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25.01.2022 Trip to Sri Lanka

25.01.2022 A beautiful song for Sri Lanka Please share this with your friends and family!

24.01.2022 A great read. Well written. This is sure to bring back memories from days gone by!!!

23.01.2022 Courtesy of a very good friend...Gerald Lal Wimalasena. Thank you.

23.01.2022 Lunches in covered platters await bicycle delivery to businessmen 1966 in Colombo, Ceylon. Photo Credits - Gilbert M. Grosvenor/ National Geographic This is how we got our lunches at work. A well organized and efficient system. WHO REMEMBERS THIS?

22.01.2022 It's food once again!!! Simple, Tasty and rare. Roast paan (bread), parippu (dhal) and pol sambol (coconut sambol)

22.01.2022 Gothamba Roti...the plain ones with fish or beef curry, the Stuffed Gothambas with fish, beef or veggies and not forgetting the Kotha Roti. I always love to see the preparation process... Let's have your views and comments

21.01.2022 Remember this CTB bus?

19.01.2022 The Broom Seller...the 'kohu karaya' Thanks Nazeer Dawood for sharing this memory.

19.01.2022 Memories of the Coconut Oil and Kerosine Vendor. Photo courtesy of my old friend Nazeer Dawood

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17.01.2022 Its up to each and everyone of us to be thoughtful of one another. Do the right thing by following and implementing instructions from health and all authorities. United we stand must be our motto. Lookout for each other. Do not be selfish with your buying of groceries and other household products. If you have done it, now is the time to share it around. Take special care of the elders, sick and weak. We always used our telephones for just chats. Use it now to check on ...others in the same frequency or even more. Remember this virus could strike anyone anywhere. Whether you are rich, poor, homeless, educated, qualified, politician, President, priest or just an average person. It will strike you. Dont give it a chance. If we stand together, share our love, care and empathy and above all have faith and do the right thing. We will come out winners and defeat this virus. Good luck everyone, take care and stay safe. See more

15.01.2022 Another simple, yummy Meal. How many of you miss this?

15.01.2022 We are aiming for 1000 Page likes so as you go back and recall your memories and the mouthwatering pics of the traditional dishes that we used to have, please LIKE our page as well as the pics.

14.01.2022 Who remembers these? Came across these in Cairns on our morning walk

14.01.2022 Attn: David Martill Hey David Hope you are well. Just to bring to your attention that there has been unsavory posts re sex being posted under your name in Growing Up In Sri Lanka page. It will be important for you to check and make sure someone has not hacked into your account and posting this stuff under your name. The most recent was today and there has been two previous posts too.... I have deleted these but there have been members that have already reported these to Facebook. Please investigate and let me know your findings. Please ensure that these are not repeated especially as someone is using your account. Cheers Brian See more

13.01.2022 I have got some mouth watering pics of another favourite food of ours when we were growing up. The THOSAI 'Feed' or 'Diet' as we used to call it. The famous spots were Sarasvathi, Greenlands, Indo Ceylon and close to college was Dhawalagiri.

13.01.2022 This is the way we grew up. Remember? Please like this page and share this post if you feel the same.

12.01.2022 Let's pray, donate and give all the support to everyone that has been affected by the flooding in Sri Lanka

09.01.2022 Happy Independence Day!!!

08.01.2022 A warm welcome to our new followers. I would appreciate if you could spare a few minutes of your time to post articles and photos of your memories, whilst growing up in Sri Lanka. Thanks and enjoy this page. Cheers Brian

08.01.2022 It’s up to each and everyone of us to be thoughtful of one another. Do the right thing by following and implementing instructions from health and all authorities. ‘United we stand’ must be our motto. Lookout for each other. Do not be selfish with your buying of groceries and other household products. If you have done it, now is the time to share it around. Take special care of the elders, sick and weak. We always used our telephones for just chats. Use it now to check on ...others in the same frequency or even more. Remember this virus could strike anyone anywhere. Whether you are rich, poor, homeless, educated, qualified, politician, President, priest or just an average person. It will strike you. Don’t give it a chance. If we stand together, share our love, care and empathy and above all have faith and do the right thing. We will come out winners and defeat this virus. Good luck everyone, take care and stay safe. See more

06.01.2022 Hi all I would greatly appreciate that whatever you post here is relevant to our memories, places and things. Thanks Brian

06.01.2022 Wishing You A Very Happy New Year!!!

05.01.2022 Anyone remembers this? It was part of our growing up in Sri Lanka

02.01.2022 Wishing you a joyful and peaceful Christmas & a safe, healthy and prosperous 2016!!

02.01.2022 I grew up in Colombo, Srilanka. When I was a child we did not have a phone at home. If we needed a call, we would go to the Post office to take a phone call. Eating out at a restaurant was a special treat. Greenlands, Greencabin, Pilawoos, Pagoda, Zellers and Alerics come to mind. A good lunch was rice and curry ( Eating ice cream was a treat on a hot day. You took your school clothes off as soon as you got home and put on your play clothes. We had to do our homework before... being allowed outside to play. We ate dinner at the table. We went to school everyday. Most of us started with Black and White TVs. Those who did not have them, watched thru a neighbours window. Our TVs didnt have a remote. To change the channel we had to get up and change to one of just a few stations. We played Cricket in our garden, Hopscotch, 1,2,3, Red Light Green Light, Hide & Seek, Truth or Dare, Tag, Kick Ball, Dodge Ball, made mud pies, rode bikes. Staying in the house was a punishment and the only thing we knew about being "bored"--- "You better find something to do before I find it for you!" We ate what mom made for dinner. There was no bottled water; we drank from the tap. Left over Necto or Cream soda after the visitors left, were a treat. On saturday mornings, we listened to music while cleaning the house from top to bottom. We rode our bikes for hours. We weren't AFRAID OF ANYTHING. If someone had a fight, that's what it was and we were friends again a week later, if not SOONER. We played till dark, sunset was our curfew. School was mandatory and teachers were people who you could TRUST and respect. We watched our MOUTHS around our elders because ALL of our Aunts, Uncles, Grandpas and Grandmas AND our Parents best friends were also our PARENTS (they COULD & WOULD WHOOP Y'ALL!,) and you didn't want them telling your PARENTS if you misbehaved. These were the good old days. Kids today will never know how it feels to be a real kid. I loved my childhood...!!! Kids these days will never understand how we grew up!!! Good Times! Copy & paste if this was your childhood. See more

01.01.2022 Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year

01.01.2022 They did not have mobile phones, the internet or computers!!! Can anyone remember our lunch going astray???

01.01.2022 Hope our dear friends and family are safe. Stay strong. Blessings always