Olga Shepherd funeral

A  small group of Roman Catholic sisters pray for the newly departed
soul after the crowd had trickled away.

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Mrs Olga Shepherd was buried at the Nishatganj Cemetery on Thursday, Nov 28, 2013. She had been in poor health for several months having spent a few days in hospital earlier this year. Her husband, Sidney Herbert Shepherd, who had retired as Suptd, Northern Railway, died in 1988.

The Vincents in Calcutta

Lauraine  and  Brenda with their mother, Noreen in Calcutta cir 1971.

Brenda I put this picture up for you. I got the message on Google circle or whatever that is called and I replied and heard nothing more.
I was happy seeing your message because, though I'd tried to find you on Facebook, I had no luck. I took it that you may not be on FB or you are using another name. Lauraine prefers keeping to herself.
You could have got my email from
my blog: georgeshepherdlkw@gmail.com

George Herbert Shepherd's diary 1921-25

The diary is a record of monies handled by Mr G.H. Shepherd after he moved to Lawrence Terrace. I have no record of his designation but the letters are to the municipal board officials and to residents and some who had shifted. Since LT only accommodated 19 families his jurisdiction, it would appear, extended to the main road opposite LT known then as Outram Road (later renamed Ashok Marg).
The diary also holds copies of letters written to the district magistrate and Hashman & Sons, Auctioneers.
 There are approx two entries that place him in house No. 4 from where he moved to the largest accommodation No 13 LT where he lived till he passed away in 1928. The Shepherd family also stayed at No 17 LT where my father Ivan Douglas Shepherd was born in 1918.
The family retained this accommodation till the new blocks of flats (A & B Blocks) were completed in April 1959. The pic here of a diary entry is a letter to Mr W.F.Hilton, 13 Outram Road. Dated 30th March, 1923 the letter is to remind Mr Hilton that he had to pay Rs 100 for January and February - Rs 50 per month.

Mart 1976 & 2013

Photo taken in 1976 by John Cline

Pic taken in 2011

Aug 27, 2013

Aug 27, 2013

Dr Mrs MC Shave, MLC, Punjab

Dr Mrs MC Shave, Representative of the European
and Anglo-Indian Communities in the Punjab Legislative
Assembly, Fourth Council (October 24, 1930 to 
November 10, 1936).
(This pic was cut from a newspaper or magazine
and preserved for more than 70 years in a photo album.)
People spend their lives collecting photographs and other keepsakes that are discarded after they're gone!
 I was going through an album that belonged to Mr Denzil
D'Gama that was passed on to my parents when
my dad's widower brother-in-law decided to shift to
Bangalore at the end of the '70's. Mr D'Gama had
 married my dad's widowed sister-in-law, Nora nee
Dubois when her husband, George Percival Shepherd
passed away. 
I wonder whether Mr D'Gama knew Mrs Shave or why would he have her pic in his album - well many years ago I stuck a picture of Ali MacGraw in my album!

Vilayatibagh ruins, Lucknow

Pics taken on Sunday July 21, 2013

Vilayati Bagh was built by Ghazi-ud-din Haider
 (b. c. 1769 – d. 19 October 1827) was the last^[1] nawab wazir of Oudh from 11 July 1814 to 19 October 1818^[2] and first^[1] King of Oudh from 19 October 1818 to 19 October 1827, for an European of his on the right bank of the River Gomti not far from the Dilkusha Palace.
The Archaeological Survey of India has been working on its preservation after decades of neglect. 
Three European graves within its precincts have been repaired but remain nameless!

 

The two little pyramids put on one grave are, perhaps,
 remnants of the original grave or wall that surrounded it! 

Hussainabad Clock Tower gate

 

The top picture was taken in May 2011: Roaming around the Hussainabad Clock Tower in Lucknow,  notRumi Darwaza I noticed this iron railing with a crescent. I couldn't believe that it had survived

far from the

when all the rest of the fencing had long gone; replaced by a poorly finished angle-iron fencing. I again visited the place on July 14, 2013 and was disturbed to find labourers digging around and I thought this would be the end of that old fence. Anyhow on closer examination I discovered that this was actually the original gateway to the clock tower. The pictures here are of two iron pillars with the two gates intact. One is hidden by the earth that has been piled against it. Most of the gate had been hidden by bushes most of the time. I went on to an Archaeological Survey of India facebook page thinking I'd draw the attention of the authorities to it. The reply I got from there disappointed me: The page is the ASI's 'fan' page!! Now how long will this survive is anybody's guess! Several years ago the changed the original pre-Independence fencing around the Sir Harcourt Butler Park in Kaiserbagh, Lucknow. What the use today as fencing needs repairs every couple of years. Iron is twisted a wrenched off by people who sell it to scrap dealers.

November 2014 the original gateway to
the Hussainabad clock tower was
smashed as I'd feared three years earlier.

This is how the Archaeological Survey of India
preserves heritage sites and artifacts!

End of November 2014

Old pic taken some months ago (2014)