{"id":36913,"date":"2019-07-16T07:06:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T07:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=36913"},"modified":"2019-07-16T07:06:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T07:06:59","slug":"thats-us-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/thats-us-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;THAT&#8217;S US&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5123580823957590\" data-ad-slot=\"7875984934\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #534c54;\"> &#8220;THAT&#8217;S US&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5YYeVaZO0dA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">An extremely interesting &#8220;piece&#8221; from Michael Roberts,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">another &#8220;Lansiaa&#8221; now residing in Adelaide. As soon as I saw this name, it instantly reminded me of one of my best friends of the good old days, Denis Roberts, R.I.P. Denis, who, in my opinion, was easily one of the best Vocalists in Ceylon, the other being Cliff Foenander, who has also passed-on, far too early, God bless &amp; keep them, both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">We were all supposed to be &#8220;Burghers&#8221; again, unfortunately,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">the writer was not one. I have written many stories on these &#8220;Citizens of Burghs&#8221;,from the Batticaloa Burgher Buggers, who speak the Queen&#8217;s English in their own inimitable fashion, to the &#8220;Dutch Burghers&#8221; who were in a class of their own because they made sure that their names were recorded in the journals at the Dutch Burgher Union Office, latterly at Bambalapitiya.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The &#8220;Kellys&#8221; , formerly O&#8217;Kellys, came initially from Ireland. In Ceylon, the only places where our names were recorded was at the various bars &amp; taverns around the Country.\u00a0 Because of this, we were actually &#8220;Aliens&#8221; of Ceylon. My own Paternal Grandfather Jack, from Dublin, drank everything except water, so much so, that my Dad, who had to peel his father from the rickshaw that brought him home each evening, decided that he, Carlo, would be a tee-totaller. So, while the Dutch kept their records, the Irish Burghers, Grandad &amp; myself included, decided that we were on Earth for a good time, not a long one. My dear Mother&#8217;s people were all 100% Dutchies. Her maiden name was Kriekenbeek, and if that isn&#8217;t Dutch, I wouldn&#8217;t know what is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Now, to get back to Michael Roberts, and HIS Lansiaass, please, eLanka readers, and others of course, peruse and enjoy every word which was well written.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">\u00a0(Editor-in-Chief).\u00a0 eLanka.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>A Wandering Laankikaya<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #993366;\"><strong>Following is an interesting piece by former Sri Lankan (Sinhala) DIG of Police now domiciled in Canada. This appeared some time ago.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Recently I njoyed reading a lively discussion in a newspaper about the \u2018Govigama Burghers\u2019. The first time I heard the term \u2018Govigama Lansia\u2019 being used in lighter vein was by my cousin the late Neville Algama. He referred to his friend and classmate at Royal College V.T. Dickman as \u2018Govigama Lansia\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Siva Rajaratnam that affable Attorney- at- law who hailed from Trincomalee became a dear friend of mine after he cross-examined me for several days before the Sansoni Commission. He too had been a classmate of Dickman\u2019s. In 1980 when I was the DIG\u2013Metropolitan, Siva invited me to his Royal College batch mates\u2019 annual get-together at his Wellawatta Rohini Road residence as the guest of honour, although I was not from that Reid Avenue school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36914 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Laankikaya1.png\" alt=\"Laankikaya\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Laankikaya2.jpg\" alt=\"Laankikaya\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Among others present on this occasion were Neville Algama and Nissanka Wijeratne who was then a cabinet\u00a0 \u00a0minister. When V.T. Dickman arrived, it was Nissanka Wijeratne who announced aloud, \u201cHere comes the Govigama Lansia!\u201d Dickman was\u00a0 \u00a0surprised to see his superior officer seated next to the minister. My instant reaction was to loudly observe,<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a0<strong>\u201cSir, Vernon is only one of the many Govigama Lansias in the Police.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Such terms were freely used by friends in the company of Sinhalese, Tamils, Burghers and Muslims. That was indeed the wonderful spirit of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Perhaps, many today do not know that a common party song of the time sung by all had words such as \u201cSinhalaya modaya, kevun kanna yodaya, Demalaya, panankottaya, Thambiya, hambaya, Lansia,\u00a0 kerapotha etc.\u201d Songs of this nature brought the youth of different communities together. There was no animosity whatsoever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36916 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Laankikaya3.jpg\" alt=\"Laankikaya\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36917 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Laankikaya4.jpg\" alt=\"Laankikaya\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 24px;\">T<strong>he term \u2018Govigama Lansia\u2019 was certainly complimentary. It was applicable in full measure to the many Burgher gentlemen that formed the backbone of the Ceylon Police that I joined as an ASP in 1958.<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">At that time there were only about sixty Senior Gazetted Officers. Of these senior officers there were many Burghers. Almost all of them became my good friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The Officer\u2019s Mess on Brownrigg Road with Jamis the butler in attendance, was the pleasant meeting place\u00a0particularly during the week-ends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">Wilhellem Leembrugen was one of the three DIGs. Cecil Wambeek, Richard Arndt, Harry Vanden Driesen and Jack Vansanden were Superintendents.The Burgher ASPs were Fred\u00a0 \u00a0Brohier, R.A. Stork, Ian Vanden Driesen, Ainsley Batholemeuz, Royden\u00a0 \u00a0Vanderwall, Allen Flamer-Caldera and Paddy Sims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">There were many Govigama Lansias among the inspectorate too. Those that readily come to mind are: V.T. Dickman, Taylor, Rosairo, Pietersz, the Balthazar brothers, Eddie Gray, Barney Henricus, Dick Hopman, Derrick and Hague Christofelsz, Thomas, Sweetie Weber, Ron\u00a0 \u00a0Jansz, Dudley Von Haght, Barthelot, Vernon Elias, Mike Schokman,\u00a0 \u00a0Brindley Stava and Gerry Paul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>The Burgher community was so respected and widespread that many had been recruited as constables. They had the distinct advantage of the ability to work in English.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The sergeants and constables of the time were very important public officials that functioned at grass roots level in the villages. As an ASP fifty years ago, there were many Police stations where sergeants were the OICs that came under my purview. Sergeants Pietersz and Whatmore were excellent court officers. Even lawyers and magistrates respected their knowledge of the law. Of course, Derrick Christofelsz, the Chief Inspector of the Colombo Magistrates\u2019 Court was highly regarded by judges and lawyers. When\u00a0 \u00a0he walked into the courthouse he drew the attention a Queen\u2019s Counsel would have drawn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">It is with nostalgia that I recall the names of Burgher constables who served under me in different police districts in the late fifties and the sixties. The names that come to mind are Ryde,\u00a0 \u00a0Leitch, Hesse Leiton, Hendrick, Hingert, Koelmeyer, Raymond, lsaacs and Wally Bastian the reputed exponent of true Portuguese Kaffringha music. He was one of the few talented officers who kept the Colombo Police \u2018Traffic Circus\u2019 alive in the sixties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">The \u2018Lansias\u2019 of the police were truly \u2018Govigama Lansias\u2019. They undoubtedly enjoyed a place of honour in the history of the Sri Lanka Police.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #993300;\"><strong>ALSO NOTE<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/05\/the-white-australia-policy-ceylonese-burghers-and-alice-nona\/https:\/\/thuppahi.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/31\/the-burghers-in-britain-hit-the-internet-streets\/http:\/\/bitchback.we-enhance.com\/2017\/12\/18\/burghers-burgers-and-ceylon-tea-and-sympathy-part-6\/burghers-burgers-and-ceylon-tea-and-sympathy-part-6-7\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MpYESmTLrDg<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Earl Forbes<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe White Australia Policy, Ceylonese Burghers and Alice Nona,\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.island.lk\/index.php?page_cat=article-details&amp;page=article-details&amp;code_title=62343\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.island.lk\/index.php?page_cat=article-details&amp;page=article-details&amp;code_title=62343<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #993300;\"><strong>BUT ALSO<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span class=\"italic\"><span class=\"noitalic\">People Inbetween<\/span>. Vol. 1:\u00a0<span class=\"noitalic\">The Burghers and the Middle Class in the Transformations Within Sri Lanka, 1790s\u20131960s<\/span><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000080;\">By Michael Roberts, Ismeth Raheem and Percy Colin-Thom\u00e9. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka: Sarvodaya Book Publishing Services, 1989. xxiii, 389 pp. $125.00.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36918 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/people-inbetween.jpg\" alt=\"people-inbetween\" width=\"600\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36919 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/cockraoches-11.jpg\" alt=\"cockraoches-11\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36920 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Laankikaya7.jpg\" alt=\"Laankikaya\" width=\"600\" height=\"866\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8220;THAT&#8217;S US&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly An extremely interesting &#8220;piece&#8221; from Michael Roberts,\u00a0 another &#8220;Lansiaa&#8221; now residing in Adelaide. 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