tolbart
English expat in Nigeria
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English
Registration: 13 September 2025
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Memories of Lagos and Port Harcourt late 1960鈥檚 & early 1970鈥檚. by Mobi DArk
I am writing a novel based on the years I worked as an expat in Lagos and Port Harcourt, (1969 to 1971), and I am looking for anyone who was there during that time and may have memories, or even photographs of that period. At the moment I am ...
@Dolly Barton I went to the Panache for dinner late 76, I was trying to impress an English girl out to train our customers on using computers, the meal cost 120 nairo, which at the time was 6 weeks pay for a Nigerian (it was worth it). I think the ... Read More
Memories of Lagos and Port Harcourt late 1960鈥檚 & early 1970鈥檚. by Mobi DArk
I am writing a novel based on the years I worked as an expat in Lagos and Port Harcourt, (1969 to 1971), and I am looking for anyone who was there during that time and may have memories, or even photographs of that period. At the moment I am ...
@Mobi DArk I was in Lagos from 1976-78, there was a club called the new Phoenicia on Martin Street, it was run by a Lebanese guy whose name i can't remember. It opened in early 77, I did a bit of work for him, he was in partnership with Francis ... Read More