Daughters and their kids

Taken in a Gomtinagar park end of '09. My daughters Fiona (right) and Faye with their sons.

The Kitchen

A watercolour by Keith in the 1960s of the kitchen. The gas tank that supplied the Lab is is undergoing repairs so is lying on its side.

St Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow

This is a painting in watercolours done by my brother, Keith, at the end of the 1960's of the church in the process of being demolished.

St Joseph's Cathedral, Lucknow

A painting in water colours by my brother Keith of the old cathedral building towards the end of the 1960's. I am told that the last marriage in this church was my cousin Marlene Simpson.

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Trees

A rough pen sketch of trees. In Lucknow over the past few years thousands of trees have been hacked to broaden roads. Some trees along the Kanpur and Barabanki roads must have been 150 years old.

John Cline and Ramesh Thakur

This pic with the lake, that has disappeared now, really brings back memories.
The two palm trees that had been forgotten by most of us are preserved here. The damage caused by a cannon ball in 1857 can be seen on the Lat. It was never repaired.
So many hours were spent on the bank when we were juniors, sailing boats and fishing with hooks fashioned from pins. The boats ranged from those made from paper to better ones from ice cream spoons with a mast, paper sail and piece of razor blade for a rudder. Summer evenings, especially on Saturday movie days, passing time at the lakeside waiting for the supper bell to ring.