18 September 2007

Memorial

This memorial stone is by the car park entrance to a church in South Weald, near where I live. It's not the memorial but the occupation of her father, the Bengal Opium Department. This is a piece of colonial history I need to find out more about

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah, anything to do with the Bengal famine that lead to the American Revolution (you Brits pushing your tea)?

jams o donnell said...

Unklikely as the stone is from teh late 19th century. Still Opiumm Department, boggles the mind

elasticwaistbandlady said...

I wonder if they worked in close affiliation with the Marijuana Magistrates?

jams o donnell said...

They probably did!