Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Group photos of Grandpa -

Grandfather C. S. Braine. Perhaps his passport photo, which he has signed, dated 1910. He would have been 38.

In this and the photo below, we see grandpa's sisters, Muriel and Delphine. May have been taken when one of them got married.

Looks like the back portion of an estate bungalow in the background. Lush vegetation. Low country (coconut estate)? 

May have been at Mawatte Estate, or at Yakwila, or at Andigama. Who are the others? Is Herbert Brett here? 

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Aunty Alice at 99


At Brisbane, on March 2

St. Stephen's Church, Negombo


The lovely St. Stephen's Anglican Church atop the Old Dutch fort in Negombo. When my grandfather C.S. Braine resided in Negombo towards his last stages, he is most likely to have attended this church. It's still in pristine condition.