สหยูเนี่ยนคือตึกที่สูงที่สุดในย่านนั้น พระโขนงมีห้างสรรพสินค้าเอดิสันที่ผมไปซื้อของบ่อย แต่ปัจจุบันผมไม่ทราบว่าเปลี่ยนเป็นอะไร ส่วนสุขุมวิทโรงแรมแลนด์มาร์คคือตึกที่สูงที่สุดในสมัยนั้น โรบินสันสุขุมวิทก็เพิ่งก่อสร้างเป็นห้างที่ทันสมัยและใหญ่สุดในย่านนั้นหลังจากสร้างเสร็จ และสวนเบญจสิริคือสำนักงานใหญ่ของ กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยาเดิม รถก็ติดหนักมาก จำได้ว่านั่งรถเมล์กลับจากโรงเรียนย่านเอกมัยตอนเช้าและเย็นระยะทางไม่กี่กิโลเมตรใช้เวลาเกือบสองชั่วโมงครับ ต้องลงรถเมล์ระหว่างทาง เดินเอาเร็วกว่ามาก จมูกดำปี๋เพราะมลพิษในอากาศก็มากเพราะสมัยก่อนน้ำมันมีสารตะกั่วมาก ผมเห็นการเปลี่ยนแปลงไปเยอะมากของกรุงเทพมหานครจากอดีตถึงปัจจุบัน ...
@@ninejack1 มลภาวะในลอนดอนนั้นแย่มากในช่วงทศวรรษ 90 จมูกจะเป็นสีดำ และเสื้อผ้าของฉันก็สกปรกอย่างรวดเร็ว
This video is a nice trip down memory lane. Used to go to Phrakhanong weekly to teach a returnee whose parents owned a gold shop at the soi 71 intersection. They prepared a meal after every lesson, so some of the best Thai food I had was there.
Great to hear that!
Pat makes everyone look like a star
I keep learning more and more about Bangkok from your videos. No one on TH-cam does it better
Thanks Jeff, always like this area.
I'd love to do a ghost tour of Bangkok, must be some great grizzly stories 👻
Myself and Bruce will be doing a video shortly.
@@BangkokPat Look forward to that 😃
Great historical coverage of the five Cinemas in Phra Khanong
Good one and no looking behind either
10 shots of cats in this video, you really do have a soft spot for cats
Only 10? You saw the one in the bag on the bike too? It was to make up for the lack of cats in the 2 videos before.
Another fascinating insight into Bangkok of the past by Pat, particularly the old Phra Khanong cinemas of that era. Not too far away from Khlong Toey harbour where my ship used to dock. Must give it a walk around on my next visit to Krungthep👍
Is there anything else than a containership harbour there?
If only I could post pics here, I took some great photos of the view of Khlong Toey from the 40th floor of a condo nearby.
The container ship part is the new port of Bangkok and the old port for general cargo is just a bit further on, on the same side and is still in business. Passenger ships, Navy ships and Greenpeace vessels still use this part where the Godowns (sheds) are situated.
Some vessels are often tied up in the river to the dolphin bouy’s
I like the nightly / rainy ambient atmosphere of your videos. It's got a noir movie atmosphere that reminds me the graham greene spy novels. Thanks to this video I also discovered the work of Philip Jablon. Great work.
Thanks Claude, I do shoot certain things to try and appear a bit noir, it gives another edge to certain shots when lighting is limited. Phil Jablon has done some great research for his site, it's always a good read.
"Potential snobbery of Thonglor"
As a former Thonglor resident, I can attest to my obnoxious snobiety. Great content as always Pat!
Ha ha ha.
I said potential, meaning that not everyone I met in those areas was a snob!
If it wasn't for your 'nerdy' insights, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a subscriber. These nuggets of information from days gone by, coupled with your cinematic style makes your channel one of my favourites. Keep on keeping on Pat.
Same 👍
Hope Land was the first hotel I stayed at the first time I came to Thailand back in 2017. I never knew about this history. Crazy.
Prakanong started to hurt when Tesco Lotus (now Lotus's) and Carrefour (now Big C) opened at Onnut. The Welco, Asian, Thai Daimaru and another department store, the name of which I forget, closed down.
They got only a Makro on soi 71 now...
London,Asia,Holiday,Chao Praya,
Prakanong Rama Prakanong Theater
were six cinemas in that area.
I thought so, because there's one other old frontage but I was told it was a market but looked like theatre style, towards the bridge over canal, same side as London theatre. Thanks for telling me and I really wish we could have known last week!
Amazing walk down memory lane... Bangkok in 1979 just being there was an exciting feeling. 1980 :s 1990's those feelings changed, Bangkok is slowly becoming Singapore but for excitement and exotic culture Bangkok is still unique.
Cheers Paul, Singapore in looks only but as you say, still unique.
Entertaining and Informative; the cats are good too.
Thanks Nick, extra cats to make up for the deficit in the last two vids.
The poster on the right appears to be a 1992 movie. It says เจาะเวลาหาโก๊ะ ("Back in time to find Goh" - or something like that).
Thanks. I didn't actually do much research on that one, as I didn't have time. It looked like they'd stripped off a panel on the wall and all the posters were still up.
Jeez! That's changed a lot since I lived there on Soi 48 in 2002. There was FA there back then apart from Thai markets.
Yes, that area and its land has been seriously built on over the last decade
Hi pat. I’m so glad to take the time to make videos that are well planed out. You gave your guest a mic, nice. I like to shots of cats. I would be happy if you shot other animals as well. I live in Arizona now but i plan to retire in Bangkok in a few years. I would enjoy meeting you sometime in the future. Gary.
Thanks Gary, apart from cats and a few dogs there's not else readily available to shoot, the odd bird or turtle or lizard. Let me know when you get to Bangkok, I'm sure I'll still be around!
I love your description : His history is very complex:) I guess it more as a minefiled these days;)
Have to watch what to say, but also need to say why the road is named as such!
"I would like to wake up screaming". No way not to watch the episode after that opening! Jedi mind trick!
Bruce is a great guy with a killer sense of humour and adventure. He's dead serious about that!
I live next to the market overlooking the cinema. I've often thought it must have been a thriving retail area before the big stores came along. There are a lot of foreigners around here now and I think that the market could be an attraction if it was renovated. I only know the area since 2008, so never saw the old cinemas. But I remember there were few western people and it felt distinctly rougher than now.
Two words, entertaining and Informative. cool
Thank you very much Issey.
Pat I have got a couple of stories you can find for your channel. 1. When the jetty collapsed on the river killing many people waiting for the boat . 2. When a tanker truck crashed into a car a tank load of fuel exploded on the streets of BKK 3. A story about the old "Rose Hotel" in Patong area.
Ive walked through that overpass community on the way to On Nut . There was a little piglet with a collar roaming around freely ! Brave little piggy 😃
Sounds like one of many oddities you'll see down there, soi 48/1
Another great video! Back in 1993, I used to train with Master Toddy in his backyard in that area, after he returned back to Thailand from pioneering Muay Thai in Manchester, England. There used to be a Boxing gym under that flyover; and Master Toddy had all sorts of stories from his days of street fighting in that area, when he was a teenager. It sure has changed a lot since then, but it brings back memories watching your video clip. Keep up the great work!
Thanks very much Tony. Would have loved a few stories from those days before I shot the video! I can just imagine a cramped little gym under there!
@@BangkokPat I forget the name of that gym; but it is the gym that the WBC and IBF Junior Flyweight Champion, Saman Sorjaturog first started Boxing from before he moved over to the Chitalada Gym on Sukhumvit Soi 36.
Another great video.Give thanks 🌴👍
Thanks very much and glad you enjoyed it!
Great channel bud .
Good to educate us westerners
Enjoyed the history! The rest... (?)
Thanks for this. I believe Phra Khanong 100 years ago used to be some agglomeration of wooden houses on both sides of the khlong and a commercial area selling goods brought from up river. It follows the On Nut Road up quite well.
I have some old pics, and that is exactly what they show! Thanks Lars.
that guys attention to details is great
Thanks, I try to cover everything because you only get one chance! Thanks.
I did Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu for 11 years and naming my favorite Shaw Brothers movie is very very easy, Martial club.
It's all about being prepared!
@@BangkokPat truth
This channel deserves way more subscribers!
Thanks, it's growing steadily and nicely. Everyone wants faster growth but the kind of videos I do, take a bit longer to catch on. Quality over quantity as they say.
I've walked around the area many times but never knew the history, thanks for adding some context. I randomly came to meet Bruce at a party a few months back, cool guy.
Good to hear you met Bruce already!
@@BangkokPat My first reaction to the intro was "holy shit, that's the guy from the party". Didn't realise his background.
Those Japanese 2nd hand shops in Phra Kanong are awesome. The one at Summer Hill, whole set of golf clubs for around 2000B.
Bruce's Channel: EAT. DRINK, TRAVEL: th-cam.com/channels/zjp1w5FTEHSWUNYLjDGx5A.html
Phil Jablon's old cinema & theatres website: seatheater.blogspot.com/
Pridi Banomyong Wikipedia Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pridi_Banomyong
J Bar & Cafe: www.jbarcafe.com/
As always very enjoyable.
Thanks Mozzbie.
Nice that you interviewed Bruce and helped promote his TH-cam channel. He's definitely posted a lot of videos, but the attention to detail, nuanced insights and detailed research that goes into your videos are absent in his, at least at this time.
I did click on your link and viewed several of Bruce's more recent videos of Thailand and his recent trip to Cambodia.
Bruce and I have a few things in common and he's a nice guy to work with. We're doing a video on Haunted places in Bangkok as we share a love of horror films!
I'll be brutally honest with you. I am not trying to compete with Pat and his channel so far superior than mine. I make my videos for fun about what I do around here in town but I agree with you his videos are far better. Thanks for at least watching some of them.
Everyone has different ways of making videos, some are a complicated process and others more basic. It's the content and intent of what is being put across that's also very important.
@@BangkokPat - Yes. Seems "Self Evident". If consumers vote with their pocketbooks, then perhaps TH-cam viewers click and vote with their finger tips. 55555
Just got my Thailand Pass QR code. Should be arriving in BKK via Incheon on Monday night. Staying on Sukhumvit Soi 19 alley at the Key. Want to see if that Mexican Restaurant next to Hanako ever came back after the fire they had in December.
@@brucef310 - Your videos may appeal more to those who are new to SE Asia and Bangkok. Whereas Pat's are quite interesting to me because they cover a lot of things from around the time I started visiting Bangkok circa 1996/97 when Thai Airways was my first airline account. I still remember walking along Sukhumvit Road before it got shaded by the Skytrain. Sill remember Soi Zero (Buckskin Joe's Alley).
I did like your recent video showing Central Market in Phnom Penh. I'm considering a side trip there in June. I usually eat street foods in PNH that my Khmer friends are too squeamish to try.
I love your geeky history lessons 🙂 Keep them coming!
Cheers, nothing like geeking out over obscure stuff!
@@BangkokPat So much better than the usual girlfriend drama stuff 🙂
I love it! I visit this area daily for my workout and street food. Great area of a great city.
Topline-Diamond, ones of the famous Look-Tung and Mor-lam Music companies are located in Soi Sukhumvit 48, near Phra Khanong area.
Thanks. The movie theater background on Phra Khanong, I wasn't aware of and it was interesting to see. It will all be a nice reference to look back on for those wanting to appreciate what Bangkok was like in by gone days.
Thanks a lot! I was actually wrong, there were 6 theatres, the one I suspected was a cinema I was told was the frontage to a market but a commenter pointed this out. Holiday Theatre it was called, just further along from the London.
Another good video Pat.
Thanks Charlie.
That's were another spectacular sites in Bangkok I love it.
Thanks for sharing with me.
I lived in Le Luk Condo for 1 year and Wyne Condo for 2 years. They tried to develop the W District into an art colony; there used to be an art gallery there. I remember the alien statue with the baby, the UFO building and the glass pyramid on top of the Jasmine Hotel. I didn't know about the theaters and Elvis at the Hopeland. Thanks. I enjoyed that neighborhood. Some good restaurants there.
I ❤ Bangkok
Hi Pat, Sterling work as all ways my friend. Out of Interest do you no what year Elvis was in BKK ? Many thanks....
It would have been soon after he met the King in 1960, maybe a year or so. I've no info on that, it's all I could find out. But it was mentioned as kind of private show, not a regular gig, which could be true as I found no records of that.
A year late to the comments but the side streets of Suk 71 Phra Khanong are pretty cool. One side is trendy Ekamai and the other side is peaceful tree lined roads with big houses and some coffee shops.
Lovely areas, I agree, many people I know live off Soi 71 but don't want too many people to know in case it gets too overcrowded!
@@BangkokPat I’ll keep that in mind for the next Phra Khanong vid 😂
At 3:03 the dog in the background starts talking a dump in the middle of the soi.
You have a huge screen TV Rick. I didn't notice!
Love it. Spent 4 months there back in 2016 and will return there for the first time since in a few weeks. Really cool to see how it's developed, even in that short time
Bkk Pat your videos are outstanding, you capture Bkk like no other and you make me miss it so much. Next time I visit I'd really like to buy you a beer. Good on ya mate, keep up the good work
Thank you very much!
Thanks again Pat. Inspirational editing and educational above all 😎
Cheers, glad you enjoyed that!
Super Pat. 👍
Cheers Hedgehog!
My home for the past five years! I live inside W District and shop the Phra Khanong market several times a week. You missed Soi 2 with a great street food scene. I love it here. I like to describe it as being on the edge of the downtown. You get the condos and international food right next to the urban Thai experience of street food and the fresh market. I don’t really spend much time across the street around the J Cafe but it is interesting to walk around and is definitely a quieter part of the neighborhood. The khlong end of the area is quite interesting to walk around also. Thanks for the cinema history. Didn’t know that.
Thanks Martin, you describe it well. That it's without a cinema now is quite odd!
Nice one pat , enjoyed that
Thanks Tom!
Thanks again Pat!One stop up from Ekkamai[Satantee tatbai-Phra Khanong-Mind the gap!]on the Sky Train. Gotta check it out.
Cheers David, worth a trip mate.
Another enjoyable video Pat .. keep
Going ! 👊
Cheers Jon!
Nice one Pat great viewing again.
Thanks a lot!
Khun Pat's channel has some Thai language translation programs. Because some Thai people, if they don't have Thai language, they don't watch at all. It will increase the follower base as well. 😊😉👍
Ok thanks for the info, I will look towards adding Thai subs as an option on this video. I thought YT had the CC auto translate.
Enjoyed the vblog did you go to the Catz Cafe ? I often walk through Phra Khanong on the way home to Bangchak.
I only had a few days to get around, I wish I'd been a bit more thorough but I met enough cats anyway!
interesting as always pat. like no other chanel information. thx
Thank you Alain.
Great video!
its really interesting how over the past year or two the amount of clients we have who now seek properties in Prakanong rather than On nut..both areas have great charm but I agree that Prakanong has always been a gem of a place and now its added much more to its arsenal.
Thanks John, I think it has the edge over On Nut in terms of a bit less spread out and easier to get about. There are side sois with places to get away from the noise and chill which I thought was lacking in On Nut.
Really enjoying your channel Pat. I do have trouble reading your footnotes at the bottom of the screen which appear as though cut in half
Thank Peter. Some laptops from HDMI to tv will do that but that's the first complaint.
Another interesting historical tour.
Thanks Pat.
Thanks!
Nice one, Pat. I love the diversity of Phra Khanong, it feels grounded somehow. I’m in town next week for a bit, if you fancy a beer sometime.
Thanks Luke, I have a very busy few weeks coming up and have to be on maximum alert. Drop me a message when you're about.
@@BangkokPat no worries. Happy to help as an off sider with any production or post…30+ years of film & TV experience is useful sometimes.
@@lukerabin5079 Sounds like I'll be bending your ear then!
Bruce is full of it
He's down to earth, that's for sure.
Everything I said is 100% true. I hope you enjoyed the video.
Thanks Pat , great job on the local history - very interesting and professionally produced .
Answer: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Good choice indeed!
Loved it, will watch this in 10 years and reminisce.
There was also lots of shopping around where j bar is today, most those side streets were shopping.
Phra Khanong is so close to on nut yet has a different feel and unique points that make living great like w District and a big fresh market.
I have the barber shops marked. Will most certainly visit them. On my next vacation.
Not geeky one bit.
Much appreciate what you do.
Thanks Steven. There's geeks and there's proper annoying geeks. I'm the former, sometimes!
Always enjoy watching your content Pat.
I’d love you to show on a map exactly where you’re talking about.
Not sure if it’s practical to use a known map on TH-cam though.
That's what's missing. A map. I will pin a map tomorrow.
Great video once again mate looks like I'm the first to start watching it. First 30 seconds and I'm hooked already
Glad to hear that Peter! Thanks mate.
Nice Video Pat!
Thanks Renato
Pat, Nice story telling , either from you or from Bruce, I will be curious about the ghost in Asia hotel, it’s where I like to stay, good breakfast, and location to get by .
Thanks very much Ben, Bruce is a great guy to work with. I talk about the Asia Hotel in the Ratchathewi video. They have 3 spirit houses so you should be fine!
We visit this area a lot and I had no idea of it’s rich history. Thank you for the upload.
Your editing is wonderful and you are a natural storyteller.
We’ve been with you since you started and great to see the high level of interest in your channel :-)
96 died in that hotel fire in Jomtien many years ago. Is that haunted enough ?
I've stayed in that hotel for a couple weeks back in 2019. Didn't see any ghost, but it sure was noisy !
Very nice pool, great breakfast, great location... they even have a bowling alley.
What was the name of the hotel? Bruce might be interested in that!
@@BangkokPat It was actually 91 deaths.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jomtien_Resort_Hotel_fire
@@BangkokPat th-cam.com/video/mlfKGhUvfhY/w-d-xo.html
@@BangkokPat Might be a good idea for a vid Pat.... Hotel and condo fires safety, history of Bangkok fires, Ghosts, etc. Perfect stuff for your channel.
Bbk all the way!! Love your work have a coffee ☕️
Cheers mate, glad you liked it!
awesome amazing you got into that old cinema. know phra khanong well. What is the aisa hotel story link please stayed there so many times used to belong to the club there in 1994
Thanks, it was just a stroke of luck, and Bruce spotted the chance and I was initially reluctant.....
The Asia hotel haunting I talked about in the Ratchathewi video
I really like Phra Khanong and was very possibly staying in a hotel around the corner from J Bar (which I walked past regularly) whilst you were filming this.
However, apart from seeing one of the theatre frontages you mentioned (and not really appreciating it) I had zero knowledge of the history of the area.
Thank You for your researching and passing on the info.
Thanks Andrew, there are a few more hotels around there than I recall when I first went 20yrs ago, Hopeland and Ibis are usually a good bet. Those theatre frontages needed a bit of investigating, so I knew I'd be back at some point!
Another great video Pat. A friend is still trying to sell me a condo in phra khanong, maybe I should take another look? Or maybe not, my wife would veto it 😁
There's not much supernatrual activity except of course the temple down the canal, Wat Mahaphut!
not geeky at all Pat.. great boots to the ground research. ghosts of past... now make a time machine
Thanks Pat for another fantastic video mate 👍👍
Cheers Bill glad you liked that mate.
Tremendous vid Pat...love it!
Good job Pat 😉
Thanks 👍
Another interesting and informative video Pat as only you do them. I love the way you research your subjects and places. It’s fantastic looking at the old cinemas and what is there now.
I’m just querying the Elvis appearance as I’m fairly sure that he never played in Bangkok. Anyway, thanks for great videos.
Thanks Gary, it was one of those shows with a well-to-do audience I believe, where you didn't buy tickets. Invite only kind of thing. The guy who told me, his grandparents are well known landowners in the area.
@@BangkokPat Great video. Keep up the good work. But the Elvis story is false. It’s been talked about several times in different Elvis documentaries that he never played outside of the US.
@@robertjoe2950 I was a bit shook up when I heard it
12:00 there was a party going on in the back :p
The Federal and the Honey hotel, not too far away from Phra Khanong ---where the management had to buy British made Willow 'Cricket bats' to help staff change the bed sheets!
Those are in Asok, which a couple of stations up the line. Why those particular cricket bats? To threaten the lazy english guests to get out of bed?!!
Howzat!
You are the man, Pat. Thanks so much for all your hard work, bringing such important insights about our amazing Bangkok to light.
Thanks Michael.
I wonder what the city would look like if they razed all the old never selling buildings. I mean no one has made use of that theatre in what? 30 years? Those cleaned and painted 60s places looked as I've always known they might, VERY good and blend in fine with the new.
The landowner wants 4 billion baht for that whole corner plot of land. Trouble is, it's built on mud.
@@BangkokPat ain't that the same as most of the city? when my little city started knocking down abandoned never selling buildings, funny thing happened...the properties started to sell. It's sad to see such waste.
Unless I'm mistaken, this district used to be that village, where, the ghost legend of Mae Nak was born.
I covered that story in last year's Halloween video...don't have nightmares!
The only truly informative and respectful channel about Thailand, past and present 🙏 thank you sir, I've stayed here in January 2020 a little before the storm... I miss Thailand and Thai people 🙏