I was recently passed a few photos that belonged to my uncle, who was in India from c.1939 to the late 1940s. There are four views which I would like to identify. At first inspection, my sister and I thought we recognised them as scenes from that area (we were both boarders at St Hilda's in Ooty in the Nilgiris in the 1950s, and spent some of our holidays in the company house up there) . But so far other correspondents haven't been able to confirm this. If any I-B-R listers would like to have a look at them (and offer suggestions), then they can be viewed (with speculative captions) on this web page: http://tinyurl.com/32vrmmv (click on photos for bigger size and full caption) Probably least confusing to reply to me off-list at [email protected] Alex Noel-Tod

As usual a quick response from a fellow lister provided exactly the information I needed to identify those "possibly Ooty" views that I asked about recently. Many thanks to Vanya Orr (lucky enough to live in the Nilgiris). In case there are others with Ooty memories who looked at my web gallery, here are Vanya's answers: " ... The first one I am sure is the road to St.Thomas Church.. the marked stones are still there but it doesn't look as beautiful any more! A temple has been built around the rocks. The lines are a sign of them being sacred. The bus stand is an ugly site just before you get to this point, back on the right side. The second one is the grasslands at Western Catchment which are lyrically beautiful. This is a maybe.. the bridge is different and a lot of plantation has been done, but it could very well be the bridge across the Pykara just near the falls.A sacred river now very polluted I am afraid. [An interesting comment on our times: as children in Ooty in the 1950s, we used to be taken fly-fishing in the Pykara : what hope for rainbow trout now ...] The last one is on the road to Gudalur.. (as is the Pykara one). ..." Alex Noel-Tod