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Dear all, just discovered some correspondence between my father (Major H.A. Gent) and the Secretary of The Alwiyah Club (who sounds a little "sniffy") in 1943 while he was posted there during WW2. Anybody have parents who were there at the same time? John

Hi, I was living there many times between 1983 and 1988, longest period was 3 months. Nice memories. Laszlo Czebely from Hungary.

Hi Michael my father was working for Marconi in Iraq between 56 and 58 and we lived there with him over that time leaving when the revolution came. I too spent time at the Alwiyeh Club. I am currently writing a book about that time and am interested in sharing memories with anyone else who was there. Would you/ anyone else who was there be willing to talk about this time? Regan

Alwiyah Club mid 1970s tie only entrance, swimming pools, restaurant bars, pool table from 1920th, tennis courts, discos, international friends, for Polish student coming from communist Poland to visit his father working in University of Baghdad something completely out of this world. To all nice people of Baghdad my best Wishes for Great Future.

Initially the building was for (Baghdad State Press) .... then it became the old Iraqi museum ... then the Baghdadi museum Where there are statues of wax representing the life and traditions of old Baghdad and was in the past the headquarters of the National Museum before the building of the new museum and the transfer of the contents of the majority and the narrowness of the building It was run by the British historian Bill

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Phil...I remember swimming at the Alwiya Club around 1948- 51...my dad was a brewer for Iraqi Breweries and we lived on site on the banks of the Tigress River...really happy days but long ago memories!

Hi Al-Sadeerians, I visited this hotel a few weeks a time, since 1981, several years. Breakfast (sunshine up fried eggs), dinners (entrecote and bordeaux wines), and the bar. I saw the tennis courts being built, and many wedding parties. Good service, always! Friendly pool attendants from Sri Lanka and Mumbai. Sometimes walked to Sheraton, the bar at up. Sprite!

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Stayed there frequently from 1982 til 1986 on 13 trips for an average of 4 weeks per trip. Hotel had a very acceptable standard, good value und very polite and effective staff. Clean and well maintained. No complain about food. From time to time, they had french wine and even fried froglegs (!) at reasonable prices. Much more cosy and personal than the Melia Mansoor and the Sheraton (within walking distance). The bus station Andalus Square is just in front of the hotel. Always nice talks to the expats at the bar. Well, that was more than 30 years ago. How is the situation today? Would like to meet the great and friendly people of Iraq again and visit the ancient places of Babylon, Samarra and Borsippa. How safe is the situation now? Herb

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Michael - I remember Orosdibak and Rashid Street, as well. I lived across the bridge in Karradat Meriam, what is now the Green Zone, not too far from the Tigris River.

Michael Walden. My father lived and worked in Baghdad during the 50’s. H e was with the Posts and Telegraphs part of the government and was seconded by the Marconi Company to set up the broadcasting station at Abu Ghraib. We visited during the school holidays and spent many hours at the Alwiyeh club in the swimming pools and also the outdoor cinema. We lived about a five minute walk away. I remember visiting Orosdibak and Hasso Bros stores in Rashid Street. Baghdad was a delightful place to live during those days.

Upon further reflection, I need to amend my previous comment. I did swim with the Alwiyah Club swim team but the team I went with to Abadan was from Basra. It was an IPC team and we traveled to Abadan in 1958 when I was 17 and just before I moved to Baghdad. Still great memories but certainly a long time ago!

Phil - My family lived in Baghdad from 1958 until 1963, having moved there from Basra. My father, Norman Banta, was a geophysicist working for the Iraq Petroleum Company and we had some wonderful times at the Alwiyah Club. I swam a lot in the pools there and was on the Club swimming team. In 1959, when I was 18 years old, the team traveled to Abadan, Iran to compete against the team there and we won every event - such great memories! We knew the Murray and Walsh families who lived in Kirkuk in the IPC housing complex.

I was born in Kirkuk in 1955 and lived in Baghdad until 1963. My parents worked for the Iraq Petroleum Company at the time. We often went to the Alwiyah club, where we went swimming and watched films at the open-air cinema. Happy days.