On Tuesday February 26 Anja, Ilse and I continued our documentation of heritage buildings in Bhimunipatnam.
In the morning Samuel took us to see where the Rippon Poor House was. It was another one of the buildings on an older list of heritage buildings that we had not tracked down last year. It was a badly demolished building from 1863 in the south part of the town.
Then we went to the Municipality to see if they had any information of interest to us, but without any success, Anja took some photographs from the roof of the Municipality.
After lunch with the sisters at St Ann’s, we walked around the town, noting another building of interest that we will document later. At one end the building is narrow and ends in a curve.
Then we went to the nearby town of Tagarapuvalasa to find an internet place. Internet access was a problem. The school has computers with internet access, but they had been turned off so that the students studying for their board exams in a few days would not be distracted. I was able to use the receptionist’s computer a few times, but that was not really adequate, but then neither was the internet place we found.
Back at the school, I spoke with the hostel warden about giving a presentation of our work to the school students. The Ameya World School provided us with free room and board, in exchange for us interacting with the students, mainly by having meals with them. That was fine, except the dining hall at supper time was much too noisy.
The students were reserved the first couple of days, but soon they became friendly to the point that it was futile for us to do any work in the dining hall in the evening without being distracted by inquisitive students.
I was especially asked for samples of foreign coins. Fortunately I had a large enough supply of small coins from Jordan, Turkey and Israel with me to satisfy all the 7- and 8-year old boys who wanted me to give them one.
In the morning Samuel took us to see where the Rippon Poor House was. It was another one of the buildings on an older list of heritage buildings that we had not tracked down last year. It was a badly demolished building from 1863 in the south part of the town.
The remnants of the Rippon Poor House
It was near a water tank that had been renovated about ten years ago, one heritage project that resulted from a heritage workshop in Bhimunipatnam held in 2002.
The tank
The plaques commemorating the renovation
Then we went to the Municipality to see if they had any information of interest to us, but without any success, Anja took some photographs from the roof of the Municipality.
The Port Office
The Ripley Company Head Office building
After lunch with the sisters at St Ann’s, we walked around the town, noting another building of interest that we will document later. At one end the building is narrow and ends in a curve.
An oddly-shaped old building
Then we went to the nearby town of Tagarapuvalasa to find an internet place. Internet access was a problem. The school has computers with internet access, but they had been turned off so that the students studying for their board exams in a few days would not be distracted. I was able to use the receptionist’s computer a few times, but that was not really adequate, but then neither was the internet place we found.
The buildng with the internet place
Back at the school, I spoke with the hostel warden about giving a presentation of our work to the school students. The Ameya World School provided us with free room and board, in exchange for us interacting with the students, mainly by having meals with them. That was fine, except the dining hall at supper time was much too noisy.
The school dining hall
The students were reserved the first couple of days, but soon they became friendly to the point that it was futile for us to do any work in the dining hall in the evening without being distracted by inquisitive students.
Anja and I speaking with some inquisitive students
I was especially asked for samples of foreign coins. Fortunately I had a large enough supply of small coins from Jordan, Turkey and Israel with me to satisfy all the 7- and 8-year old boys who wanted me to give them one.
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