Old Bastakia
I came to Dubai in 1971 with Port Rashid's "Start Up" Team,
I intended to stay a couple of years but stayed 30+ years working in Dubai's Ports (now DP World).
During that time Old Dubai changed from small coastal trading town to internationally recognised Financial, Business, Trade and Tourist Centre.
My "snapshot" photos of Old Dubai now have historical and nostalgic interest.
I recovered faded "snapshots", negatives and slides with Photoshop CS, bought software from Project Seven and learned to build a website. Dubaiasitusedtobe.com is the result!
I hope the site will not be "all my own work". Friends and visitors are encouraged to look for their "dusty" photo albums and find photos of Old Dubai to add to the site.
Dubai has been developing over the past 50 years. The pace of development increased rapidly in recent years producing the phenomena that is modern Dubai. But New Dubai's glitz and glamour hide the changes Dubai's way of life has undergone.
Dubai's modern history is recorded in the many thousands of photographs taken by Expatriates of all nationalities and Nationals that now lie in dusty Photo Albums around the world. These photos document the changes Dubai has undergone. My aims to create interest in Dubai's modern history and maybe get those photos out of their Albums and onto the Internet for all to see.
I hope you enjoy browsing and seeing Dubai as it used to be! Always pleased to receive comments and feedback.
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