My grandfather, Ernest Arthur CHANDLER, was apparently the manager of the
Galle Face Hotel in Colombo sometime around the period 1915-1925. His wife
Florence Amy ran a dress shop which I believe went under the name of Madame
Aimee. Are there likely to be any records?
My father was out in Ceylon with them from the age of 4 to the age of 8,
when he was sent home to boarding school at Clifton in Bristol. My father is
no longer alive, so I can't confirm it, but I believe from various family
notes that he attended a boarding school at the young age of 4 together with
the actor Trevor Howard. This was I think a place called Haddon Hall, near
Kandy. Does this seem likely?
Sue Mackay
Cardiff UK
Sue
The Times of Ceylon Green Book 1932 has the following entry:
Haddon Hill School, Nuwara Eliya - Established 1918. Preparatory for the
Public Schools, for European children only. Accommodation for boarders, boys
and girls, ages 5 to 14 with separate house for older girls. [List of
teaching staff]. Total number of pupils (Dec. 1931) 73.
Regards
Geoff Summers
Canterbury, Kent, England
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Subject: [SRILANKA] Galle Face Hotel/Haddon Hall
My grandfather, Ernest Arthur CHANDLER, was apparently the manager of the
Galle Face Hotel in Colombo sometime around the period 1915-1925. His wife
Florence Amy ran a dress shop which I believe went under the name of Madame
Aimee. Are there likely to be any records?
My father was out in Ceylon with them from the age of 4 to the age of 8,
when he was sent home to boarding school at Clifton in Bristol. My father is
no longer alive, so I can't confirm it, but I believe from various family
notes that he attended a boarding school at the young age of 4 together with
the actor Trevor Howard. This was I think a place called Haddon Hall, near
Kandy. Does this seem likely?
Sue Mackay
Cardiff UK
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