Liquor politics

An assortment of pics!

Denzil Bayley and Jake

Jake 

The Jagran crossing

St Joseph's Cathedral, Hazratganj, Lucknow

Near the IT College

The Jagran press-Jopling Road crossing

Gorakhpur

Ivor Rozario and Dennis Bayley, retired
NER drivers (Gorakhpur)

Mr Rodney Potter (L) retired Railway Protection
Force official

At the Potter residence in Bisharatpur, Gorakhpur
Mr Potter's wife, Shirley had expired
December 27 2015 late  evening. The funeral
took place in the afternoon of the 28th Dec

Gomti riverfront project April 13, 2016

Qila Mohammadi Nagar, Banglabazar, Lucknow

The Qila Mohammadi Nagar at Banglabazar, Lucknow
was renamed Qila Bijli Pasi by the BSP government
under Chief Minister Mayawati.
I have searched the internet but couldn't find any
information on Maharaja Bijli Pasi or the fort.
Who built it? No information is available.
I first visited this place 40-odd years ago, many
years before the government took charge of the site.
The walls of the fort are just dried earth and the four corners
must have had some sort of brick fortifications.
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A brief history of Maharaja Bijli Pasi in Hindi

The Chauri Chaura memorial

The memorial at the Chauri Chara police station
 that was erected in memory of the policemen burnt
at the police station  by a
mob. The poorly done inscription in Hindi
would mean that it has been redone
and seems to have omitted the names of the officers

The memorial erected in memory of
those killed in police firing at Chauri Chaura
opposite the railway station

The martyrs memorial from the overbridge

The brief history seen here is at the martyrs memorial. It had to be 
photograph it two sections and unfortunately, the bottom half has gone above

The Chauri Chaura police station with rifle slits

This plaque probably has the name of the
politician who sanctioned the funds for
the wall

The old memorial seen from the road probably never had an
inner enclosure.   

Cricket anywhere, anytime!

Cricket anywhere, anytime!