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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
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
Ah, anything to do with the Bengal famine that lead to the American Revolution (you Brits pushing your tea)?
ReplyDeleteUnklikely as the stone is from teh late 19th century. Still Opiumm Department, boggles the mind
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they worked in close affiliation with the Marijuana Magistrates?
ReplyDeleteThey probably did!
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