Courtesy of the Australian National Gallery

local fishermen in yesteryear—Pics from 1940s by Lincoln Pereira

SEE Galle As Quiet as Asleep by Norah Roberts, Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications

 Burgher Tennis Club 1930s

GALLE AS QUIET AS ASLEEP

                                                                   By     NORAH ROBERTS

 

SECOND EDITION with new cover from the classic mural painting of Galle Fort & Port in the 19^th century by Donald Friend as well as 33 new images at the end of the book including

• Capt. Bayly’s billiard room at Closenburg, 1966
• Fort rooftop skyline & Church Street, 1890s
• Rampart waterline by Luxshmanan Nadaraja
• Dutch Presbyterian Church & other pictures by Dominic Sansoni
• Central bus stand, cricket grounds and Fort walls after the tsunami as back cover

Colombo: Vijitha Yapa Publications, 2005

499 pages                               ISBN 955-8095-85