ROYAL PRIMARY SCHOOL 1953

Royal Primary School 1953 & Royal College '59 Group

ROYAL PRIMARY SCHOOL 1953-58

& ROYAL COLLEGE 1959-66

PHOTO ALBUM

Australia - Sep 2009

M A Kreltzsheim, Geethapriya Salgado Brian Lieversz, Saji Bahar, Prasanna Mendis, M A Kreltzsheim

Prasanna Mendis, Geethapriya Salgado M A Kreltzsheim, Geethapriya Salgado, ?, Saji Bahar, Brian Lieversz

Pics taken in London, UK - Aug 2009 - Sent in by Palitha Manchanayake

DCP Karunaratne (Lal) & Palitha Manchanayake Palitha Manchanayake & Vishwanath Vedage

DCP Karunaratne (Lal), Palitha Manchanayake, Sube, NPR Goonesekera

Palitha Manchanayake & DCP Karunaratne (Lal)

Jeremy Perera's Place - Australia - Monday Feb 2 2009

seated front l-r: Nigel de Kretser, Philip Stork

standing at back l-r: Jeremy, Brian Lieversz, Graham Koch, Michael Kreltszhem, Prasanna Mendis

seated front l-r: Russel Geddes, Michael Kreltszhem Philip Stork

standing at back l-r: Nigel de Kretser, Brian Lieversz, Prasanna Mendis, Philip Stork, Graham Koch

seated front l-r: Nigel De Kretser, Graham Koch

standing at back l-r: Jeremy Perera, Brian Lieversz, Michael Kreltszhem, Russel Geddes, Prasanna Mendis

Suriyasinghe & Manchanayake in Sydney, Australia - Jan 12 2009

K A Gunawardena, Chula & Dr. M J M Peroos

Muthulingaswamy (center) at 60 (in UK) with his daughter (extreme left), wife, son and daughter in law

Vishva Vedage, Palitha Manchanayake & K P Jayaweera in 1968

Sunday Sep 28, 2008

Dear Vishwa & to all in 59 Group,

Thank you very much for sending this photo. It really looks how we looked like at that time. This photo was taken at your uncle's garden at Gampola.

He was a PD (Periya Dorai) of a Tea Estate, if I remember right. Probably around 1968-69.

What has happened to Bada (KP Jayaweera) and Melvin (W. Mallawarachchi)? That is the important question.

Bada , I met him last in Sydney around 1990 with his wife. Then they proceeded to Melbourne. Subsequently, I heard that he was doing a Consultancy in PNG.

That was the last I heard of Bada. Bada & I were very good friends, and we used to watch all the Rugger Matches of Ceylon Army during 1965-67 period.

We were Army fans. That time, the Army Team was very strong with Capt. Berty Dias as Scrum Half, Capt CS Fernando as Full Back, Neville Shedden &

Piyasena as Insides, These are some of the names that come to mind. Then during the Cricket Season, Bada & I were ardent Nomads fans, and we used to watch all

the Nomads Cricket Matches during Saturday & Sunday. The Nomads cricket team was captained by Bada's Brother-in-Law DH De Silva, who was the

Charity Commissioner of Colombo Municipality. DH was married to Bada's eldest sister. I think DH was in the Ceylon Cricket Pool and played a couple of matches

for Ceylon at that time. Then in the same team, there were DP De Silva & DS De Silva, Anuruddha Polonowita, Daya Sahabandu etc.

These are some memories that came to my mind.

Then regarding Melvin, I have not heard of him for the last 30 years or so. I know that Melvin did Chemistry Special at Peradeniya, and topped the batch with a

First class Honours. After that he went to Cambridge & did a Ph.D in Theoretical Chemistry. Then came back to Peradeniya and was lecturing there.

Subsequently, around 1977 I heard that he was the Rector (Vice Chancellor) of Dumbara Campus. That was it. Nothing heard after that.

So DOES ANYONE KNOW (out of the 59 group) anymore later info about these two (Bada & Melvin) please share it with us.

With Warm Regards.

Mancha

Palitha Manchanayake <mancha@bigpond.net.au>

AGM 2008 at President G S C Perera's Place - Aug 2008 - almost 50 years after........... those glorious days at Royal

Dr. Panna, dancing the blues away.....

Dr. Panna facing camera, Akram Dawood extreme right Dosthara Mahattaya doing his Vedakam in grand style

Dr Panna and Akram Dawood G S C Perera

Mazher Fazleali (white beard) and Saji Bahar at far end, Jiggs on extreme right Jayantha Kudahetty in red horizontally striped T shirt Susu Aziz on extreme right

Dr Panna, Jeremy Perera and Brian Lieversz, extreme right Dr Panna (back to camera) wiih Mazher Fazleali (grey beard) facing camera

Dr Panna, Jeremy Perera & Mazher Fazleali Dr POanna (extreme left), Brian Lieversz, Jeremy Perera, Saji Bahar, Mazher Fazleali

Akram dawood (extreme right) Mazher Fazleali (back to cam), Saji Bahar, Susu Aziz & Mrs Aziz

Jayantha Kudahetty (standing in red T shirt) Brian Lieversz (third from left) standing with hands on hips

RC '59 Group meet in London - 2008

'59 Group Gang in London
Reunion at residence of Ando in London. June 21, 08
Left to Right: Senaka Jayasinghe (Ibba) Nihal Kumarage, Tissa Jayaweera, Suren Goonewardene,

M S Fernando (Goiya), Sarath Gooneratne (SC). On Chair Ajith Dias (Ando), Ranjan Dandeniya (Ganja)
Rgds - Tissa

'59 Group Get-Together at Chinese Hotel in Bamba - 2006

RC Masters 1955

Royal College Hostel 1959

L to R Row 1: R G Hapuarachchi, , B.N.Ranasinghe, N. Chellappah, , Zahir Mohamed, M Thassim, Somasunderam, , Pathirana, H.A.Karunasekara.

Row 2: C.Abeywickrama, S Y Samaraweera, Samaratunga, , C S Fernando, , J D M Kulatilleke, L A D Sirisena, Wimal Gunawardena, N.Mendis, Wendell Solomons, Dayaratna, Raheem, S.Canagasabey, , Garret.Fernando, , , S L de Silva, U C Jayasinghe, N R Kumarage, R L Wickramaratne, M A S Dawood

Row 3: N Kalupahana, R Sabapathypillai, Sunil Mendis, N P Nilaweera, , Cassim, Samararatna, , , N M DeRun, A.PL de Vas, Thambiraja, L J K Hettiarachchi, S D Atukorale, T.de Alwis, Lal Ratnayaka, T Sivanesarasa, N Ranasinghe, N G Patikirikorale, P N W Kannangara, P de Silva, Ismail, M D Illangage, , D Kalupahana

Row 4: Leon Belleth, , T B C Edirisinghe, S R K N Sabaratnam, , R Rudran, , Wijayanayagam, L A W Sirisena, L S P Rajendra, S G Gunaratne, , , , ,Hutan Hettiaratchi, Mapa Gunaratne

Row 5: , R A Pothuhera, Mr. L Samararatne, Mrs. Belleth, Mr. C E Belleth, Mr. Dudley K G de Silva, Mr. B St. E de Bruin, Miss Ratnayake, Mr. W Devapriya, T V Wickramasuriya, Sivathondan

Row 6: O K P Gunasekera, Nihal Canagasabey, K I Mahmud, R Chandrasena, D R Pulleperuma, S W Atukorale, D.E R Hapuarachchi, N.S. Kumaranatunge, K K Amaradasa, P G W G Premaratne, K A Gunawardena, M H Subasinghe, W Mallawarachchi, S J W Ambepitiya, S N Jayasinghe, G S C Perera