IN THIS ISSUE
- Murder at Midnight by Bernard VanCuylenberg
- Feature Article of the Month - Days of Wine and Roses by Delerine Munzeer
- Memoirs of the Month - My Memoirs of the Maskeliya/Upcot District by Devaka Wickramasuriya
- Photo Album of the Month - Mayfield Estate, Kotagala
- Contributor Photo Album of the Month - Ian Gardner
- Planter Profiles of the Month - Reginald Hermon & Stanley Hillman
- Down Memory Lane - Ranjith Sri Nissanka, Selva Kanagasabai and Anura Gunasekera at Eskdale Estate bungalow in 1970
- Historical Events in 1935
- Tea Radio by Dilmah
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MURDER AT MIDNIGHT
Bernard VanCuylenberg
In May 1941, the Nuwara Eliya district was rocked by the news of the dastardly murder of the Superintendent on Stellenberg Estate Pupuressa, Mr. George Pope. In an article which I wrote about ten years ago titled "Tales from the Thotum" I wrote about this crime in detail. I subsequently changed the title to "Marked for Murder". His murder, the quick work by the police in arresting the accused, and the subsequent trial which followed which was heard by one of the most eminent judges of the time Justice Soertsz, made its way into criminal records as one of the most dramatic and brutal murders of the time.
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FEATURE ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
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DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
By Delerine Munzeer (2007)
Moiya Hazell recalls what it was like to be born in “Ceylon” and live a carefree life on a tea plantation in “Ceylon” over half a century ago…
Norwood Bungalow as it stands today is one of the world famous “Ceylon Tea Trails” bungalows, which maintain the ambience and old world charm of an era long gone by but Moiya Hazell Kidde-Hansen is a rare person who has experienced the real thing – she was born and lived at Norwood when life still went on at a tranquil pace and we all had time to “stand and stare.”
Moiya Hazell was born at the Hatton Nursing Home in Dickoya in 1949, as were her older and younger sisters before and after her. This nursing home no longer exists but it was where most planter’s wives of that era went when the need arose. Her father Dick Hazell was planting at Medecoombra Estate for a short while before moving on to Norwood where Moiya spent the first very happy 12 years of her life.
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My Memoirs of the Maskeliya/Upcot District
By Devaka Wickramasuriya
When I was on Holyrood, Talawakelle, I was transferred to Pansalatanne, Ukuwela to cover up the duties of the permanent SD who was hospitalized following a motor cycle accident. Having moved over to Pansalatenne on 1st December 1978, I was shocked to find the condition of my bungalow which did not have even the basic requirements of furniture. I was naturally very distressed but my distress was very short lived as six days later, on 6th December 1978, I received transfer orders to Moray Estate, Maskeliya.
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Mayfield Estate, Kotagala
Manager's Bungalow - Click HERE to view the album.
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CONTRIBUTOR PHOTO ALBUM OF THE MONTH
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Ian Gardner
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PLANTER PROFILES OF THE MONTH
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(L-R) Reginald Hermon & Stanley Hillman
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L-R Ranjith Sri Nissanka, Selva Kanagasabai and Anura Gunasekera at Eskdale Estate bungalow in
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HISTORICAL EVENTS IN 1935
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- Telephone communication between India and Ceylon established.
- Ceylon's first woman Barrister (Mrs. E. Deraniyagala) takes the oath.
- The first part of the Dictionary of the Sinhalese language published by the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
- First Aeroplane lands at the Ratmalana Aerodrome.
Elsewhere in the world:
- In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler orders reinstatement of the air force, the Luftwaffe, and announces the reintroduction of conscription to the Wehrmacht, in violation of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
- The Nuremberg Laws go into effect in Germany, removing citizenship from Jews.
- The world's first regular television program (by Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow) is transmitted from the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany.
- Birth of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and spiritual leader of Tibet.
- Birth of Elvis Presley.
- Faithful dog Hachikō dies, on the spot where he had awaited his dead owner for nine years, in Japan.
- Sir Malcolm Campbell becomes the first person to drive an automobile at 300 miles per hour in 'Blue Bird', on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
- Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States.
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