Aramco ExPat News
Your source for ExPat relations, news and connecting with other Aramcons.
Hooky
For some unknown reason, throughout my life various circumstances have led me into unusual situations. Perhaps the drummer I was marching to played Stockhausen on the snares, but it began early in life. I was born in Dhahran in 1947 where I lived at 1134 Hamilton House, the palatial, by Dhahran standards, company guest house was on the next block to the north. It was the only place with a lawn covered hill in town. Rolling down the slope was great fun and you’d always come home with grass stained jeans, itching like mad from the bugs in the grass.
“Dhahran in the Summer of 1965″ – Part 11 of Video Series “Distant Arabia”
We invite you to enjoy part 11 of the 12 part Distant Arabia video series courtesy of Selwa Press. Filmed by Peter Benjamin, this film shows the familiar landmarks of Dhahran beginning with the Gateway to Safety. The Mail Center is seen at 0:33, the commissary at 0:48, followed by the Ad Building and the Dining Hall. At 1:11 the scene cuts to the Swimming Pool and the returning students lounging in the sun. The skinny blonde-haired kid is the late Charlie Armstrong zoologist and champion board diver.
