Mariyakadey The place name Mariyakaday in Maradana has, over a period of time covering at least three centuries, acquired a dubious reputation or notoriety similar to that of London’s fish market which gave to the English vocabulary the word “Billingsgate” meaning foul and abusive language. At first glance the name appears to have connections with the Christian religion and the Roman Catholic church with its reference to Mary or Maria the mother of Jesus. But to trace its origin it is necessary to go back three centuries to a time when Colombo city (except for the present day Pettah and the west end of the Fort) was a vast water- logged area which took the name Beira, meaning “swamp” in Portuguese. In this scenario there was no MaCallum Road (D. R. Wijewardana Mawatha), Fort Railway Station, Lake House, Lotus Road, Olcott Mawatha (earlier known as Norris Road). All these formed ...
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A tribute to my friend Lucien Perera – by Desmond Kelly My tribute to Lucien Perera. Desmond Kelly. A tribute to my dear friend Lucien Perera (1944–2021) Original Lead Guitarist of ‘The Jetliners’ by Felix Fernando The Jetliners circa 1963; left to right: Lucien Perera, Ishan Bahar, Harris Jurangpathy, Anton Gunewijeya, Felix Fernando December 1961, and it was the ‘end of year’ concert at St. Benedict’s College, Kotahena. Students with any kind of talent were invited to get on stage and perform. I decided to form a trio to sing two harmonized songs. Stepping off the stage after our performance I was met by this guy with a home-made guitar (we called it a log-guitar in those days), who introduced himself as Colvin Perera. He requested me to back him on a couple of instrumental numbers – ‘Guitar Boogie’ and ‘Quartermaster’s Store’ – which I ...
Jan 6, 2021
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Remembering Tony Gomes – By Patrick Ranasinghe The Foundations Tony Gomes wedding jan-01-1969-member-of-foundations-pop-group-weds-his-pet-python That’s our Sri Lanka’s Tony Gomes Foundations Keyboardist – The only Sri Lankan to ever Top both British & US Charts and sell a million copies of a single and receive a Gold Disc The Foundations Medley 1 The Foundations – Now That I’ve Found You (1967) 2 The Foundations – Back On My Feet Again(1967) 3 In The Bad, Bad Old Days Before You Loved Me 4 The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup 1968 THE ONLY SRI LANKAN TO TOP BOTH BRITISH & US CHARTS IN THE HISTORY OF POP MUSIC With 3 Golden Disc Tony Gomez had his primary education @ St. Benedict’s College , Kotahena. A co founding member of The Foundations on keyboards – b. 13 December 1948, Colombo, Ceylon – (now Sri Lanka) – died 19 December 2015. The Foundations were a ...
May 4, 2020
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