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I have listed all DAIUTB pages here so you can browse and explore Dubai as it used to be. Have fun!!! Len Chapman

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Changing Dubai 2000 - Even the New has become Old!
Dubai Exiles Rugby Sevens: A Brief History 1968-2008
Neville Allen's Personal Story - 1959
2009 Take off from Dubai Airport brought back thoughts of how Dubai used to be
The Royal Yacht that rarely went to sea
Dubai's Garbage as it used to be in 1973
Recipes for some of Dubai's Traditional Dishes
Russ North's Map of Dubai 1988
"There's a 7 Star Hotel at the end of my garden!" Burj Al Arab Construction 1990s
No English Language Radio Service in 1960s Dubai. What did Expats listen to?
This what Dubai Expatriates could listen to on their radios in 1960s!
Sharjah as it used to be 1958
Crossing Al Maktoum Bridge in a Taxi 1970s - Was it UP or was it DOWN?
Metropolitan Hotel on the Abu Dhabi Road. It's gone but memories remain.
Images of Dubai As It Used To Be!
Al Maktoum Bridge 1963
Traditional Dhows 1992
EGC Opens 1988
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's First Wedding 1979
Bringing Fresh Water to Dubai 1963
Dubai Markets 1960s
Sh Saeed's Palace 1976
Building The Burj Al Arab Hotel 1994
Changing Dubai from Space 1973-2012
History of Dubai & Sharjah Football League
Images from Dubai Country Club Golf Course 1980s
Dubai Airport Hijack History
Dubai Country Club History - Updated with more Photos
Exploring Dubai 1970s
Burj Al Arab Construction 1994
Tea with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1970s
Jebel Ali Village 1977-2011 Changes....
Yachts Pots and Tanks. Will make New Dubai Driver's envious!
Brief History: Port Rashid 1959-72
Brief History: Port Rashid 1972-80
Brief History: Port Rashid 1980-90
Brief History: Port Rashid 1990-2008
Rocks on the Road - 40 tons of it! Beginnings of Hatta Road 1969
Dubai's Bricks - you can find them everywhere - 1982
Sheikh Zayed Road - A Brief History
Shindagah Tunnel 1975 - An Icon that has not changed
Dubai from the Sky - Unique Aerial Views of Dubai as it used to be.
First UAE Day 1971 - Significant but not so Public Event then
Dubai Sports 1966 - Dubai's First Squash Court.
Dubai's Working Creek 1960s & 70s - Where Dubai's Wealth began to grow.
Dubai's Cinemas as they used to be - The only entertainment in town back then!
Sharjah Airport in 1930 - Air Travel in the Gulf long before Dubai Airport
Jumeirah Jane - Exclusive interview with this well known lady!
Banker & Queen Elizabeth 1979 - Gin & Tonic with Queen of England on her Yacht
Life in Dubai 1950-60s - Malcolm Jones's Account of his life in Dubai
Dubai 1963-64 - Meg Twycross's Account of her life in Dubai
Dubai Dirt Donks 1978 - Dubai's first Motorcycle Sports Club
Donkey on the Roof 1978 - Dubai Police to the Rescue-with a Banana and a Rifle!
Dubai Post Office 1971- Collecting a Birthday Gift from New Zealand
Dubai Driving Licence Renewal 1995 - Art of Moving a Queue Backwards
Jumeirah's Other Side - Sad and Surprising Experience
Fire Foam Fun - Fireman can be fun when they have a new toy!
Dubai's Red Shoe 1976 - Buying Shoes: Paying a Parking Fine: Getting a Bargain!!
Dubai's Sanitation 1960s - Where Convenience is not always a Convenience
Dubai's Roads 1970s - Look Out and Watch Out but not for Cars
Dubai Creek 1963 - As Ivor Browne saw it back then
Dubai's Housing 1963 - Lutze Hejze's Unique Photos of Dubai as it used to be
Dubai's First Traffic Lights 1971 - Stop and Go but only in Daylight
Dubai 1822 - Map of Dubai back then
Dubai and Alcohol - Why Dubai went dry! Well Almost!
Dubai's Eggs - Which came first? The Chicken or Fresh Eggs? Answer? BOAC
Dubai Banking - Banks were hard to find - even if you knew where to look.
Dubai's Cement - We know where it went but where did it come from?
Al Maktoum Bridge - Dubai's first cross river link
Al Maktoum Bridge2 - Dubai's first cross river link
Dubai Police - Always Pioneers in Technology even back then.
Dubai Defense Force - On Parade in Jumeirah - by special request.
Dubai Tax - Is there any? There used to be!
Embassy Golf - Diplomacy needed on this Golf Course
Old Airport - Fly in then Walk in! Well Almost!
Rowing Abras - Only "proper" way to cross the Creek - but with some risk
Squash 1972 - How it started in Dubai
Wadi Bashing - Discovering what was outside Dubai Town
Dubai Clock Tower - A Gift that became a Dubai Icon
Flame Roundabout - It never went out. It just moved. But it's still there.
Falcon Roundabout - The Falcon didn't fly. It was just taken away
Dubai's Water Towers - Bringing fresh water to Dubai
Jashanmal's Store - one of Dubai's first Department Stores
Dubai Drydocks - A White Elephant that became a success
Dubai Skylines - How they have changed over the years
Dubai's Gardens - How Dubai's Gardens have grown - from just sand.
Port Rashid 1990-2008 - Growing then fading away - but not forgotten
Port Rashid 1972-90 - The Quays to Dubai's success.
Port Rashid 1970-72 - Building what was to become a major World Port
Crossing Dubai Creek 1960s - No bridges or tunnels them
Al Nasr Square 1960s - In Rememberance
Jumeirah Beach Road 1968. When the Expatriates started to move in
Dubai Telecoms 1969. From the highest point in Dubai
Dubai from the Air 1970
Bur Jurman 1972 - No Shopping Mall - just Sand and a Palm Tree
Hatta Road 1978 - A Lonely Road
Dubai Engineering - The Works!
Dubai Creekside
Jumeirah Beach - In the days when there was a lot of beach
Dubai Apartments - First of Many to come - or not
Dubai Aerial 1985
Shindaga 1985
Dubai Municipality 1985
Diwan 1985 - Windtowers that were blown away
Chicago Beach Village 1985
Deira & Dubai Soukhs 1988. A Conducted Tour
Shindaga 1988
Jebel Ali Village 1
Jebel Ali Village 2
Bastakia 1988
Modern Bastakia - Restored, Refurbished, Renovated, Trendy
Dubai 1822
Dubai 1950
Dubai 1959
Dubai 1969
Dubai 1972
Dubai 1985
The Beginning - How Dubai Country Club Started
Early Years - Dubai Country Club in the Beginning
The Good Life! - What Dubai Country Club Offered
Decline & Rise - How Dubai Country Club became unpopular then popular again
The End - Dubai Country Club Closure
Golf in Old Dubai
Safa Park - No Grass Then
Chicago Beach Village - an exclusive enclave that's gone
100 Villas - Out of Town - then - but gone now
Al Nasr Square - Deira's Centre
Interchange 4 - Nothing like what's there today
Dubai's Electricity - Powering the City but outdated
Old Airport - Not as busy as Dubai's Airport Today
Chicago Beach - How the name originated
Dubai Wharves - Gone! Now there's a Cafe.
Dubai's First Jet Ski - It's safer on dry land !
Camel Races 1970s - No automation
Al Ahli Stadium opens 1979
Dubai Holidays - Interested? - Read the Brochure 1986
Dubai's Weather 1963 - When it rains in Dubai.....
The Falcon that Failed - Great Hunter - Wrong Target
Mardi Gras 1978 - Jumeirah Street Parade
Show Jumping 1987 - Magnificent Horses plus Princess Anne
Masafi Rally - First Rally of Many to come
Camel Taxi - Nothing odd about this
Fly Dubai 1963
Al Maktoum Stadium - Birds may fly but........
Dubai Boxes 1991 - One Million of Them but not in a row
Grand Prix Circuit 1981 - You can still race round the Track today - Maybe!
Motor Grand Prix 1981 - Fangio, Stirling Moss, Phil Hill - They were there
GP Race Programme - Who raced what and when
Queen Elizabeth II of England - Her first Sate Visit to Dubai 1979
Raft Race 1972 - Racing on Dubai Creek in Oil Drums
Raft Race 1982 - Racing at Mina Seyaha in Oil Drums
Dubai's Oil 1967 - Out of Sight but Key to Dubai's Development
Sheikh Zayed 1967 - Story of a Great Man
Road to Jebel Ali Village - Multi-Tasking Drive from Jumeirah to JA
1970s Dubai
Dubai Drydocks: The Beginning
Sheikh Rashid visits Dubai Drydocks
Dubai's Markets 1965
Abras - The Only Way to cross Dubai Creek
Al Maktoum Bridge - Linking Dubai and Deira
Al Maktoum Lifting Bridge
Captain's Store - Binoculars Cameras - anything to see through
Changing Creek
Chicago Beach Hotel - Dubai's first Resort Hotel that isn't there
Dubai Creek Dredging - Making the Creek Deeper but Narrower
Dubai Airport - Long before Shops, Restaurants and Air Bridges
Dubai's Clock Tower - The Gift that became a Dubai Icon
Dubai Defense Force - On Parade for a Little Boy
Dubai Police 1960s - Things were Different Then
Dubai's Water Supply - Where it came from and When
Dubai Wharves - Handling Dubai's Wealth
1978 Mardi Gras Photos - New Orleans in Dubai
Dubai's Water Towers - High Rises providing Dubai's Fresh Water
Embassy Golf - Birdie, Eagle, Albatross plus a Snake
Emirates Golf Club -The Desert turned Green
First Traffic Lights - Daylight only. No Nightwork 1971
Jumeirah Beach Road - As it used to be 1968
Khazzan Launch - Huge Oil Storage Tanks Launched then Sunk
Morgan Cars - Traditional Sports Car meets Modern Road Block
QE2 - An Iconic Ocean Liner's First Visit to Dubai
Raft Race 1972 - On the Creek on an Oil Drum - or two
Raft Race 1981 - Going to Sea on an Oil Drum
Sheikh Mohammed's First Wedding - There's never been another like it
Sheikh Saeed's Palace - A Ruin waiting to be Restored
State Visit 1979 - Queen of England's First Visit to Dubai
Port Rashid Terminal Opening - The Start of Something Big!
Dubai's Advertising - Promotions from Dubai's early days
How Kazzans work - Invisible now but this is how they work
Trucial Oman Scouts - How Dubai protected itself
Al Fahidi Fort 1970 - A Dubai Icon that changed its Purpose
Sheikh Saeed's Palace 1985 - Old and New Side by Side
Dubai World Trade Centre - A Dubai Icon that changed its colour.
Mustafawi's Carpet Store - Where you get the carpet you wanted
Khazzan Park Water Tower - Turning Water into Art
Zabeel Palace - The Almost Forgotten Palace
Chicago Beach Hotel - Dubai - gone but not forgotten
Hard Rock Cafe - Closed and Moved
Bait Al Wakheel - Dubai's First Office by the Creek
Old Bastakia - Before it was rebuilt
Sheraton Hotel - How it was built
Tim Nicholls 1964-71 - Remembering a childhood in Dubai as it used to be
Ludwig Hejze 1963 - Ludwig helped build Dubai
Charles Chapman 1974-86 - Remembering Dubai as it used to be
John Wilton 1949-52 - Diplomacy as it used to be back then - and bring your gun!
Noor Ali - Royal Photographer
Dubai Duty Free - An Interview with the man who started DDF
Dubai's Chef Extrordinaire!
Father Christmas - Late and in a Hurry
Parascending Dubai - Going up is one thing - Coming down is another.
"Back in Dubai" - A song every Western Expatriate can sing!
Cycling Dubai - It needed a Boeing 747 to get started
Dubai's Architect - John Harris designed Dubai's first Masterplan
Capt. Jarman OBE - Dubai's first Port Manager
Famous People who visited Dubai back when.....
Dubai Dirt Donks - Dubai's first Motorcycle Club
People 1970s - As Dubai's People were then
People 1950s - As they used to be
Wadi Portrait - A Time of Innocence
Waterman of Dubai - Eric Tulloch

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