{"id":57911,"date":"2021-02-09T18:39:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T18:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=57911"},"modified":"2021-02-09T18:39:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T18:39:06","slug":"the-good-old-days-in-good-old-ceylon-by-ms-therese-nilmini-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/the-good-old-days-in-good-old-ceylon-by-ms-therese-nilmini-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The good old days in good old Ceylon*-  by Ms.Therese Nilmini"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">The good old days in good old Ceylon*- by Ms.Therese Nilmini<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26263\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Kinross-Club-Members-in-front-of-clubhouse-mid-1970s-SriLanka-300x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"136\" \/><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Off to School in red Double Decker.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The ride was a must in a CTB bus, One leg on the foot board.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The other dangling free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Imminent danger<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Was a mere glee 20 kids plus In a space for three<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Hung on the silver pole.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0How many could it hold?<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Galle Road to Maradana<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a05c half price ticket.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Cost was not so dear<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; 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color: #000000;\">Been there free of charge.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Once thrown out by security guards<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Balcony was certainly no go.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">There was always not enough dough.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Friend drove a Morris, we&#8217;d all pile on in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">His friend had Ford, a little more space<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Uncle too had a car<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">That kept us all fit<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">With a \u201cthallu\u201d start to gain more pace.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Waited for March, big match day<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; 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color: #000000;\">Remember, lying on your back on the grass with our friends\u00a0and saying things like &#8220;That cloud looks like a&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Playing cricket with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Back then, cricket was not a psychological group learning\u00a0experience &#8211;\u00a0It was a game!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Remember when stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals &#8217;cause no one had yet tried to poison a\u00a0perfect stranger?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">With all our progress&#8230; Don&#8217;t you just wish&#8230; Just once&#8230;..<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">You Could slip back in time and savour the slower pace&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">And share it with the children of the 80&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; 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