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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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Early morning view of Dubai as it used to be in 1977
This remarkable aerial view shows how Dubai used to be in October 1977. Dubai's newly built Trade Centre can be seen in the distance. There are few buildings between Dubai and Trade Centre although a dual carriageway road connects the two places.
Dubaiside Customs area on the Creek is still being used for cargo discharge while on Dieraside a passenger ship is berthed. Dubai was a "boom town" in 1977 but had few hotels. Dubai Intercontinental was being built but Sheraton Hotel had not yet started. Hotel rooms were booked, rebooked and "bartered" with visiting businessmen paying premium prices. To alleviate this situation Dubai arranged for a cruise ship to berth near the Intercontinetal Hotel and operate as an hotel. The ship can be seen between the buildings.
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