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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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Dubai's People


  • Old Dubai's People: Dubai 1970s Style!
    This young Dubai National featured in a magazine produced in the 1970s.
  • Old Dubai People: Suleiman - Company Driver
    Suleiman was the Company Driver for Dubai Port Services in the 1970s. Dubai Port Services were Managers and Operators of Port Rashid. He drove the Company's Management around town. He knew where to go and who to see. He was often called away to drive Sheikh Rashid to important functions. Being a Company Driver involved waiting around with time to catch up with contacts.
  • Old Dubai's People:  Ing. Otto Bulard from Austria (Photo provided by Ludwig Hejze)
    Ing. Otto Bulard managed Overseas AST, an Austrian Construction Company that established in Dubai in 1959. Ing Bulard left Overseas AST around 1965 and established as an independent Engineer. He was later involved in building Dubai's Clock Tower and the Dubai Zoo in Jumeirah. He managed Dubai Zoo before being invited by Sheikh Zayed Al Nayhan to establish Al Ain Zoo. Ing. Otto Bulard managed Al Ain Zoo until he retired to Graz in Austria.
  • Old Dubai's People: Going up to the Dentist Old Dubai style.
    There were only two or three Dentists in Dubai in the early 1970s. This photograph was taken by Lord Snowdon. He was commissioned by Inchcape Group of Companies to photograph their business activities around the World. Dentistry was not one of them!
  • Old Dubai People: Street Trader
    These local street traders were a common sight in Dubai's Soukh in the early 1970s. They slowly disappeared with the increasing import of cheap goods and the arrival of traders of other nationalities.
  • Old Dubai People: Tobacco Trader
    Tobacco was grown in Hatta and sold in Dubai both in the local Soukhs and for export. This Trader is enjoying his product as he waits for a customer.
  • Old Dubai People: Shopping Dubai Style early 1970s
    This was a common sight in Dubai in the early 1970s. Photo provided by Tony Crowe UK.
  • Old Dubai's People: Oil Lamp Repairer by Tony Crowe UK
    This repair shop would have been located alongside the road leading to Dubai's Gold Soukh. In the 1970s the road was lined with blacksmiths fabricating and repairing a whole range of goods. The noise was often deafening but it was fascinating to see these men standing in holes in the ground as they hammered on their anvils placed on the unpaved ground.
  • Old Dubai People: Bedu Boy
    This Bedu boy may have never seen an Expatriate before. He was happy to pose for a photo although he probably did not understand what was happening.
  • Old Dubai People: Bedu Boy
    In the 1970s Bedu Arabs living outside UAE's Cities did not usually come into contact with Expatriates. Lack of roads and four wheel drive vehicles meant most Expatriates only ventured outside the town occasionally. When Bedu and Expatriates did meet there was a mutual curiosity and respect. As access to the previously remote areas improved more Expatriates ventured out of town so contact with the local Bedu increased. The mutual curiosity and respect faded as Bedu began to resent the intrusion by Expatriates onto their lands and farms. Eventually many Bedu moved to new villages and towns constructed by the Government.
  • Old Dubai People: Local Dancers
    Local men performing traditional dances were frequently seen celebrating weddings and festivals.
  • Old Dubai People: Camel Boy
    This local Bedu boy sits patiently waiting for the Camel Race to start. He holds his traditional cane in his left hand and watches for something to happen.
  • Old Dubai People: On their way to a Camel Race in the Desert
    Camel Races were held in the desert long before camel race tracks were built. The racecourse was usually in a straight line between two points in the desert. No track rails or stadium seating - just sand. Camels were always ridden to the race venue.
  • Old Dubai People: Waiting for the Camel Race to start.
    Landrovers and Toyota Landcruisers were favoured by the local Bedu. These vehicles played an important role in camel racing. They enabled the camels' Owners and Supporters to follow their camels across the desert. They would shout instructions and encouragement to their camel's jockey - no walkie talkie radios in the 1970s!
  • Old Dubai People: Port Rashid's Container Terminal Engineering Staff 1989
    These Dubai People maintained Port Rashid Container Equipment during Port Rashid's rapid and remarkable growth into a World Class Container Port.
  • Old Dubai People: Girls on Quad Bikes!
    Taken on Jumeirah Beach Road in the late 1970s. Note the single carriageway road and the amount of sand! This was one of the first Quad Bikes to be imported to Dubai.
  • Old Dubai People: Dubai Dirt Donks Motorcycle Club
    Motorcycle racing was the earliest form of motor racing in Dubai. Club members were both local and expatriate. They built their own circuit on land near to Rashid Hospital where they raced regularly until the land was required for development. Eventually the sport spread throughout the Gulf with Teams travelling from Dubai to events around the Gulf.
  • Old Dubai People: Polo in Dubai
    Polo has been played in Dubai since the early 1970s. A Polo Club was built near to the Dubai Country Club. The playing area was sand but eventually was grassed. Players were from all nationalities.
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