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Some Bombay Then and Now

Posted: January 9th, 2013 | 3 Comments »

Departing India today so, diverting from China a wee bit, here’s some then and nows of my rather Victorian inspired hangouts for the last few weeks….

Elphinstone Circle then…

Elphinstone Circle now…

Bombay GPO then…

Bombay GPO now…

St Thomas’s Cathedral then…

St Thomas’s Cathedral now…

Bombay Town Hall (and Royal Asiatic Society) then…

and now…(just the Asiatic Society these days – they dropped the “Royal”)

the Taj Hotel then…

and the Taj now with a ton of security…

3 Comments on “Some Bombay Then and Now”

  1. 1 Andrew Deane said at 8:42 am on July 4th, 2014:

    Thank you for your cul-de-sacian blog entry (more of a half crescent?). I found the photos very interesting. Was looking for an old view of St. Thomas’s Cathedral, Bombay, as a great uncle was married there in 1921.

    Also, I had to look up gallimaufry. Thanks for teaching me a fabulous new word!

    I will be exploring your other posts.

    Cheers!

  2. 2 archana said at 2:56 pm on October 13th, 2016:

    hello Blogger

    the old Bombay pictures are very interesting. there are few picture that i am looking forward to print in a Coffee table Book. kindly guide me with the copyright buying and necessary permissions required for the same.

    Awaiting your reply

  3. 3 Paul French said at 8:30 pm on October 14th, 2016:

    they are old postcards – no copyright on them, public domain now and not a problem to reproduce

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