Concubine lane, Lorong Panglima..Ipoh, Perak

A vacated house in Concubine Lane ( Lorong Panglima)

A trishaw(?) going through the lane

Washings hanging dry across the lane, near to Wong Koh Kee Restaurant

Horizontal bars functioned as a security gate and for ventilation when the wooden doors were opened. A vintage design for prewar houses

Reported to have housed opium dens, mistresses for the rich tin tycoons in the heydays of Ipoh. It could have just been another bygone residence for the townsfolk of Ipoh – most of whom were petty traders or hawkers. The “Yee Lai Hong” or concubine lane appeared to be pretty derelict except for the Wong Koh Kee Restaurant that was doing brisk business for the lunch crowd.