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Childhood memories -The summer holidays – By Charmaine Candappa As a child I would always look forward to spending a part of my summer holidays at the home of my aunt, my mom’s sister. My childhood was a happy one, since I got to play with my neighbor and friend Rai. I needed Rai more than she needed me. Rai had many toys and dolls of to play. She also had a bicycle to ride around the compound. I would look over the wall that separated our homes as Rai rode her bike from her garage to her front gate. We too had bikes, but they belonged to my brother Joe. He would not let me ride, as it was his pride and joy. He polished it, oiled its wheels and brakes. My childhood despite not having much toys, books, and a bicycle to ride was a happy one.  I ...

Jul 8, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Charmaine Candappa Tagged , , , ,
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VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                        ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  JUNE  2023 BOOKS. Classic Steam by Patrick B. Whitehouse, 1980 An Illustrated Guide to the Buried Cities of Ceylon by Mrs R. Jones-Bateman, 1932. The Laws of  Cricket, 1980 code, Marylebone Cricket Club Sri Lanka by Rail by Royston Ellis, 1994. Proud & Prejudiced, The Story of the Burghers of Sri Lanka by Rodney Ferdinands, 1995. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Steam & Rail  by Colin Garratt & Max Wade-Matthews, 1998. A History of the Sri Lanka Government Railway, B.D. Rampala Felicitation Volume by L.S.de Silva ...

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VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com >   THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, THEY ARE MOST WELCOME. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                              ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  JULY  2022 BOOKS. Schoolgirl Rape & Four Murders by Bhaghavadas Srisjanthadas, 2022 (Donated by Samantha Sirimanne-Hyde, Denistone, NSW) MAGAZINES NEWSLETTERS Journal of The Australia Ceylon fellowship Inc (ACF), Vol 63, No 2, July 2022. Bulletin of St Anthony’s College Kandy (SACK) OBA, Colombo, June 2022. “Thomiana”, Publication of  Thomas’ of  College Old Boys Association, Australia Branch Inc, Vol 25, Issue 2, May 2022.   Newsletter, Eighty Club Melbourne Inc, No 159, Second ...

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  VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  NOVEMBER  2019 BOOKS The History of Royal College, 2019 (Donated by Senaka Weeraratne, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka)  Lions of Sri Lanka, Cricket – An Island Passion, Featuring the 30 Greatest Cricketers, LMD Publication, May 2019 (Donated by Roland de Silva, Media Services (Pvt) Ltd, LMD, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka) Cultures of the World: Sri Lanka by Nanda Pethiyagoda Wanasundera, 2002 Sri Lanka, a Travel Survival Kit by Tony Wheeler, 1982. Tamil Tigress by Derek Bartholomeusz, 1997. Island of a Thousand Mirrors, by Nayomi Munaweera, 2012. (No’s 3 – 6, Donated by Cuthbert Lethbridge, ...

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    VICTOR MELDER SRI LANKA LIBRARY – ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2019 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com >     THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.   BOOKS  Tides of Violence: Mapping the Sri Lankan Conflict from 1983 to 2009, May 2019 – Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Sydney, NSW 2000. (Donated by Hemal Gurusinghe, Chelsea Heights, Vic)  ‘Viva Italia’, An Introduction to Basic Italian with Opening Exercises in English & Sinhala by Alex Van Arkadie, 2019  (Donated by the Author, Rome, Italy)   Miracles Attributed to Ven. Fr Joseph Vaz, & Pastoral Letters, 1987   The Jeweled Isle, Art from Sri Lanka by R.Brown and et al, et al (Donated by Michael Roberts, Adelaide, SA)                                 CORRECTION (Title) – BOOKS, ...

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VICTOR  MELDER  SRI  LANKA LIBRARY 7, Benambra Street, Broadmeadows, Vic 3047, Australia. Telephone + 61 3 9309 4040 E-mail < melder.rjvm1935@bigpond.com > Web Site < www.vmsl-library.com > THOSE WISHING TO DONATE BOOKS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS TO THIS LIBRARY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ABOVE ADDRESS, BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE. Thank You.                                ACQUISITIONS   FOR  THE  MONTH  OF  APRIL  2019 BOOKS Song of the Sun God by Shankari Chandran, 2017 (Donated by the Author, Sydney, NSW) They Call Him Ken, The Life & Times of a Corporate Colossus by Savithri Rodrigo, 2017 Riding the Zeitgeist, The Hemal Amarasuriya Story by Savithri Rodrigo, 2018 (Donated by the Author, Dehiwela, Sri Lanka)      MAGAZINES Explore Sri Lanka, Vol 32, No 10, March 2019  (Donated by Kevin Melder. Dalkeith, WA) Hi!! – The Society Magazine, Sri Lanka, Series 17, Vol 1, 2019. NEWSLETTERS. “Silverscene” – Newsletter Silver Fawn Club, Qld, March/April 2019 issue. “Outreach” Newsletter – ...

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