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Water Tower
Dubai's Water Towers
Dubai's Domestic Water System 1970s.
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Bastakia's Wind Towers.
Derelict Demolished Restored.
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Captain's Store
Captain's Stores.
Cameras Binoculars Smuggling.
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Chicago Beach Hotel
Chicago Beach Hotel.
Popular but Demolished.
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Clock Tower
Dubai's Clock Tower.
The Story Behind the Tower.
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Dubai's Water
Finding Water for Dubai.
Dubai's First Domestic Water System.
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First Traffic Lights
Dubai's First Traffic Lights.
They didn't work at night!.
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Sheikh Saeed's House
Sheikh Saeed's House.
Derelict prior to Restoration.
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Port Rashid Terminal Opening
Sheikh Rashid.
Opening Port Rashid Container Terminal.
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Creek Raft Race
Dubai Creek Raft Race.
First Race in 1971.
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Dubai's First Power Station
Dubai's First Power Station
Demolished
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Port Rashid
Port Rashid.
Chapter 2
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Dubai's Police
Dubai's Traffic Police.
Dealing with new Technology
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Dubai's Markets
Dubai's Markets
Before Supermarkets
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Kazan
Dubai's Kazans.
An Engineering Marvel
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Dubai Lady
Dubai's People
Shopping Dubai 1970s
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Jumeirah Beach Road
Jumeirah Beach Road
How it was in 1968
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Wadi Portrait
Wadi Portrait.
When Dubai was innocent!
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First Show Jumping
First Show Jumping
Dubai Metropolitan Hotel 1987
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Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe
Demolished??????
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Dubai Grand Prix
Dubai Grand Prix.
Motor Racing comes to Dubai 1981
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Al Fahidi Fort
Al Fahidi Fort.
Dubai's best Museum
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Emirates Golf Club
Emirates Golf Club.
Dubai's Premier Golf Course.
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Dubai Post Office
Dubai's Post Office.
Postal Order Process!
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Dubai Creek
Dubai's Creek
How it used to be 1963
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Dubai Defense Force
Dubai Defense Force
On Parade in Jumeirah 1972
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Dubai Country Club
Dubai Country Club
Demolished 2007
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Dubai Creek
Bait Al Wakheel
Dubai's First Office Building
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Creek Cargo Wharves
Dubai's Wharves
Where Dubai used to make its money
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Cycle Dubai
Cycle Dubai
Cycling come to Dubai
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Dubai Dirt Donksl
Dubai's Motorbike First
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Queen Elizabeth 2
Britannia in Dubai.
Queen Elizabeth 2 State Visit
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Al Maktoum Bridge
Al Maktoum Bridge
Opening 1969
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Bastakia
Bastakia
Before it was restored
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Dubai's People
Dubai's People
As they used to be
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Dubai Airport Immigration
Dubai Airport
Immigration and Customs
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Dubai's Power Station
Duba's First Power Station
Demolished!!!!
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Dubai Car Crash
Dubai's Police
Car Crash 1970s Style
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Dubai's Trade Center
Dubai's World Trade Centre
Dubai's First Hi Rise
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Dubai 1972
As it used to be!

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Jumeirah Beach Road as it used to be


  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Costain Housing on the beach.
    Costains Civil Engineering were the Contractors for building Port Rashid. Sheikh Rashid gave Costains land on Jumeirah Beach to build housing for the Contractor's Staff. After Port Rashid was completed the housing and the land reverted to Sheikh Rashid's ownership.
  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Jumeirah Beach Road
    An open air Cinema, a video shop, a cafe and a small supermarket provided the only facility in the area. The Cinema showed only Indian Films.
  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Government Houses
    Government built some two storeyed houses near to the Zoo for Government Staff. They looked across Jumeriah Beach Road to the beach and the sea.
  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Walk to the Beach
    This old black and white photo was taken from a Government House. Showing houses being built on the beach and the easy access to the beach.
  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Plenty of Sand
    With little traffic, few houses and plenty of sand there were few restrictions on how you traveled! The 40 gallon oil drum served as a Garbage Bin that was emptied daily by Dubai Municipality. Notice there are now trees growing where before there was sand.
  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Aerial View
    This aerial view shows Jumeirah Beach Road as it was in 1971. Port Rashid is building but there is little development along the Jumeirah Beach Road.
  • Jumeirah Beach Road: Hatta Road
    The only other road connecting to Jumeirah Beach Road was the Hatta Road. It was initially built as an access road to a Quarry to provide rock for the building of Port Rashid. Subsequently it was tarmaced and developed into a major road.
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