Prior to 1904 Dewalakande was in tea and in that year it was replanted in rubber probably by G.H.Masefield who was later to become the General Manager of the sister companies with the Head Office on Scrubs, Nuwara Eliya.
My father was Asst Manager at Opalgalla Group while Mt Ingram Blok was Manager c1947/48. Have photos which have been put on FB as there is nowhere else
Well said Dyan, An solid theory implemented by the devoted planters of the past, which gave us great , proud, standards, on our thotams which was maintained .
I was born in the home of my uncle v.s. William, the Field Officer. the log cabin in which I was born, in 1929 still exists I am told. In fact during the period 1920 to 1950 the three " Staff " of the estate were my relatives and Douglas Kelly had full faith in them. Of course I knew Deen his driver "factotum" as you have termed it. Maybe my last visit to this estate was around 1968
A fascinating read! I was in Hatton as a child ( 1950- 53) ,My father was a Major in the Indian Army- In charge of 571 Base Workshops in Colombo,and post war remained in Ceylon working for Brown Transport- in Hatton. A lot of the names that I never thought I would hear again!
A typically interesting, entertaining and informative piece from Dyan! Perhaps, it is time that the histories of pioneering Sri Lankan plantation families are documented. With all the "nationalist" hysteria which excludes citizens of this country from their own heritage, it is essential that people like Dyan who have communication skills, apply those skills in a worthwhile endeavour that has been delayed far too long. The history of our grandparents' generation is fascinating, however the experiences and contributions of the generations that followed also need to be documented.
My GG Grandfather was John "Haniford" Ward, Manager from 1870-1881. He and his wife Mary apparently had 5 of their 14 children during this time. Family notes indicate that he and his family left Ceylon in 1881 due to a coffee blight, and that the land was sold to Thomas Lipton. As manager, would he have owned the land or been the primary person responsible to a land owner, which would have been whom during this period?
Superintendent/manager for The Ceylon Tea Plantation Co.Ltd. post WWII were: to about 1952 P.G.Edwards; c.1952-c.1962; J. "Johnny" Johnson; c.1962-1964 P.G.Uglow; 1964-1969 A.C.D.Jonklaas.
The last superintendents/managers of Beaumont for The Ceylon Tea Estates Proprietary Co., Ltd. were: c.1952 Maurice Robinson to 1957; A.D.Read-Wilson 1957 - c.1964 and L.K.L. de Silva c.1964 - c.1970.
Monday is not inauspicious to Hindus , I Guess, since You had several strikes after pruning was started , that worker would have thought may be the starting day was inauspicious, and changing that might help, any way it was a good decision,
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