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1992🇧🇭 v 2021🇧🇭: Looking towards Bab al Bahrain from under the same tree, 29 years apart.
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HAPPY NATIONAL DAY 🇧🇭
1960🇧🇭: Shaikh Isa and a young King Hamad.
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2022🇧🇭: Ancient Bahrain landmark to be bulldozed to build a mall.
Wadi Al Buhair is a 45-million-year-old natural landmark in East Riffa that is being bulldozed for a new mall.
Nearly 1,500 people have signed the…(1/3)
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1919🇸🇦🇬🇧: 15 year old Prince Faisal, future King of Saudi Arabia, visits Pathe studios in Wardour Street, London.
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Today is Saudi Arabia’s National Day. Photo is of Crown Prince (later King) Faisal in San Francisco in 1945, leading the Saudi delegation to the conference to adopt the Charter of the UN.
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1996🇧🇭: Construction of the Shaikh Isa bin Salman Causeway, which connects Busaiteen to Manama's Diplomatic Area. It opened on 7th January 1997.
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🇧🇭 Shaikh Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain, 1932 - 1942. Portrait by Pavel Sokov.
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c1957🇧🇭: Shaikh Hamad at about 7 years old, long before he became King.
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1930s🇧🇭: Interior of an Imperial Airways HP42. If you were flying to or from Bahrain in the 1930s, this was your cabin.
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Queen Elizabeth, who today celebrates 70 years on the throne, with King Hamad. 🇬🇧 🇧🇭 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇳🇿
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1950🇧🇭 v 2021🇧🇭: Abdulrazaq Al Roomi opened his silversmith shop in Manama souk in 1950. This week he closes his doors after 71 years to enjoy his retirement.
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Queen Elizabeth, who today celebrates 70 years on the throne, with King Hamad. 🇬🇧 🇧🇭 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇳🇿
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Happy National Day 🇧🇭🇧🇭🇧🇭
2021🇧🇭: Fireworks over Manama💥
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2021🇧🇭: The tranquil settings of the RAK Art Foundation in Riffa.
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21 October 🇧🇭: Wishing Prince Salman a happy birthday (b&w photo 1976).
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🇬🇧🇧🇭 Queen Elizabeth, a friend of Bahrain, may she Rest In Peace.
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1953🇧🇭🇬🇧: Shaikh Salman, the Ruler of Bahrain, while in the UK for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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🇧🇭HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa celebrates his birthday today. He was born 28th January 1950.
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1991🇧🇭v2021🇧🇭: A drive through Manama, separated by 30 years.
PART 2/2
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5 January 2022🇧🇭: Bahrain on a Thursday night. Photo credit David Hellberg.
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Jan 1964🇧🇭: Bahrain’s coldest winter on record. Temperatures reached -5 degrees and there was ice and much flooding.
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August 17, 1987 - August 17, 2022🇧🇭: Bahrain - same day, same place, 35 years apart. Photo courtesy of NASA.
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1978🇧🇭: Gold one hundred Bahraini Dinar coin. 5,000 were minted.
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c1937🇧🇭: Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain and Great Grandfather of the current king.
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2022🇧🇭: Anyone recognize? A ground floor exterior view of a well known commercial building in Manama.
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1960🇧🇭: Hidd, located on a sand spit on the southeastern extremity of Muharraq Island.
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25th June 1996🇧🇭🌏: Bahrain seen from the NASA Space Shuttle. In second picture the island is seen ‘dissected’ by the shuttle’s rear stablizer.
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Happy birthday Shaikh Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain 🇧🇭. Photo taken in 1975.
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c1970🇧🇭: First intake of women recruits to the Bahrain Police.
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c1992 v c2009🇧🇭: Diplomatic Area, Manama - approximately 17 years apart.
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February 2024🇧🇭: The Pearling Path, a World Heritage Site of historic buildings in Muharraq that is open to the public.
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1968🇧🇭: Shaikh Hamad, future king of Bahrain, marries Shaikha Sabika.
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Dec 1961🇧🇭 v Dec 2021🇧🇭: Government Avenue - same place, 60 years apart.
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1950s🇧🇭🇰🇼: The Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman, and his sons are greeted as they arrive in Kuwait by Kuwait's ruler, Sheikh Abdullah.
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1968🇧🇭: The Gulf Hotel under construction before its opening in 1969.
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1970🇧🇭: World Champion Heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali visits Bahrain during a stopover on his way to Mecca.
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1912 v 2022🇧🇭: Jeweller Jacques Cartier with pearl merchants in Bahrain in 1912, and a 2022 recreation of the photo with the descendants of Cartier and the four pearl merchants.
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May 2022🇧🇭: End of an era - Saar cinema opened in 2000, closed in 2019, and was yesterday demolished. Many were sad to see it go.
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1936🇧🇭: During his UK visit Shaikh Hamad, the Ruler of Bahrain, is the guest of honour at a family wedding of his Advisor Charles Belgrave.
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1926🇧🇭: Photo of children taken by Charles Belgrave shortly after his arrival in Bahrain.
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🇧🇭 🇬🇧 King Hamad and Queen Elizabeth - a decades long friendship.
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🇧🇭 Jabal Al Durkhan in the Bahrain desert - the area where In 1932 - 90 years ago this week, oil was first discovered in the Middle East.
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October 1932🇧🇭: The first scheduled commercial flight arrived in Bahrain en-route from London to Delhi. The aircraft only carried 24 passengers, and had taken several days of flying to reach Bahrain, with frequent refuelling stops and overnight stays in hotels for…
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c1970🇧🇭: Some of the first intake of women to join the Bahrain Police. Happy Bahraini Women’s Day.
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🇧🇭 🇬🇧 King Hamad and Queen Elizabeth - a decades long friendship.
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February 1959🇧🇭: Shaikh Isa, as Crown Prince, formally opens the women’s hospital in Riffa.
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March 2022🇧🇭: Manama viewed from the Wyndham Grand Hotel - Part 3.
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1980s🇧🇭: Some of the first buildings in Manama’s Diplomatic Area
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1950s v 2022🇧🇭: Al Awadhiy Mosque by Bab al Bahrain on Government Avenue.
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December 2003🇧🇭🏁: Bahrain International Circuit under construction. Video credit Geoff Blake.
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Jan 1964🇧🇭: More photos from Bahrain’s coldest winter on record - icicles in Awali.
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c1950s🇧🇭: Waiting at Bahrain International Airport. Photo credit Michael Stokes.
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1975🇧🇭: Singer Shirley Bassey at Bahrain International Airport promoting the soon to be launched British Airways Concorde London-Bahrain service.
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