It is said that during the colonial days, rich Chinese miner tycoons and British officers kept their mistresses here, away from the watchful eyes of their wives, hence the name!
Old-timers whiling away the time at the coffee shops nearby often regale bemused tourists with stories of beautiful ladies beckoning from behind red-curtained windows, and furious wives storming the streets!
It certainly is colorful! If only buildings could talk, the history one could find out!
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Men are men are men and if they have money they do this. Beautiful place.
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It is so colourful with all those umbrellas.
ReplyDeleteThe lane that is colorful - for more than one reason. It is pretty!
ReplyDeleteI like the umbrellas :)
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, and such interesting history!
ReplyDeleteIt’s part of your city history (and of many others as well). Love the colorful umbrellas.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous umbrellas and colour. We saw something similar in Mauritius, and we have a little avenue at our cities Art Gallery. Have a fabulous week. I am joining you today from over on Imagining link up.
ReplyDeleteFantastic photo, great name and a brilliant bit of colourful history! #GlobalBlogging
ReplyDeleteLove the colorful umbrellas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous photo! I love the colors. I never knew Ipoh was your hometown. You reeled me in with the name of your post! :)
ReplyDeletethanks for leaving me your nice comment! Love the umbrella's here!
ReplyDeleteWow brilliant photo and so colourful interesting too :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a brollytastic week :-)
I love all those beautiful colors!
ReplyDeleteI like them! They are so colorful. I don't know if my husband would agree. He's always hated umbrellas because they break all the time, and water gets everywhere with them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bright colors for a lane that once had a more sordid past! Thanks for linking on Amanda's Books and More!
ReplyDeleteReally picturesque!
ReplyDeleteHey Girlfriend, how are you? I haven't talked to you in a while. Hmmm, A whole week I think! hahaha Wow, pastel beautiful colors! I'll tell the purple one, and the pink one, and the yellow and green one! hahaha, I've had a red one before, but my favorite color is purple or violet however you wanna say it! hahaha, How are you, my friend? Fine, I hope! So is this where the phrase comes from... "Ladies in waiting"? hahaha No, no, no! I think that's something else! hahaha! Have a wonderful day, and someday I hope and pray that we will get to meet each other on the same land. HUGS!
ReplyDeleteThis defines Color Photography. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteLove those colorful umbrellas.
ReplyDeleteMy, what an intriguing history of the street! Thanks for sharing the info and the lovely photo :)
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I love all the colors and the story behind them! How cool! Thanks for linking up at NanaHood so I could find you!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful!! It must be a wonder to walk under all those umbrellas!
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Stunningly beautiful! Thanks for sharng the interesting history and linking up with #globalblogging
ReplyDeleteSuch a riot of colours! Love this, veronica. And what an interesting backstory. I'd love to step into that lane to find out more such intriguing tales.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this lovely picture and for joining our linky party this week.
Interesting back story. It looks so pretty with all those colorful umbrellas.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture and interesting story. I'll be featuring you on Sunday's Best. Thanks for sharing.
So pretty and colorful!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. I love all the colours.
ReplyDeleteThis sure is a colourful lane :)
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