Hi Steve
We lived in the manse at Cinamon Gardens Baptist Church in Colombo, the capital. We were there from 1949 to 1954. Dad was the minister. Very nice and congenial for the white man 'cos we had conquered the island to incorporate it into the glorious British Empire to civilise and convert the heathen! We swam in the outdoor Empire Pool in Colombo and a rock pool on the coast. Jude was very good at diving, I remember. I went to Ladies College in Colombo that took small boys up to a certain age. I was 6 when we left to live in Epsom with my mum's mum until we moved to Ilford and Cranbrook Road Baptist Church in 1955.
Hope you are in good health and all is well.
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