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THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN.

ANOTHER VISITOR TO THE REUNION LAST YEAR WAS COLIN WARDLE, 1947-1957, TIME SPENT MOSTLY ABROAD, AND HE GAVE US A MARVELLOUS IMAGE OF ONE OF THE OUTPOSTS OF THE B.H. EMPIRE THAT HE SERVED IN, CALCUTTA.

You will see the title of the photograph, which by the way, was so large, we had to scan it in two pieces to keep the clarity, and get it on the page, and the title, BISWAKARMA ( or VISHWAKARMA) PUJA, means a day to celebrate LORD VISHWAKARMA, the Hindu God of architecture & engineering. The good Lord was the divine architect, designer, craftsman & creator of mythological constructions, so obviously, he was closely associated with muck shifting !!

Anyway, we thank Colin for this image, aplogise for not publishing sooner, and it is certainly very different to most contributions that we receive. By the way, spot who is the carnation wearer in the seated row before you look at the names key………BH INDIA BH INDIA 1
Not too many names to recognise, but a few….Colin Wardle amongst them.


 

 

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  1. linda maria johnson Avatar
    linda maria johnson

    hi my name is linda maria johnson nee jowett.i am the daughter of e.r.t.jowett(jerry).i was born 1959 in Northampton.my mother was margaretha maria (ticky).colin wardle and my dad did the calcutta to london road trip together in the studebaker that my mum and dad used to race in calcutta. i would love to hear from anyone who knew them. my dad left us when i was born and i have had no contact from him.i know he lived in kensington in the 1960s then possibly new york.he remarried a patricia v jones in 1963.they both have dissolved companies in australia.

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  2. Gordon Avatar
    Gordon

    I’m writing a book about the Australian adventurer Ben Carlin, who achieved brief fame for circling the world in an amphibious jeep in the 1950s. Ben spent several months in Calcutta and knew Colin Wardle, Jerry Jowett, Bertie Samek and others associated with Blackwood Hodge. I’d love to hear from anyone who knows any of these people. You can contact me directly via my website, which you should be able to get to by clicking on my name below. Thanks!

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