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Nostalgic Pictorial Excursions in and around My Galle Fort-by Michael Roberts

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Nostalgic Pictorial Excursions in and around My Galle Fort-by Michael Roberts

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Dutch-style verandahs –here in a house being repaired with a chain gang transferring clusters of tiles –yes, tiles — Up-Catch-Shift-Place. Wow, efficient-Pic by Roberts

 Galle Fort in yesteryear

Fort ramparts 1890s A Scene in front to the Fort in the 1890s  or thereabouts–Pic from National Gallery of Australia

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