Brain-racking 1948 or 1950 or...

Click on George to see the pic in question. If the little chap is Allan James then the year 1948 is wrong because he is at the most a year older than me and I am July '50 born. How does it matter...

George

Got Mum to id the ankle biters from 1948. In the photo, from the left is Leslie James, Mildred Cline, John Cline, Bert Kings’ sister[ her name slips for the moment - lives in Kashmir], Dianna Powell, (in the lap is Allan James), Marlene King [Bert’s cousin - Bert's father Ivan had a brother "Albert"]]
John Cline

Is this from 1967?

I've got to do some guesswork here: From left Maharaja Cedric Innes (master) Mr Sharma, Carlyle Ward at the back, and far right is 'Beefty' Brian Chater. The Tom Brown looking boy must be 'Lala' David Sealey. I'm sorry that I cannot name the others though I remember the faces. Johnny Cline who supplied the pic may be able to help.

1909-2009

August 3, 2009.

The police station at Hazratganj, Lucknow built in 1909 was demolished in July (last month) to make way for a multi-storied parking lot. The fire station adjacent to it will soon follow.

Who is hungry?

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La Martiniere College, Lucknow

The grave of John Spence in whose name Spence Hall at the Mart was named. The grave st the Nishatganj cemetery, Lucknow is in decent condition considering the fact that no one does anything for its upkeep. However, owing to the lack of space for burials old graves are being systematically levelled for fresh burials. This is done selectively. The Martiniere should show some interest here maybe by having the grave tended to for All Souls Day.
The grave of John Spence

This pic was taken from the embankment that has separated what was the lake from the school. The lake area remains dry most of the year.

Ready for the summer

The weather is changing rather irratically which is natural, except that a lot is being read into it owing to global warming. Now its left to be seen what sort of summer we'll face. Summer here is always hot but with climatic changes worldwide...
I'm disturbed that I've not been able to make better use of this space but I want to keep it going in the hope that I will eventually.

Alive and kicking

Well, it's not been easy visiting a cyber cafe to keep up with ones mail. We owe this to the popularity of these joints where youngsters go to spend their time and parents money while actually they're supposed to be attending tutorials. Here they play computer games to kill time. So the more serious have to just wait their turn - that's if you have the time.
What I'm doing is only trying to keep this blog going in the hope of making better use of it in future.