14 Responses to “Bahrain in 1961”

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   On February 14, 2007 at 6:52 pm G responded with... #

   Seems like someone stole those pics from a britt family from Awali

   lool loved the car plate on the first picture…
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   On February 14, 2007 at 6:57 pm G responded with... #

   n oh!!! keep this template, its so you x)
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   On February 14, 2007 at 9:32 pm Mohammed Zainal responded with... #

   ohhh ya …
   Ol’e Bahrain , got them as power point presentation , had to batch process them !!

   looks like im settling on this template … i like , thanks
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   On February 14, 2007 at 11:17 pm unidentified soldier responded with... #

   Nice pictures, i like the ones of Adari, and Qasari. I wish that they are like the old
   days.

   One of the noticeable photos is khamis mosque, if you visit that area in this era,
   try to find an empty piece of land.

   // side comment
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   * nice theme, it’s better than both of eye poping green, and what i think is a default
   * one, atleast i found a new game called “Find smiley face”.
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   * See ya soon.
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   On February 14, 2007 at 11:29 pm Mohammed Zainal responded with... #

   thanks U.S …
   yer amusing aint ya …
   dont be a stranger , good to have ya around .
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   On February 24, 2007 at 7:41 am abdulla responded with... #

   they got them from here
   http://flickr.com/photos/knightrider/sets/151780/
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   On February 24, 2007 at 12:27 pm Mohammed Zainal responded with... #

   nice find Abdulla , thanks for sharing this .
   As quoted from Flickr User :

   “The Knight family photo album from Bahrain Island in the Persian Gulf – a place we still think of as “home” – my father Charlie arrived in Bahrain around 1951 – mum and I joined him around 1954/55 and my sisters Christine and Janice joined us at birth in Awali Hospital! – we ended up living at 137 Manama gate – and finally migrated back to cold Manchester in 1967.

   This set of photos brings back SOOOOOOO many memories.

   On the weekend of June 23rd and 24th 2006 there was a first ever reunion of kids who went to school in Awali – as you will see from the photos – these “Awali Teenagers” have a few more years behind them than the average teenagers – but we still know how to PARTY………!”
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   On February 24, 2007 at 1:47 pm Mike Knight responded with... #

   Hi Moody – nice to see my family photo’s being enjoyed

   I think my father would be rather upset if he personally was refered to as a “white master” – yes he was a supervisor – yes he was a boss – but he took the time to learn Arabic, both written and spoken – and he cared deeply about the TEAM that worked under him. When we returned to visit Bahrain in 2004 – he could still repeat the personnel numbers of all his team – sadly, when we checked with BAPCO, all of them had passed away. My father by then had not spoken a word of Arabic for some 37 years – but he still had the ability – although he found it frustrating that he could not recall certain words, which slowed him down a little. Not bad for a man of 80 – and a man who would never see himself as anyones “master” no matter the skin colour.

   Moody – I completely understand that the comments on the photo’s are not yours – but you should tell whoever made them to get his facts right before making snide comments. My father brought all our family up to be non-racist. I am entirely proud and honoured to have friends of all colours and beliefs – and I welcome you as a new found friend!

   I will add your blog to my list of favourites and pop back to keep in touch with my roots in Bahrain………..

   Very best wishes,

   Mike
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   On February 24, 2007 at 6:56 pm Mohammed Zainal responded with... #

   Hello Mike ,
   first of all , i would like to apologize about the comments added to the images ,i didn’t remove the comments because it was sent as it is , i didn’t know who the author was , but now , since we all know who the real author is , i’ll be glad to remove them asap (“im non-racist too”).

   the honor is mine mate , always looking forward to meet friends from all over the world .

   dont be a stranger , hope we meet one day .

   Regards to your family ,

   Moo
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    On February 26, 2007 at 2:00 pm Mike Knight responded with... #

    Hi there Moo

    You do not owe me any kind of apology!

    Funnily – my father told me last night that my far the most participants at the hill race were Bahraini – including several of the royal family – all wanting to prove that their latest car was the best and the fastest

    I see that you have re-touched the “white master” captions – not a requirement from me – but thank you for the thought.

    If ever your travels bring you to Luxembourg – PLEASE do make contact so I can show you around – hopefully – we will meet someday.

    Very best wishes,

    Mike
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    On August 25, 2007 at 6:24 am Yagoob's Dome responded with... #

    The last photo is soo freaky I swear if you stood at the same place that photo was taken the back ground would have been exactly the same, Awali is such a weird lil town (I was born there btw) and has hardly changed since we left in 1992 to Riffa
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    On August 25, 2008 at 1:29 pm al balushi responded with... #

    nice pics now i see why my grandfather say that old time was the best time
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    On November 30, 2008 at 5:06 pm Martin Allan responded with... #

    The car in the middle of the last picture was my Dads red and white Sunbeam Rapier. I was with him when he bought and collected it in London in 1959 in UK, so the picture would be about 1960(He changed it for a German Ford Taunus in 1961!), next to it is Mike Knights Mum Muriel, my Mum and in the foreground is Mikes little sister Christine. , Dad (sadly passed away)worked in Bahrain with mikes dad Charlie, he too would have been a bit upset to have been considered a “White master” Nothing further from the truth. I was allowed to go to live with his Gangpusher (Foreman) Haji Sulman who lived near Budaiyia as if I was part of Sulmans family. I treated him as an Uncle and he treated me like a son.

    All us “Awali school kids were brought up to respect everyone, all races , all levels of society. We well understood after a while that we might be privileged to have a better education but that we were also very privileged to be in Bahrain. Why do you think that so many have very fond memories of the place? See Awali teenagers site!

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