“THAT’S US” – By Des Kelly An extremely interesting “piece” from Michael Roberts,  another “Lansiaa” now residing in Adelaide. As soon as I saw this name, it instantly reminded me of one of my best friends of the good old days, Denis Roberts, R.I.P. Denis, who, in my opinion, was easily one of the best Vocalists in Ceylon, the other being Cliff Foenander, who has also passed-on, far too early, God bless & keep them, both. We were all supposed to be “Burghers” again, unfortunately,  the writer was not one. I have written many stories on these “Citizens of Burghs”,from the Batticaloa Burgher Buggers, who speak the Queen’s English in their own inimitable fashion, to the “Dutch Burghers” who were in a class of their own because they made sure that their names were recorded in the journals at the Dutch Burgher Union Office, latterly at Bambalapitiya.    ...

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