Well back again we went to see if I could find any records of my Grandad … seeing as he was the last jailer at the prison after the war …
But having spoken to a few people at the records department they all said the same thing.
Post War records were not kept at all 🫤😓
Sad but I’m not surprised 🤔
This is a memorial to all Freedom Fighters which is fitting 🙏
I did leave a note in the visitors book so having walked the footsteps of my Grandad I have left a mark to commemorate his being a part of Cellular Jail History 🤍

I met my husband in Kolkata & yet our lives were entwined through history through our parents & grand parents!!!
My grandad and grand uncles knew Jonathan’s dad when they lived in Port Blair …. 6 degrees of separation take on a new meaning for the two of us !!!
Time has brought us together with our ancestors and we feel very Blessed to be able to witness this together 🤍
30 years of being married has a special note to it 🎶🎵🎶

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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, formerly known as Daniel Ross Islands, was occupied by the British Colony during the pre-independence era. In the early 1850s, the British government took control of Ross Island, and the island became the centre of British power. The British ruled on the island for almost 80 years and built a lot of infrastructures like a bakery, church, water treatment plant, tennis court, hospital, cemetery, and many more. In 1857, the Indian Government built a prison on the island where they would send the most dangerous prisoners to isolate them from the rest. Ross Island,Andaman was under British power until 1942, when the Japanese Government took it over. It was just nine months when the Japanese Government claimed the land, but in 1941, the land went through a massive earthquake which resulted in the abandonment of the island. In 1945, the Indian allies reclaimed the property and rebuilt some of the buildings like the bakery and local stores where you can buy souvenirs to recollect the memory of Ross Island. Taking a tour of Ross Island, a charming little island, will take you back in time as you can still see the historic ruins on the islands, which date back to the British occupation. Some buildings are still in great condition, giving you a clear picture of how things were during the British and Japanese ruling periods.

A few hours well spent on this island and we travelled around in an electric buggy.

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I am in the land of my birth & today India celebrates Independence Day ! How utterly wonderful that I should be standing on the soil I was born into .

My post is a short one as we are in a tiny little town in the foothills of the Himalaya’s called Leh & the internet 🛜 is not good.

We have just finished an epic trip with Two Wheel Expiditions on a motorcycle around the foothills of the Himalayas…. It’s been a dream of ours for many years and we have done it ! I still think the last 9 days of riding is a figment of my imagination 💭 Thank goodness for pics ☺️

It’s called the Land of High Passes and believe me we did some very high Passes…. 18000ft to be exact !

Before I left I had to do a small piece of sewing to keep me going for the month I’m away from. It’s a simple mat with a sample Dresden Plate I was trying out as I had never made one.

Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Tracy,
Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Jon, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, Edith
Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,Debbierose, Nóilin, Viv, Karrin, Amo, Alissa, Lynn, Tierney and Hannah

Above are the rest of our ScrapHappy family ❤️Check out their posts too ❣️🙏

Until next month my friends… NAMASTE 🙏