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Tramcars of old Colombo: Going back on a Tramcar ride

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

What triggered my memory was an old (very) studio photo of my childhood self staring glumly at the camera while my infant sister timidly leaned towards me. Proudly embossed at the photo’s bottom was “Terminus Studio”. I seem to remember this venerable institution yet standing, till the early 1950s, on the triangular corner where Panchikawatta [...]

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Opinion – New names erase our history

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

With the helpful and devoted hard work of two social workers of the area, the Ahungalla Railway Station and its access road was opened during the colonial days on 26.11.1947.
Similarly, the adjoining Maha Kumbura Ela (Drainage channel) and its road was opened on 09.05.1968 by an officer of the Ceylon Civil Service who was then [...]

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