Remembering Revd WJT Small, A Saint In Our Times-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Nihal de Alwis, presenting a Memoir on Revd Small, the dedicated Principal of Richmond who became a Ceylonese …. Rev. Walter Joseph Thombleson Small was born on the 4th of July 1883 in Boston, England. He lived in Sri Lanka from 1906 to 1926 and again from 1953 to 1979. He died in Sri Lanka after an accident on the 28th of December 1979. He grew up during the Victorian era and grew up in a Methodist environment imbued with Christian values. His father was Walter Thomas Small a draper by profession and an active leader of the Methodist Church in Lincolnshire, and a town councillor. His mother Emily Tombleson was from another devout Methodist family in Barton. Rev Small had one younger brother., Maurice Waddingham Small (1894) and two sisters. One sister was married and lived in Boston and ...
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Camillus Abeygoonawardana: a legendary traffic cop Source:Island Camillus Reginald Abeyagoonawardana, known to all policemen and closed friends as” Cammy” bid good bye to us on the morning of January 11, 2021 after a suffering from prostrate cancer for over an year. He was my good friend for many years, as a colleague in the police department from about 1962 when he was in Kandy on his first appointment. He was a gentleman officer with a reputation, for honesty, integrity and commitment tempered with excellent inter-personal skills rarely found among police officers today. Cammy to me was always a positive thinker, never shirked responsibility, and demanded, dedication, and application from his staff. ...
Richmond 60 Club Birthday Greetings to Walter J. May – A SPORTING LEGEND Thomian Cricket Team of 1947 – Richmond College pay tribute to their sporting legend on his 92nd Birthday Walter May later joined S. Thomas and played in the Royal Thomians of 1947 and 1948. He has scored a 50 as the opening bat MESSAGE OF THE 6O CLUB PRESIDENT As the President of the Richmond 60 Club, I am happy to write a few words for the special supplement issued to coincide with the 92nd birthday of Walter J May on 08th January 2021. He joined Richmond in 1952 as English Teacher & continued until 1956. I was a student at the time in the lower middle school and did not have much to interact with this outstanding personality, as much as I would have loved to. Nevertheless, I distinctly remember this tall lanky and handsome teacher at school smartly ...
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