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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1sam" data-source="post: 21727031" data-attributes="member: 557062">We had TRAM CARS in Colombo.  There were lot of visible evidence including tram tracks (rails) up until late seventies (I was unfortunate enough to see them in borella, Maradana and pettah ). One terminus was Borella, and the TERMINUS PHARMACY ( I am not sure it still there or not ) was named because of the close proximity to tram terminus in Borella. Colombo trams operated by an English company called Boustead Brothers. Dr N. M. Perera  will be in history books for all wrong reasons, because he was the one who send all trams in to scrap yard and introduce Trolley Buses (they also run by electricity, but have to steer unlike trams on the track), when he was the Mayor of Colombo. The only reason to scrap the trams was it's a British company, and NM hates pommies with a passion. Then came the next idiot, V.A Sugathadasa as the mayor of Colombo, and send all the trolley buses to scrapyard just because it was introduced by his political opponent (NM). I got all these information from my late father, who always telling me the true stories about our country/politics etc.</blockquote>

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