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 A portfolio of old pictures Jack picked up off E-bay

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A 1943 photomap of the Suez Canal
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The person who took this photo attributed it to the Kasfareet Military Cemetary but in actual fact is the Military Cemetary situated at Fayid
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General view of old Cairo in 1945. The picture looks to be the same view taken by Alwyn York- see Alwyn`s Cairo Trips page



The Nile Barrage Gardens in 1943. Again, see Alwyn York`s  Nile Cruise page for more pictures of the Barrage and Gardens
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The Nile Barrage Museum in the gardens, 1943





The Citadel Mosque, Cairo 1945
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Kasfareet agricultural fields
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Sweetwater Canal at Kasfareet village
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Kasfareet village houses
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The Kasfareet village shop
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Local native fishermen
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    Xmas 1942

    A billet bar






Arches at the YMCA
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The Argentine Hut (YMCA)




    YMCA frontage
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YMCA Devotional room
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The YMCA Flag
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YMCA serving counter
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YMCA and gardens
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YMCA Garden with billet area beyond
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The YMCA situation boards
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YMCA writing room
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The Argentine Hut sign on the YMCA. So named because the building was constructed thanks to subsription by the people of Argentine
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The Grand Prix de Kasfareet Cycle Race


Massed start





Grand Prix at the 1 mile bend
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Grand Prix de Kasfareet through another bend close to the tent area




Official commentary point for the Grand Prix de Kasfareet Cycle Race
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A close finish to the Grand Prix de Kasfareet Cycle Race





Group Captain Parker presenting  prizes after the Grand Prix de Kasfareet Cycle Race
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    107 MU Lido





        107 MU Lido
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107 MU Lido
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107 MU Sailing Club
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The Shanalin Road with ship on the lake behind the camp lido
Would anyone know where the Road name came from ? We only knew it as the Canal Road
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A native "brickie"
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Native labourers waiting outside of the YMCA
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Above.....Interior of a billet possibly taken by J.Luke
Above left.....Decorated corner of a billet 1942
Bottom left.....Xmas cartoons displayed in a billet
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Service being held in the Station Church









        The Station Church Altar
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    Station Church interior
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    Handing over the baton in the relay race
        




        Finish of the relay race
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Cups presentation to Shallufa having beaten ARS. I presume this ceremony relates to the relay race


A party from the YMCA tour Port Said in 1943

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Port Said Police Station with
the Headquarters of the Suez Canal Company to the left
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A birds eye view of Port Said from the Port Fouard side of the Canal
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Arrival of a troopship at
Port Said

Look at the fleet of bum boats massing  !!





Northern entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said
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Passenger ship and dhows on the Suez Canal





Cargo ship on the Suez Canal
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Memorial statue to Ferdinand de Lessops, builder of the Suez Canal  on the causeway of the Canal at Port Said. This edifice was removed by the Egyptians following the 1956 event.


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