THE  SUEZ  CANAL  ZONE  of  EGYPT   1950 - 1955

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Photo Album  -  Now and Then

Some photos taken in the Canal Zone  - April / May 2004

with a few old black and white photos taken in the early 1950s

             
The Railway Station, Ismailia.


             
Negrelli Street, Ismailia.


                    
                                                           The notorious YMCA Bridge, Ismailia.                                               Where the 'Blue Kettle Club' was in Ismailia.


       
                                                         The Treaty Road near to RAF Fayid...............                                          ..............and entering Fayid Village.

       
               The Sweet Water Canal in Ismailia................                                      .................and just north of Ismailia.


           
                         Fishing in the Sweet Water Canal.                                                                  French Square, Ismailia.

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                                 De Lessep's Statue, Port Said.....    ....the plinth in Port Said now....               ....and the one in Port Suez.


Where the main gate to RAF El Firdan
used to be.


Near to what was RAF Abyad.
Mount Shubra just hidden behind the tree.


 Was RAF Fayid.
 The old main runway just visable.


          
                    
                                                    The new bridge over the Canal at El Qantara                                                      Looking towards El Qantra Village
     

                      
                                          A corner shop...                                               fish monger....                                             and a fruit seller in Ismailia.

                      
                          Some things haven't changed,                      dwellings by the side of the Treaty Road....                               and the desert.

                    
                Kilo 99 just outside Suez on the Cairo Road.    Hotel at Fayid where the Vic Lido used to be.          The Vic Lido at Fayid as it was in 1953.

                   
Sunset over Ismailia, by the side of Lake Timsah.
In the area that was known as French Beach.


Other Canal Zone photos of our time out there can be seen on the Photo Album pages:
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Also on the  Palm Tree  page.
© Charlie Delta.
29 March 2005