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     “TRAMCAR-TESTIMONY” – by Des Kelly Yet another chunk of ‘memory-magic’, coming to all e’Lanka readers around the world, courtesy of Charles (Charlie) Schokman, a good friend of this writer. Charles & his dear wife Claudette have also been residents of Melbourne for quite a long while now, and, like me, stop sometimes to reminisce about our younger years, spent in the Country that is referred to simply  as “Our lovely Island home”.  A big part of our precious memories would have to be about travelling around the Ceylon we knew. The old CTB buses, the trains, the taxi-cabs we used (less often), and also the trams, about which this ‘testimony’ is written. Thank you Charles, & e’Lanka’s regards go out to you & the family. Desmond Kelly (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. ...