Originally Posted by DesertM2005
The old Dilmun Club is now the Country Club.
Thanks for that, but I suspect the Dilmun Club which became the Country Club may be the second building it was in (on the South side of the Budaiya Road). The original one was a tiny old villa tucked away in the trees at the end of a short sandy track on the north side of the road, a little further away from Manama. Probably fallen down by now. The swimming pool was a tiny affair under the building canopy. Its isolated location was probably the reason we were able to keep drinking on that particular night, since the rest of the island was in official mourning.
I was still in Bahrain when they moved to the other (new at the time) building over the road.
And my apologies for the 'senior moment' - my Tehran stint was 1977 - 78 and not as stated earlier. Still controlling in the UK (aerodrome and approach radar now though) and at a Regional Airport that sounds not unlike 'Middle East' reversed!
Cheers
RC