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MASIRAH ISLAND Photo Gallery (1972 -1973)
PAGE 1 These pictures include many of the Diplomatic Wireless
staff from the period. If you recognise yourself, please get in touch!
Any extra photos would be appreciated. All photos
here are
© Clive Warner,
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| Start of an ill-fated trip down the island | Passing through the bedouin village | Disaster - we drove into a salt pan and had to be rescued | Another view of the end of our expedition, miles from anywhere |
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| Sunset, looking out to the wreck of the SS Electric | This is the wreck seen (left) - great for fishing | On the deck of the SS Electric (dangerous!) | Part of a fishing trip to the old wreck |
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| The staff designed and built this boat for fishing trips | Before we built our boat, we'd hire a local dhow for our fishing expeditions | Hugh, assistant chief, pulls a big one on board! Fish were plentiful | On the beach after the fishing trip, with trophies |
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| The fish had to be cleaned, we did this on the beach | And on Fridays, we'd have Fish 'n Chip night! Charlie (left) grins at the camera | Keith Ritchie (left) and Mick Abbott (right) were two other contract engineers like me | I wish I could remember the names of the staff of the UK Club. They were from Goa |
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| After gorging on fish, crayfish, and chips, we'd repair to the bar of the UK Club. I of course (left) was the Bar Officer | On the left is Peter, the young communications operator who ran Telex and SSB services | As the evenings wore on, we'd often get quite sloshed on the duty-free NAAFI booze | Taking it easy in the UK Club one evening. These are all permanent DWS staff posted to Masirah for a six-month tour of duty |
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