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Aden Peninsula....a mounting
mass of volcanic rock rising
abruptly from the sea....the
crater....and the strip of desert sand
that leads back to the mainland....what
a story this compact area might yet
unfold to scientists and archeologists
prepared to unlock and read the record
she hides beneath her sun-scorched
surface. In all its forbidding majesty of
desolate beauty,
Shamsan, the mountain peak that
towers above the Gulf of Aden, looks
down upon a country whose history
extends back so far as to disappear into
the mists of ancient times.
The indefatigable
Monsieur Antonin Besse, whose
Aden-based global trading empire stretched
from Europe to USA to Abyssinia,
became
Aden's most successful businessman
in terms of wealth, surpassing
even the dizzying heights attained
by two of his most notable Aden nemeses,
Cowasjee Dinshaw and
Paul Riès.
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Aden
Police 1930
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The
Manara Mosque
Minaret in Crater
Aden Airways
The
Hogg Clock Tower
(Little Ben)
Hundreds
of pictures in our
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By the way - many
of you who used to live in the golden
days of Aden Protectorate should really
make the effort to go and visit Aden!
Britons who were born in Aden are
rightfully entitled to visit their home
as well. Aden is home to all...I'm sure
visiting Aden will bring back MORE
memories of the good times. Wow, I'm
actually weeping here!
Deen
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