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  • THE KELLYS OF KILLARNEY

    THE KELLYS OF KILLARNEY

    Moira Colin-Thome (2007)

    The year was 1954 – in April to be precise; my husband Percy and I were on the first leg of our honeymoon and on our way to Killarney Estate in Bogawantalawa, where we were to stay with our dear friends Douglas and Margaret Kelly. The drive to the bungalow was unique. The first section, while twisty and windy, was approachable by most motor vehicles of that period. Read More

  • TEA STORY FROM THE LAND OF FIRE!

    TEA STORY FROM THE LAND OF FIRE!

    Vije Johnpillai (2007)

    Living here in Azerbaijan has been an incredible experience so far. I have met countless people who have never ever seen a ‘dark skinned’ person, let alone a “Sri Lankan”. I have had conversations with people in sign language, with little bits of Azeri, and thru an interpreter about all kind of topics, ranging from ‘Tea’, ‘Tsunami’ to ‘Tiger Rebels’! Read More

  • DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

    DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES

    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 Read More

  • VIVIAN LOUIS BLAZE - APPRECIATION

    VIVIAN LOUIS BLAZE - APPRECIATION

    Monte Holsinger (2007)

    I was but a stripling, eighteen years of age when I first met Vivian. I still vividly recall that meeting way back in 1963. He and his beautiful wife, Charmaine, (who died last year) were a truly striking looking couple, who no doubt had a mesmerizing effect on a callow youth, such as I. I met him again about a year later when I began my planting career Read More

  • WALK IN THE GREEN VALLEY

    WALK IN THE GREEN VALLEY

    Lionel Layman (2005)

    Perhaps you are sipping a cup of coffee, or would it be the nectar from the two leaves and a bud? I hope so. Then, come along with me, hold my hand, and journey with me into a day’s panoramic fantasia in the green valley. I’ll take you into the verdant pastures and hold up to you a sight which, to us, who have gazed on it day after day, has been a part of our life. Read More

  • THE TEA FACTORY – THE UNIQUE THEME HOTEL

    THE TEA FACTORY – THE UNIQUE THEME HOTEL

    Ian Gardner (2005)

    Aitken Spence & Co. (AS) had been involved in tea/rubber plantations for well over 100 years as an Agency House. However, plantations were nationalised in the early seventies and the estate agency business came to an abrupt end. Fortunately, Aitken Spence was in Shipping and Insurance and had by then diversified Read More

  • EARDLEY ARTHUR HERMON – AN APPRECIATION

    EARDLEY ARTHUR HERMON – AN APPRECIATION

    Dyan Seneviratne (2005)

    “Do you know the difference between a Rubber Tree and a Tea Bush, young man?”, thundered Eardley Hermon to a quivering nineteen-year-old ‘fresh-face’ just out of St. Thomas’ College Mt Lavinia on 1st July 1969, on the steps leading to the Manager’s Bungalow of Poronuwa Group, Kahawatte. Read More

  • MAXWELL FERNANDO - APPRECIATION

    MAXWELL FERNANDO - APPRECIATION

    David Colin Thome (2005)

    The recent passing away of Maxwell Fernando was not just a profoundly sad event for his family and friends, but it was also an incalculable loss to the tea industry, to which he devoted most of his adult life.In over 125 years, the Ceylon and Sri Lankan tea industry have spawned many great personalities and characters Read More

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