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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 Stores.
Cameras Binoculars Smuggling.
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Chicago Beach Hotel.
Popular but Demolished.
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Dubai's Clock Tower.
The Story Behind the Tower.
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Finding Water for Dubai.
Dubai's First Domestic Water System.
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Dubai's First Traffic Lights.
They didn't work at night!.
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Sheikh Saeed's House.
Derelict prior to Restoration.
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Sheikh Rashid.
Opening Port Rashid Container Terminal.
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Dubai Creek Raft Race.
First Race in 1971.
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Dubai's First Power Station
Demolished
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Port Rashid.
Chapter 2
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Dubai's Traffic Police.
Dealing with new Technology
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Dubai's Markets
Before Supermarkets
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Dubai's Kazans.
An Engineering Marvel
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Dubai's People
Shopping Dubai 1970s
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Jumeirah Beach Road
How it was in 1968
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Wadi Portrait.
When Dubai was innocent!
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First Show Jumping
Dubai Metropolitan Hotel 1987
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Hard Rock Cafe
Demolished??????
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Dubai Grand Prix.
Motor Racing comes to Dubai 1981
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Al Fahidi Fort.
Dubai's best Museum
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Emirates Golf Club.
Dubai's Premier Golf Course.
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Dubai's Post Office.
Postal Order Process!
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Dubai's Creek
How it used to be 1963
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Dubai Defense Force
On Parade in Jumeirah 1972
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Dubai Country Club
Demolished 2007
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Bait Al Wakheel
Dubai's First Office Building
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Dubai's Wharves
Where Dubai used to make its money
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Cycle Dubai
Cycling come to Dubai
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Dubai Dirt Donksl
Dubai's Motorbike First
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Britannia in Dubai.
Queen Elizabeth 2 State Visit
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Al Maktoum Bridge
Opening 1969
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Bastakia
Before it was restored
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Dubai's People
As they used to be
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Dubai Airport
Immigration and Customs
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Duba's First Power Station
Demolished!!!!
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Dubai's Police
Car Crash 1970s Style
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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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In the 1940s and 50s Dubai's People earned their living in a variety of ways. Here a Dubaian works in his Barasti Hut. It is not clear what he is doing but it involves cutting with all the knives around. The baskets are similar to those used to transport fish. NOTE All photos in this section have been provided by Ahmed Bin Lahej (Dubai)
Children playing in the shade of the tree in 1960s
Camels have always held an important place in Dubai People's lives.In the 1940s and 50s Camels will have provided transport and food.
People lived in Huts made from woven Palm Fronds and called Barasti Huts. These provided shade and were cool in summer but afforded little protection from the weather. Barasti Huts were still used in the 1960s and early 1970s but development of Government Housing and growing wealth meant Dubai's People began to prefer concrete and brick to Palm Fronds for their protection.
He appears to be building or repairing a mud roof. Mud Roofs were used on Old Dubai's buildings.
Tailors have always been in demand in Dubai. In the 1940s and 50s they will have produced clothing for Dubai's People. Today they still provide clothing for Dubaians but Expatriates and Tourists are also among their clientele.
Here a young Dubai girl tends a goat herd with (presumably) her mother. Dubai women's lives have changed over the past 50 years. Education and job opportunities for Dubai Women in modern Dubai means goat herding is no longer a preferred career path.
Probably carrying fresh water which was rare commodity in the 1940s and 50s.
Appears to be handling a leather saddle
Maybe they are planning a desert hunt. Note the ancient rifle which Bedu Arabs usually carried with them. Today these rifles have found their way into Dubai's Antique Shops.
Ladies and Girls from a Dubai Household dressed in their traditional finery. Today they will probably prefer to wear clothes from an Exclusive Designer Stores located in one of New Dubai's many Shopping Malls.
Dubai's people will have seen few Westerners in the 1940s and 50s and even fewer Western women. Here the local ladies show their curiosity.
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