Ceylon
Photo Album #3 – Views from the past
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Evocative
image of a Galle house captured on Pedlar Street, Fort, Galle. [picture,
courtesy Windsor & Jacky Morris, UK] |
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…and the same Pedlar Street house seen in a wider context
from further away. [picture,
courtesy Windsor & Jacky Morris, UK] |
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Village fruit shop managed by the local folks. [From
the scrapbook of Lawrence Joseph who migrated to Scotland from Ceylon as a
young medical student in the 1890’s and later died in Scotland in 1950
– Pics were sent by Lawrences mother, Eugenie Joseph, to her
grandchildren whom she never met] |
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Tamil Barber, Ceylon [From
the scrapbook of Lawrence Joseph who migrated to Scotland from Ceylon as a
young medical student in the 1890’s and later died in Scotland in 1950
– Pics were sent by Lawrences mother, Eugenie Joseph, to her
grandchildren whom she never met] |
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Buffaloes, ploughing rice fields. [From
the scrapbook of Lawrence Joseph who migrated to Scotland from Ceylon as a
young medical student in the 1890’s and later died in Scotland in 1950
– Pics were sent by Lawrences mother, Eugenie Joseph, to her
grandchildren whom she never met] |
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Bullock Cart used by the people for transportation. [From
the scrapbook of Lawrence Joseph who migrated to Scotland from Ceylon as a
young medical student in the 1890’s and later died in Scotland in 1950
– Pics were sent by Lawrences mother, Eugenie Joseph, to her
grandchildren whom she never met] |
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Candle manufacturer’s label from early 1970’s, Galle |
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Nautch Dancers, Ceylon. [From
the scrapbook of Lawrence Joseph who migrated to Scotland from Ceylon as a
young medical student in the 1890’s and later died in Scotland in 1950
– Pics were sent by Lawrences mother, Eugenie Joseph, to her
grandchildren whom she never met] |