Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Kelly, Bassett, Perkins, Jolly: Names written in pencil 130 years ago

The four neem trees, two on each side of the east terrace, where
 the cannons stand, were removed on Mon May 18, 2015.
The trees concealed much of the building when viewed
from the angle these two pics were taken!
 
Pic of  the office corridor and
 stairs that lead to Sykes Hall taken from
 an  arrowslit of the turret
Stairs spiral up the turret to this decorative,
 now crumbling, ceiling. 
C. Bassett 16th June 1881

The turret, one corner of the
Principal's residence, where
boys names written in pencil
130 years ago were discovered
on Tues May 19, 2015
William Jolly, Charles ??
John ??, Charles B???
Alfred Perkins
T. Kelly 16th  June 1881 
Only one name was etched into the
plaster and that was of 
A.H Maitland. There is no way to 
tell if Maitland was a part of the
group or had written his name
later or earlier!

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Shahnajaf Road

St Francis College on the left out of the picture
Shahnajaf Road, Lucknow


I don't get to touch this blog anymore because of the
guavagardens.blogspot.in
which takes up all the time
that I can spare! 
This blog has turned out a place
to dump pictures in the hope that
I will be able to get back and
write something. That hasn't
happened yet!