IN THIS ISSUE
- HOCT felicitates Ken Murray
- Feature Article of the Month - The Gardener of Eden by Brian Perera
- Memoirs of the Month - Memoirs of the late Manilal Abeyawardena
- Photo Album of the Month - Great Western Estate, Talawakelle
- Contributor Photo Album of the Month - Wenda Fleischmann
- Planter Profiles of the Month - Danny Fairweather & Lasantha de Silva
- Down Memory Lane - Hessel IJskes & Charlie Ramanaden
- Historical Events in 1827
- Tea Radio by Dilmah
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HOCT FELICITATES KEN MURRAY!
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History of Ceylon Tea was delighted to felicitate veteran tea planter Ken Murray who retired last year after 61 years of service. To honour the larger-than-life character that is Ken, HOCT lined up a few of his old friends to contribute towards a book in his honour. The book was presented to Ken by the CEO of Dilmah, Dilhan Fernando at a simple ceremony held at the 't Lounge by Dilmah' on Chatham Street in the Fort. Present were also a handful of his friends who had contributed their fond memories to the publication, and needless to say, even more anecdotes and tales flowed from Ken and also Peter Hooper who spoke a few words on behalf of his planting colleagues.
Click HERE to read the e-book
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FEATURE ARTICLE OF THE MONTH
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THE GARDENER OF EDEN
By Brian Perera
This is the story of the life and work of the late Lambert Wilson Perera, written by his youngest son Brian and lovingly remembered by his five children.
I thought we will be doing him and our beloved Island a disservice if we didn’t document the various accomplishments of this powerful man. He was a ground-breaking man on so many levels. His strong personality was well-known in the plantation industry. His love of nature was one to behold. His valuable education in the School of Agriculture resulted in him creating an eelworm resistant clone of tea called DT1.
His knowledge of growing anything, from roses to tea to anything that contained a seed, was mostly known to his closest friends and family. His fascination with roses has taught us, his children, the art of bud grafting. His love of fine wine has cultivated in us an appreciation of the manufacturing process of wines and sherry.
Lambert Perera was also a genuinely empathetic man. He felt he had to help anyone who needed a job, money or food. But one of the most important things he would be remembered for was his tenure as the Superintendent of Galamuduna Estate, where he started a savings accounts program for the labour force, so they could save for a rainy day.
Click HERE to read the full article.
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Memoirs of the Late Manilal Abeyawardena
Geoff Middleton had fallen seriously ill and was to be sent to England for treatment, rest and recuperation.
I was therefore appointed Acting Superintendent of Alton in 1961. Peter Easteal a reputed Planter who was on Gouravilla overlooked the “rookie” Acting Superintendent. Peter and his wife Marjorie took me under their wing as there were few Ceylonese planters in Upcot at that time – Clive Meyers on Fairlawn being one of them.
Click HERE to read the full article.
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Great Western Estate, Talawakelle
Factory and Estate - Click HERE to view the album.
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CONTRIBUTOR PHOTO ALBUM OF THE MONTH
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Wenda Fleischmann
Click HERE to view the album
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PLANTER PROFILES OF THE MONTH
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(L-R) Danny Fairweather & Lasantha de Silva
Click on respective photo to view profile
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(Left) Tea buyer Hessel IJskes from the Netherlands with the late Charlie Ramanaden in 1982 at Kirkoswald Estate, Bogawantalawa, where Charlie was the Manager.
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HISTORICAL EVENTS IN 1890
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The first regular Ceylon coffee plantation was opened with 16,000 cwts being exported
Elsewhere in the world:
- 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.
- Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna. Thousands of citizens line the streets for the funeral procession 3 days later.
- The term "socialist" is coined by Robert Owen in his London periodical, The Co-operative Magazine and Monthly Herald.
- Englishman John Walker invents the first friction match, which he names Lucifer.
- Cairo University School of Medicine is established as the first African medical school in the Middle East.
- Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm.
- French inventor Joseph Niépce reveals the existence of his invention, "heliography", where an image can be reproduced onto a pewter plate and then reprinted.
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