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  "Romesh comments that the first two pictures 
are near Deomali, which I am sure many of 
your faithful readers will remember

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May 7 2006

In an effort to help those with dial up lines I have used the small pictures with the ability to click on them to get the big picture

These three pictures were taken by Marcos Garcia and we have his permission to show on our website--Thank you Marcos

The arrangement needless to say started with work by Larry Brown --Thank you Larry

 

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May6 2006
One day we would like to have a collection of historic and original 
tea manufacturing equipment but for the moment we will start with 
the roller --vintage 1889

Our thanks go to Larry Brown for his sending the picture

An interesting statement 

Three well know gentlemen  Denis Sharp, Wally
Johnson, and Davie Lamont-around a snooker table
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January 11 2006

Through the good offices and help from Romesh Bhattacharji we 
are privileged to be able to share some superb photographs
 taken by a lady, 
M/s Eva Hynniewta 

Eva enjoys travelling  and her camera goes with her ,below are some 
of her  interesting pictures 

Eva, Thank you , Thank you, they are excellent

December 24 2005
Lynda Tedesco  sent these very old photographs so that we could all 
share in the experience. Her Great Grand Father Frederick Ross Jones
 was Manager of Rampore T.E. from the 1880's to the early 1900's
making the actual pictures 125 years old--Thank you Lynda. 
Lynda tells me that she plans to visit India in 2007 and intends to visit Rampore. 

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November 13 2005
  Romesh Bhattacharji thankyou for taking the time and trouble to share with us your first class photographic skills. Romesh tells us that the three pictures featured below, all were taken in November 2005

The Duliajan - Digboi road weaving through a cleared section of a 
Hallong forest near Saraipung.  

November is the time of plucking 2 leaves and a bud to make the cup that cheers. 
Tea pluckers in Bokel TE. 
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October 21 2005

We are grateful to Romesh Bhattacharji for sending these pics
This is a picture of St John's Church Meerut which was consecrated in 1826 and is adjacent to the Graves which have been well tended over the years

Below is a view of the Graveyard with some very old gravestones

This a Photograph of Connaught House which was built by the 
Duke of Connaught in the late 19th Century in Meerut

We are grateful to Romesh Bhattacharji for sending these pics

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October 3 2005
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  Romesh Bhattacharji  has kindly sent in these pictures and we thank him sincerely.

The picture below ---is it not a piece of history? 

The first well "spudded" by percussion method in 1889

The Editor asked Richard Leitch son of the late John and Joy Leirch who is in the Oil Industry to explain what Spudded meant and below was his reply, Thank you Richard 

In the old days prior to the invention of the rotary drilling bit, 
wells were drilled using a cable tool system.  This entailed the use 
of various shaped tools that were raised and lowered into the earth 
virtually chipping and digging the soil away.  The wells then would 
normally blow out.  We avoid that these days!!!  One of the senior 
personnel on all drilling rigs is known as a Toolpusher.  This goes 
back to the days when these cable tool rigs were in use.

This photograph is from the Digboi Museum

The picture below is from the Digboi Museum


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The two pictures below of the Church in Dibrugarh being sucked into the Bramhaputra were taken by an 11 year old boy at the time who had the presence of mind to catch a piece of history The date was 1955

This is a picture of a "haf' in Miao near the border of Arunchal with Assam

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June 28 2005
Doug Armstrong has kindly sent in this picture of the rugby playing guys from 1963  A few names forgotten can anyone help please ---Ed

Dooars Rugby Club vs CFC taken in September 1963 at the Maidan ground in
Calcutta following the game. The team photo is two men short, Clive Peacock
being one & one other.....probably at the bar when the photo was taken! One
of our Dooars or Pakistan colleagues may be able to identify the "unknown"
in the front row I have a feeling he was a ring-in from East Pakistan or
Cachar.

Back Row-Left to Right: 
Chris Doutre, Simon Palmer, Simon Boss, Ian Irvine, Bob Philip, Simon Wood, Bob Smith, Ron Weir.

Front Row-Left to Right: 
Saiyed Khalid(?), Doug Armstrong, Clive Roberson,
Unknown, Sandy Pearson.

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Friday May 13th 2005
ORCHIDS
We have to thank Alan Wood for sending this wonderful picture of orchids growing on a tree in his Bungalow compound in Shillong

ORCHIDS  SENT BY ALAN WOOD AND FORWARDED BY ALAN LANE THANKS TO BOTH

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April 10 2005
Bill and Lois Charlier were in Calcutta Assam & Shillong earlier this year (2005) and took these pictures to enable 
us to share the vistas

Thank you Bill & Lois

Shillong ,Megalaya from The Peak Upper Shillong

The centre of Shillong  Police point,
the House of Assembly was burnt down some 2 years ago 
the area is now being made into a large  roundabout


CHOWRINGI CALCUTTA TODAY !!

SUDDER  STREET OFF CHOWRINGE  ONE STREET BELOW HOGG MARKET




CHOWRINGI 

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March 6 2005
Pictures kindly supplied by Sadie Lund (nee Allen)

Below are the three bearers who handled the accommodations at 4 Mangoe Lane in Calcutta for those visiting from up country. They will be recognised by all Williamson Magor/MacNeill& Magor employees who will have stayed at the penthouse suite from time to time  This picture was taken in 1988 

March 3 2005
Pictures kindly supplied by Sadie Lund (nee Allen)

Keyhung Burra Bungalow

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February 2005
These are a selection of pictures from
Alan Lane's collection Thank you Alan for sharing 

The Victoria Memorial

The Grand Hotel gardens

This is looking from the Victoria memorial 

to the MAIDAN CALCUTTA

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December 2004
This was taken in 1965 in Koomber T.E. in Cachar --
The "hati" was owned by the Estate

Below is --Koomber kneeling

Below---Koomber with Mrs Winnie Dunlop

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This is a recent photograph of the Hattigor Burra Bungalow which was 
kindly sent in by Kusum Mehra widow of Jaggi Mehra--The Mehra's worked for Finlay's and served in the Dooars  (DamDin, Nakhati and Rungamattie Estates)   from 1953 to 1962 when they moved to Assam 1962 to 1986 (Nahorani,Diffloo, Borhat, and Hattigor)

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T   This picture below was sent in by Rob Andrew-- thanks Rob

Not quite Skyplayers in N.E.India  

 a little lighthearted fun picture of an aircraft in Africa 
with the wild life in charge--

Would you have the courage to move 
forward to climb aboard???

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Below -This is photo of a Kazaringa Elephant using a black & white Box Brownie vintage 1954--kindly supplied by Jim and Wendy Knight

The photograph below kindly supplied by Bill Charlier  March 2004

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    Doomor Dullung Burra bungalow 1962

The Assam Company

February 2004

The following pictures of life in Tea have kindly been supplied 
by Jim Robinson

Tea collection

Burrees

The Panitola Burra bungalow


Bungalow Verandah at Panitola

The Lines

The Dhobi at work

Rice Planting

Tea Break !!!

Sessa T.E.


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Drinking --a tea plucker giving a drink to her child

The Pluckers
 

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Below are pictures of Bungalows in various localities of Assam Please click on the small pictures to see the full size Amgoorieburra Borbamchota Hulwating Margherita Phulbari *************************************    Nearly a century of difference House Warming Party at Ballacherra Tea Estate  Cachar in 1868   Standing (L-R)C. Williams, Culcherra T.E. T.B.Barry, RamPore T.E.   W.Aitchison, Doloo T.E.      S.C.Davidson, Barkola T.E    J.Havey, Massampore T.E.     R.B.Doake, Doodputtlee T.E.    Tooshe, & G.Shaw, Khoreel T.E. Sitting (L-R) H.Hawes Rampore T.E. , C. Titherden , KurkoorieT.E. W.Nicholl, Arcuttipore T.E.,  C. Oldfield , Kalline T.E.   H.Gregg, Ballacherra T.E.    A.A.Shaw, Massampore T.E. ,    W. Reid, Doloo T.E.   *************************************** DEKHARI  TEA  ESTATE  1962 Top Row A Rashid, (Hd Mechanic); A.K. Borua; N Barua, (Turner); Balmunda Tanti,  (Driver); J Choudhury, (Factory Clerk);  Middle Row M Gogoi; N.C. Roy; Thom U Lim (Fitter) ; Thom Hock, (Head Fitter); H. Das;  Dhanjan; Riasuddin Ahmed, (Head Mason); M Jamir, (2nd Tea House Babu);  BD Konger, (3rd Tea House Babu); A. Mukit, (Head Storeman); A Latif;  G.C. Gogoi, (Head Electrician).  Sitting Robin Humphries, (Assistant Manager); Ralph F. Twist, (Estate Manager);  Herman Steiner, (Assistant Manager); RS Gogoi, (Hd Tea Maker).  Sitting on Ground P.K. Gogoi; U.C. Medhi; P. Borah; K.N.Basak,  M.K. Tapader (Electrician).  Md Hussain (Driver); Aslamuddin, H.K.Dutta, (Factory Clerk). ****************************************************************************** The following photos are of Dejoo Tea Estate Dejoo Tea Estate ________________________________________ Below are  photos are of Darjeeling Darjeeling Planters Club The Darjeeling Hill Railway is now an UNESCO heritage railway, The only change is that diesels now  power it, being quicker, but the steam engines do tourist runs to Ghoom and to Kurseong Thakurbari Club  A view of the clock tower at Darjeeling, taken in May 2002 The above collection of Darjeeling were supplied by Ravi Kidwai  and we thank him Return to top