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Etusivu / Albumit Paul Nicholson Collection + People 38
Lähetyspäivä
- 609 Co RASC 14th Army c 1942 India
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Group Photo of 609 Company, RASC, 14th Army some time between 1942 and 1945, almost certainly in India exact location is unknown. My father, Joseph Nicholson is seated ninth from the left on the front row. - Acrobats
2844 osumat - Allied Convoy, Cape Town, May 1942
4102 osumat - Army Group
6097 osumat - Breach Candy Swimming Club, Bombay
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Breach Candy Swimming Club, Bombay. The pool was built by the British and historically and to this day has a substantial ex-pat membership. The pool takes the shape of the sub-continent of India. Today, the club is now the most exclusive club in South Bombay with an enrolment fee in the region of 1.3 crore. In Indian currency, 1 crore = 10 million rupees which at 2013 exchange rates of approx. 100 rupees= £1 makes an astonishing fee of £130,000. - Camels
2662 osumat - Cawnpore Memorial
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The Angel of Cawnpore, erected over the well where many perished in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. This monument was relocated to All Saints Church, Cawnpore, after Independence. - Docks
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Location not known (possibly Alexandra Docks, Bombay) - DUKWs in Burma
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DUKWs in Burma. The river is either the Chindwin or the Irrawaddy. - DUKWs in Burma
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DUKWs in Burma. The river is either the Chindwin or the Irrawaddy. - DUKWs in Burma
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DUKWs in Burma. The river is either the Chindwin or the Irrawaddy. - DUKWs in Burma
3164 osumat - DUKWs in Burma.
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DUKWs in Burma. The river is either the Chindwin or the Irrawaddy (Joseph Nicholson is on the extreme left here) - Elephants
2599 osumat - Impromptu Camp
2392 osumat - Indian Army Brass Band
2583 osumat - Indian Country Fair
3156 osumat - Indian Village Scene
2293 osumat - Joseph Nicholson and pal
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Joseph Nicholson (left) and pal - Joseph Nicholson and pals
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Joseph Nicholson (left) and pals - Joseph Nicholson and pals
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Joseph Nicholson (left) and pals - Katraj Tunnel
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Katraj Tunnel on the Burma to Poona (Pune) Road - Kids with Soldiers
3561 osumat - Lake Fishermen
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Thought to be Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir - Location not known
2106 osumat - Malabar Hill View
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View of Chowpatty Beach, Bombay, from Malabar Hill (a posh residential part of Bombay). - Ox Cart
2273 osumat - Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay
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Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay. George V, The Prince of Wales, laid the foundation stone on 11th November 1905. The museum was renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya in 1995. - Rajabai Clock Tower, Bombay
3544 osumat - Regal Cinema, Bombay
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Regal Cinema, Bombay. An Art Deco cinema opened in 1933, the Regal was the first cinema in India to have air-conditioning. It also has an underground car park. With large sweeping balconies and plush velvet seats the cinema is still thriving today. (This photo must have been taken in 1945 since the film Frisco Sal was released in New York in February 1945). - Revnell Services Club, Lahore
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The building is Nedou's Hotel, Lahore, Punjab (now in Pakistan) built in 1880. Here, it is providing a recreational centre for forces during WWII. Sadly, the building was knocked down after the war and a new hotel, The Avari, now stands on the site. Historical note: The Nedous Hotel was famous as a haunt of none other than Lawrence of Arabia. - Sati Chaura Ghat, Cawnpore
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Thought to be a view of Sati Chaura Ghat, Cawnpore where atrocities took place in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Note the so-called 'Bridge of Boats' in the middle of the picture. The river is the Ganges. The photo was taken from the railway bridge on the line to Lucknow (to left). - Soldiers from the 14th Army at Juhu Beach, Bombay
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Soldiers from the 14th Army at Juhu Beach, Bombay (Joseph Nicholson is third from the left) - Soldiers from the 14th Army at Juhu Beach, Bombay
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Soldiers from the 14th Army at Juhu Beach, Bombay (Joseph Nicholson is seated, extreme right) - Soldiers from the 14th Army at Juhu Beach, Bombay
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Soldiers from the 14th Army at Juhu Beach, Bombay (Joseph Nicholson is third from the right) - Table Mountain, Cape Town, May 1942
3682 osumat - Victoria Station Bombay
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Victoria Railway Station, Bombay. Designed by Frederick William Stevens and built in 1887, it was renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus in 1996 when Bombay assumed its new name of Mumbai. It is usually referred to as either VT or CST. - View of Bombay from Malabar Hill
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