THE SUEZ CANAL ZONE of EGYPT 1950 - 1955
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Album of Photos taken in the Suez Canal
Zone. Page 1
These two photos, one by the side of the Canal at Ferry Point, the other in Ismailia Town, were taken in 2004. Things have changed in fifty years! |
Considering the photos shown on the pages of this Album were taken around fifty years ago, and in many instances with a cheap basic camera,
(that is all some of us could afford in those days,) or taken in less than ideal conditions, it cannot be helped that some are not the same clear
quality as others. Whatever the quality they have all been included in the hope of being interesting to look at and with the possibility of
bringing back some memories, mostly pleasant.
I thank the people who have sent photos for inclusion on these pages, and if anyone has photos that were taken in the Suez Canal Zone
in the early 1950s which they would like to share with others, I would be pleased to receive them.
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of the photographs on the pages of this Photo Album could be the
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The harbour - Port Said. |
Another view of Port Said harbour. |
Port Suez - the bottom end of the Canal. |
The 'Empire Ken'. One of the many troopships that took thousands of troops to the Canal Zone, and back home again. |
The Suez Canal Authority Building at Port Said harbour near where the troops disembarked. |
Troops ready to disembark from one of the ships just arrived. |
'Hastings' aircraft were also used for transporting troops. |
So were 'Valettas'. |
and 'Yorks'. |
A well known landmark when arriving by sea. De Lessops statue in Port Said harbour.
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The Canal at El Qantara. |
The Canal near Gebal Maryam. |
Ship on the Canal passing Deversoir |
Looking over the Canal. |
Looking up the Canal. |
RAF Fayid, where you landed if you flew out there. |
Main entrance to RAF Fayid off the Treaty Road. |
The Treaty Road between RAF Fayid and RAF Abyad. |
Treaty Road entering Fayid Village. |
Hoardings at the side of the Treaty Road. |
Treaty Road near RAF El Hamra |
The Canal Road near Fanara. |
Same road near Fayid village. |
Another stretch of the Canal Road. |
Over Ismailia and Lake Timsah. |
The roundabout outside Maida camp. |
One of the 'Link' roads. Mt Shubra in the background. |
How many of these did we get on pay parade? |
Do you remember the plastic tokens issued by NAAFI Egypt ? |
Or the Egyptian small change? ( A 2½, - a 5, and 3 x 10 'Acker' coins.) |
I bet you remember this drink!! Cheers! |
The 'Empire Windrush' troopship.... |
....on fire in the Med. |
troops back to the UK. In the Mediterranean, off the Algerian coast, an explosion in her boiler room started a large fire which resulted in the ship losing all
power and later the order "Abandon Ship" was given. I don’t know how many troops and crew were aboard, it must have been hundreds, but the only lives
lost were four members of the crew who were in the boiler room at the time of the explosion I understand that the authorities gave the reason for no others
losing their lives was because of the (military) discipline shown by the passengers.
The ‘Windrush’ eventually sank when attemps were made to tow the crippled ship to Gibraltar.
Please view the other pages of this Suez Canal Zone Photo Album: Click on the page number.
2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 11 || 12 || 13 || 14 || 15 || 16
More photos on the 'Now and Then' page and on the 'That Palm Tree' page.
My thanks to the Suez Veterans who supplied the photos to produce this Photo Album.
Please see the Photo Album Acknowledgements page.
© Charlie Delta. October
2004.
Page revised: © February 2007.
Page revised: © February 2007.