OLD Ceylon in British Times: Postcard Scenes Rare

I came across a few postcards —some B & W, others in colour– among the messy lots of books and pamphlets in my study. David Sansoni in Sydney assures me that they are rather rare and has made them presentable in the public domain. …. Michael Roberts placing them in TPS with plaudits to David.

  Mount Lavinia beach

 

 

On Way to Nuwara Eliya

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                       Tea Pluckers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peradeniya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wellawatte canal         

 Dalada Maligawa

                                                               

                                                                                                                         

 

 

 

   Kandyan Drummers     

                 

 

 

 

 

                                          

Rickshaw Puller & Bullock Hackery           

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elephants being bathed in river

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                 

    Batticaloa

… and… finally, the Commemorative Postcaerd marking 100 years of rail travel  … to be inserted