I’ve found a site of a former Bahrain resident with loads of memories and pictures of Bahrain in the 70s and 80s. Quite nice and gives you a glimpse of the life of an expatriate of that era. Well worth a visit, here’s a sample of what the souq area looked like then:
and this is how it looks like now! I took this picutre a few minutes ago (Jan 30th, 2004 at 12:00 pm):
more historical pictures here…
and how this particular area of the Manama souq looks like now (Jan 30th, 2004) here
