Can someone identify this place in olden day singapore?

[Matafleur]

Originally Posted by Shocking_vibes

Yes this pic is from the movie shocking asia. I got the film but it has 2 languages mixed into it i cannot understand anything being said.

Bro, you try changing your sound system or sound settings to play either left side or right side audio only. Should clear up the language mixing problem.

[Shocking_vibes]

Originally Posted by Matafleur

Bro, you try changing your sound system or sound settings to play either left side or right side audio only. Should clear up the language mixing problem.

Tried already. No use. Both languages are heard from both sides.

[ol'coyote]

tat taxi was the old SABS taxi...
SABS = singapore airport bus service...
if me memory dun fail me...
me tinks that lane used to be this big tree at the junction...
somewhere near ophir road / queen street...
and the area damn dark at night...
the place is oso all ah guas...

[sennheiser]

kena zap twice. to clarify, i saw the thread and posted my reply. not sure why my post came out before TS's.

[Booby Trap]

This place looks very much like Tiong Bahru areas where those low-rise houses are. It could also be Chinatown areas such i.e. opposite Cantonment Police Station.

[bozocum]

Johore Road

[dickrick]

I'm pretty sure it's not Johore Road nor Petain Road/Flanders Square. Cars could never drive through the alley. Somehow it looks like a posed picture. Maybe from a movie like someone said. Three customers looking at the "girls" in the daytime is unsual. And if was a typical back alley the "girls" were seldom standing at the doorway. Negoitiations were usually held with the customer at the doorway and the ladies in the house.
Furthermore if it were Johore Road, very little action went down in the daytime, it was mainly at night.
Just my two cents.

[Master007]

Pardon me, but what's the idea? Just to identify the place ah? Me very shallow, please enlighten...

[Shocking_vibes]

Originally Posted by dickrick

I'm pretty sure it's not Johore Road nor Petain Road/Flanders Square. Cars could never drive through the alley. Somehow it looks like a posed picture. Maybe from a movie like someone said. Three customers looking at the "girls" in the daytime is unsual. And if was a typical back alley the "girls" were seldom standing at the doorway. Negoitiations were usually held with the customer at the doorway and the ladies in the house.
Furthermore if it were Johore Road, very little action went down in the daytime, it was mainly at night.
Just my two cents.

When did johor rd close down? Was it in the 70's? A search on street directory does not show johor road in Singapore at all.


The scene is from a mondo pseudo documentary called Shocking asia. Although it's not a real documentary since documentaries tend to be unbiased while this film attempts to shock viewers, the scenes in it are real. The camera man even went down to desker road and filmed the whores sitting there in the 70's. They all ran inside when the camera was aimed at them, hence it was not acting, at the most those ppl pose for the cameras.

Many scenes involving singapore and malaysia. From tang kee to bapok gender operation, to thaipusam. Although i don't remember seeing geylang assuming geylang in the 70's looks like what it is today.

[dickrick]

Originally Posted by Shocking_vibes

When did johor rd close down? Was it in the 70's? A search on street directory does not show johor road in Singapore at all.

I can comment on the Johore Road bit, if memory serves right it was the early 80's. By mid, late '80s the trans moved to Rowell/Desker Road and some to Petain Road. The area Johore Road was is now a dried foodstuff market opposite the Johore bus / taxi terminus.

[ol'coyote]

Originally Posted by dickrick

I can comment on the Johore Road bit, if memory serves right it was the early 80's. By mid, late '80s the trans moved to Rowell/Desker Road and some to Petain Road. The area Johore Road was is now a dried foodstuff market opposite the Johore bus / taxi terminus.

u mus be at least in your late 30s to knoe these stuffs...
yes u are rite about the location of former johore road...

[Shocking_vibes]

Here's the link to download part of the film.

Didn't know uploading took so long


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[Shocking_vibes]

so to those of who d/led the film did can u identify the place? I don't think the narrator stated the name of the place.