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“HAVELOCK ROAD, HAVELOCK TOWN”  Named after Sir Arthur Havelock, this famous City of Colombo and the Road mentioned was well known to me, more than fifty years ago. Next to Colombo Fort, our Capital City, this was undoubtedly the best known City/Town, with a wide area of Suburbia holding many people I knew personally, beautiful modern houses of that particular era, shops, restaurants, & hotels as well.  I would like to thank my friend Max Gerreyn & the others involved in the production of this great article that does bring back many memories of the wonderful 26 years of my life spent there. Although I did not reside in Havelock Town, this area is still very important to many folk, and I also believe that the famous SOORIYA Village is now part of the area. For those who do not know it, this Village is run by the grandson of ...