{"id":26403,"date":"2018-06-26T13:42:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T13:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=26403"},"modified":"2018-07-22T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T12:38:32","slug":"beautiful-old-ceylon-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/beautiful-old-ceylon-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BEAUTIFUL &#8220;OLD&#8221; CEYLON&#8221; by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 32px; color: #008000;\">&#8220;BEAUTIFUL OLD CEYLON&#8221; by Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26411\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ceylon_photo-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T9ufaF8P0fg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 32px; color: #800080;\">BEAUTIFUL CEYLON<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\"><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Beautiful memories, far too many now, to list,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0Ceylon, in &#8220;those old days&#8221;, the place I&#8217;ve always missed,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0The fact that I was born there, was something well\u00a0\u00a0worthwhile,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0The happy life we lived there, I remember with a smile&#8221;.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">&#8220;These &#8220;photographs&#8221; will show you, the way it really was,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0I proudly &#8220;show them off&#8221; now, the reason being because,\u00a0Those were the really &#8220;good days&#8221;, for me, now sadly gone,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0They now bring back the memories of &#8220;Beautiful Ceylon&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Desmond Kelly.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 This extraordinary &#8220;group&#8221; of photographs of old Ceylon\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">was sent to me, by my good friend Errol Lynch about 15 minutes ago. As everyone who reads OUR articles in eLanka will realize, Errol, Bernard Vancuylenberg and myself are still very proud of the &#8220;Lovely Island Home&#8221; that most of us HAD to leave, but, this pride in our homeland will never\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">LEAVE, believe me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0All my readers will notice that I seem to prefer the name CEYLON (which was renamed Sri Lanka in 1972).My reason for this is the fact that when I was born, it was in CEYLON.!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The name itself is poetically much better because, although there is nothing wrong with Sri Lanka, I challenge any poet to find a word that rhymes with &#8220;Lanka&#8221;. There are NONE.!!.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Also, many folk nowadays refer to Sri Lanka primarily as &#8220;The resplendent Isle&#8221;, whereas Ceylon had so many other beautiful referrals such as &#8220;The Pearl of the East&#8221;, &#8220;The fairest Isle&#8221; (by Marco Polo,sooo long ago), &#8220;Tear-drop in the Indian Ocean&#8221; and many other romantic names, all of which were well-deserved. In addition, one of the World&#8217;s best beverages will always be &#8220;Ceylon Tea&#8221; &amp; none other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I have written much, about the Country I love. Songs, poems, prose, articles etcetera. I am still very proud about this tiny Island &amp; it&#8217;s simple people, who smile, and will gladly share their last cup of plain tea with you. I hasten to add that I now love and respect this &#8220;Huge Continent&#8221; called Australia, as well. Another beautiful Country, but on a much larger scale. The real &#8220;Bush Aussies, Farmers, Country-folk&#8221; are also kindly &#8220;down to earth&#8221; people who try their best to make migrants from other Countries, feel at home, here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Politicians from EITHER Country hardly rate a mention, in my book. Enough said.!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Thank you Errol, for sending me these &#8220;memories&#8221; I certainly hope that all my readers of eLanka &amp; The Lanka Times enjoy these photographs of &#8220;Beautiful Old Ceylon&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13515 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/desmond-1-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"desmond kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Desmond Kelly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0Star of eLanka<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0(Editor-in-Chief).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26404\" 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