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Fwd: Late Carlton Figg

May 21, 2010.

Hi John,
Yes, I'd seen this once after Carlton's death. My blog caption should have stated 'Late' Carlton Figg's daughter. He died in Nov 2008. 

George

You will find Carlton Figg giving Sean Auckland a bit of curry  at this blog. You may have come across it  - have a look see or a read see!

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http://angloindian.wordpress.com/famous-anglos/

4 | Carlton Figg

January 15, 2008 at 3:23 pm

Sean, what planet are you from ?! I have been to Calcutta (lived there for over a year), and I have witnessed the misery of the poor Anglo-Indian. If, as you point out, there are funds available, nothing is going to the poor Anglo. But, as Frank Anthony once very famously pointed out, "The poor will always be with us — let us, instead, focus on creating an elite community". Get the great man"s drift ?

John

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Carlton Figg's daughter

This pic of Mr TN Seshan with Brenda Figg of The Pioneer appeared on the front page of Hindi daily Swantantra Bharat . Senior journalists were disturbed after Brenda 'apologised' for their aggressive heckling of the Chief Election Commissioner. I cannot remember the year (1996) so I'm not sure whether he was still in office at the time. Swatantra Bharat was the sister daily of The Pioneer. Carlton Figg who rose from sub editor and reporter to become News Editor of The Pioneer and later the first News Editor of Northern India Patrika , at its inception at Lucknow, died in Nov 2008. Besides trying to breathe life into The National Herald in Lucknow, in its dying months, he also edited two eveningers that didn't get the right financial or readership support to help them survive. His column Around the Town was written under the pen name, Jaywalker.

1966 fete

Jamie Dinshaw at the 1966? fete. Also seen is Dennis Hixon centre(far) and right Mrs Alone. The big girl's name I cannot recall. The pic was done in a hurry...

Sat 15 May 10

The Mart

Pics all taken Sat 15 May 2010 when the sun had reached its zenith, the Lat almost like a giant sundial. Everyone must know that the sundial was stolen from the garden several years ago perhaps for its metal. Some pics show the rundown condition of portions of the building - the gym, the office, the bull's ring area, the toilet and swimming pool area. The little boy who appears in some of the pics is my grandson Darren Hopkins, son of Warren, son of Derek, both of whom had been Martinians. While we were there the workers were recovering a water tank that had toppled down the bund.

George Shepherd