A pamphlet (c. 1940s) found in the BP Archive that apparently advertises a resort for Iraq Petroleum Company expats in the Euphrates town of Haditha, Iraq. Archive File 68863, reproduced with permission of the BP Archive.
A pamphlet (c. 1940s) found in the BP Archive that apparently advertises a resort for Iraq Petroleum Company expats in the Euphrates town of Haditha, Iraq. Archive File 68863, reproduced with permission of the BP Archive.
A pamphlet (c. 1940s) found in the BP Archive that apparently advertises a resort for Iraq Petroleum Company expats in the Euphrates town of Haditha, Iraq. Archive File 68863, reproduced with permission of the BP Archive.
COME TO HADITHA!
Where are you going to spend your holidays?
HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE JOYS HADITHA
HAS TO OFFER YOU?
Of the Cool Breezes off the Broad Euphrates ?
Are you run down?
Then come and rest your tired nerves at our
LUXURIOUS RIVERSIDE REST CAMPTHE “SERVICE” DRY CLEANING CO,
WEAR OUR
PERFECTLY PRESSED PANTS
3 (K) STATION ROAD
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RADIO BY VIGOR’S
E. A, LONEY. For Pipes, try our
The Silencing Expert. “WIGGY”
The Cabin, Love Lane.
Patent, for a dry Smoke.
Fully Licensed—Cabaret at 11 pm.
FATHA SPA HOTEL
Baiji Aerodrome Adjacent
For your Coiffare—
CONSTANCE BENNET,
“ Buphrates” Wayes onr Speciality.
Make your Reservations for the Christmas Festivities early.
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HADITHA SPA.
Within one Mile of the nearest
MAIN LINE STATION
and on
THE MAIN OVERLAND ROUTE
India, for the Golden East/The Mediterranean Ports
(with frequent sailings to the Western Area)
REGULAR AEROPLANE SERVICES
Twice Weekly to the Coast and the Interior
LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES
Overcome by our ‘attentive Interpreters, stationed
at all Airports and Coach Terminals.4 5
USE KASEY KINCH’S KATTLE KOUGH KURES—(Advt.) HADITHA FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS!
Correct that middle-aged spread
in the Concerts—Every Evening—Dancing.
TILLIE TAYLOR ' @
LOLA LITTLEDALE BOTANICAL GARDENS.
and BEBE BICKHAM
Excellent Cuisine (Free)
SLIMMING SALON—East Street—Anah
BOTTING & HICKMAN y Fresh produce from the Home Farm
Family Butchers
H. & C.
HAIFA SAUSAGES SAVELOYS FRESH HAGGIS
FAGGOTS WHELKS BLOATERS
Semi—Private Bathrooms.
(Out of season delicacies supplied by refrigerator ‘plane)
Tel: HORSE FAIR 2030. @
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SUN BATHING—NUDISM—PHYSICAL CULTURE.
Special Terms for worn-out Haifa-ites and Kirkuklies, and their families.6
THE “TORSO”
PHYSICAL CULTURE ACADEMY
(Late: f°. H, Squires)
Don’t be bullied; let Professor “ Left Hook” Montague
train you to be a HE-MAN
BOXING, WRESTLING, FENCING, FIRST-CLASS GYMNASIUM.
MONTY'S METHODS MAKE MIGHTY MUSCLES
Tel: Main 1010.
CAZALY’S THE CHEMISTS. |
Pill-rolling a Speciality.
Open 9—11 each Sunday to dispense the
POPULAR PINK PICK-ME-UP
O—DO—RO—NO
The New Hydro will be opening shortly, and we are bound to he
full over the Holidays.
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MANY ATTRACTIONS.
Including:
. On the delightful river and back waters.
. Among shaded island gardens.
Boating
Canoeing
Bathing . In our private pool—high-diving exhibitions.
Qos . Grouse, Partridge, Wild Fowl, Hare, Deer,
Silver-Fox: and tame Pigeons for the
youngsters,
Riding . Hacks obtainable from our own livery
stables.
Motoring - Ineresting xuns into the surrounding
countryside. Road Houses at convenient
distances. Reliability Trials held fre-
quently under the auspices of the Haditha
Owner-Drivers’ Assn.
Dancing . To the refrains of Haditha Dance Orchestras.
Golf . On the finest links in the Near East.
Miniature Golf . With flood-lighting for night play,
Tennis . On Championship Courts set in the midst of
the celebrated Haditha Botanical Gardens.
Football. . Four resident teams of international exper-
ience. Matches held twice weekly at the
Park Enclosure.
. Frequent Championship Contests at the
Airport Stadium.
®...,,
All the above at moderate terms.
REFRESHMENTS OBTAINABLE AT THE GRANDSTANDS ON ALL OCCASIONSo
ORGANISED INDOOR SPORTS AND PASTIMES.
WATER ! WATER !! WATER !!!
for all purposes
SUPPLIED 1N POTTLES, BUCKETS, OR PIPES Darts — Shove Ha’penny
HOMBO & ALBERT
The Water Specialists
TABLE TENNIS
e Cat Amongst the Pigeons
Note: Our Water may be safely used for BARGES,
LOATING, BAPTISMS, SUICIDES, ETC.
Should only be used for BINGES to dilute
WHISKY & WHISKEY.
JIG-SAW PUZZLES
Kiss - in - the - Ring and Postman’s Knock.
WEE McGUFFIE & CO.
(The Original Flying Plumbers)
Pipes bent, straightened, twisted, mend d and unblocked
Estimates only rea
Head Offices, London, W. C. 1
At
THE CASINO
Crown and Anchor
Should consult :—
LEE & PALS,
The Never—Never Furnishers
ROULETTE
Pitch and Toss and Card Games.
Deliveries by Plain Van—Service with a Magnetic Smile e
‘PHONE BUSH 2719—DISTANCE NO OBJECT
All the above with the Sky the limit and
Don't delay—Com?'to Haditha NOW plenty of local rules,10
HADITHA SANATORIUM
Drink habit positively cured in 75 years
Money refunded in full on the First Lapse
Principal: Prof. TOPSY REID
EMERGENCY EXIT
IN CASE OF FiRE
Cut round dotted lines
BE ORIGINAL
Let the
HADITHA SPORTS DEPOT
Dress you.
Gentlemen's Taalors;
ROMPERS A SPECIALITY
Facial Contortionist
MYRTLE MONTAGUE
A grin in every grimace.
The World's Greatest Lover
IVOR JOHNSON,
in Popular Hits.
The Two-Two Terror.
—_———$
Leader:
SYNCOPATED SYDNEY, and CORNIE on the IVORIES,
Trick Cycling by:
Qoune (PYPHCON) TAYLOR |‘ TWELVE BY TWELVE GOSSIP”
Assisted by
ROSIH RED MeNE\LLY
Take the Kiddies for sailon Hajlan Water.
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THE FORUM THEATRE
(Hajlan—Haditha)
Every Saturday Night 8-40
The Loguacious Laddies
BARNES & JENNINGS
In after-dinner speeches.
High stepping with the
TILLIE TAYLOR TROUPE, including :—
Mona Minnis Myrtle Montague
Mary Manning Sadie Smith
Tap-dancing by Myrtle, with comments from Mary.
Broken Bottles, by
BOBBIE BYRNE,
JACK MARR’S DANCE ORCHESTRA.
Professor STRAD BESJIAN, assisted by
Constance Clazaly, Violinist, and
EURICO REID
the popular tenor, in students’ songs.
Crooners
Mr. Bing Seelinger and Miss Gracie Hilton.
"Sketch entitled :
Being intimate glimpses into
the life of a big city.
IN CASE OF FIRE THEATRE CLEARS IN ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS.
FIRF CAPTAIN: 8. J, (PHOMITE) MANNING.12
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INFERIORITY COMPLEX
The HADITHA CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL will make
a bonehead into a Successful Pipe Liner in six easily
mustered lessons. Post-graduate courses in Buck
Passing and Lead Swinging.
EYEWASH
Apply to :—
THE ACCOUNTS BUREAU,
HADITHA HAPPINESS ASSN.
15/- a day is the cost of keeping poor children from the slums of
Haditha at the Seaside. Thousands of applicants. Do you Jive at
the Seaside? Then subscribe to Rev. Blondin’s Relief Fund (Advt.)
THE R. V. P. Taxi Service,
Open Day and Night
George Hilton e
Successor to J. J. Rogers
Honeymoon Couples boarded free during Xmas Vacation.