[BITList] Who do you think you are ?

[John Feltham]

G'day Folks,

On 10 Jul 2018, at 7:02 am, michael <xxx at mjf.com> wrote:

John,

Just been watching Olivia Colman trace her  ancestors from India, it was a fascinating story.  She visited the Fair Lawns Hotel in Calcutta, wasn’t that were you stayed in Cal ?


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She is an excellent actress. And yes, we stayed  at the Fairlawn Hotel in 2201.

The owner Violet Smith, has since died.

See...

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kolkatas-iconic-fairlawn-hotel-begins-a-new-chapter/article22808496.ece <https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/kolkatas-iconic-fairlawn-hotel-begins-a-new-chapter/article22808496.ece>

And...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHdvFl-MMMU <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHdvFl-MMMU>

And...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/violet-smith-the-eccentric-grande-dame-of-the-fairlawn-hotel-in-kolkata-9770148.html <https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/violet-smith-the-eccentric-grande-dame-of-the-fairlawn-hotel-in-kolkata-9770148.html>



ooroo


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