tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post2391787408043654297..comments2024-03-22T00:38:12.095-07:00Comments on Mike's Bogota Blog: A Patch of England in BogotáMiguelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-17268226416165471282021-07-09T08:16:47.519-07:002021-07-09T08:16:47.519-07:00Any Brits here, come join us https://www.facebook....Any Brits here, come join us https://www.facebook.com/groups/BritishExpatsColombiaStuart Oswaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08935995451698556144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-16566945142323513642019-12-07T04:43:52.227-08:002019-12-07T04:43:52.227-08:00I'm not sure where the information about the h...I'm not sure where the information about the houses in La Merced being built by the British Petroleum Company came from but I would like to clarify that that is not really the case, most of those houses were commissioned by Colombian bourgeoise families, who had connections one way or another with Britain. <br />I'm a conservation architect and current student at Cambridge University developing my research on these houses for my Master's degree in Building History. I'm also the granddaughter of one of the engineers who built those houses back in the mid-1930s and 1940s.<br />It would be great if you could share have any specific source or information that I don't have where I can find that broken link with England, which is WHY the clients chose that type of Tudorbethan style and no other! CheersPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06349551702325081191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-69728941763525361132019-01-09T12:05:15.985-08:002019-01-09T12:05:15.985-08:00While it may be romantic to consider this cemetery...While it may be romantic to consider this cemetery a "patch of England", it is a misconception, perpetuated by movies and TV, that land owned by foreign embassies is technically "foreign soil". The land may be currently occupied by the British Embassy, but it remains Colombian soil and territory, at the host country's pleasure. Reference: Vienna Convention on Diplomatic RelationsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215667973775580805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-33070007532486124472018-03-10T19:41:02.453-08:002018-03-10T19:41:02.453-08:00Wow. Very moving. I had never heard of Brits being...Wow. Very moving. I had never heard of Brits being murdered by the FARC.<br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-18658280762845067792018-03-08T12:19:34.990-08:002018-03-08T12:19:34.990-08:00SO many of my friends' parents are interred he...SO many of my friends' parents are interred here; all my father's business partners; the principal of my primary school, and even childhood friends who were murdered by the FARC. I walked in unawares of what was there, having come back after decades of absence from Colombia, having heard that one person I knew was there, and as I saw name after name that I recognized, I broke down sobbing.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18327472206860555013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-47057418994266795012016-01-27T02:01:13.935-08:002016-01-27T02:01:13.935-08:00
My dad Bill Evans - RN 1933 - often walked around...<br />My dad Bill Evans - RN 1933 - often walked around the cemetery I wonder if he saw it as his final resting place,no doubt also because it enshrines a lot of history. As it happened it was not to be he is resting in Braywick cemetery Maidenhead. I have personally never visited the cemetery but I must one day. <br /><br />George Evans<br />Lymington, Hampshire <br />UK<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03396637132133279824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-17898593883027278112012-06-22T22:39:26.796-07:002012-06-22T22:39:26.796-07:00Interesting. I had no idea.
Thanks for the backg...Interesting. I had no idea. <br /><br />Thanks for the background. <br /><br />I'm sure you know of the La Merced neighborhood near the National Park, which was built by British Petroleum during the 1930s and '40s.<br /><br />Best, <br /><br />MikeMiguelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388030533444193686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3655683135628692725.post-78287506944103633482012-06-21T12:15:45.485-07:002012-06-21T12:15:45.485-07:00In the early '60s of the 20th Century there wa...In the early '60s of the 20th Century there was a fairly large British community in Bogotá and many of us were ex-servicemen of all three arms, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the Army and the Royal Air Force.<br />We had a very active branch of the British Legion and held functions to raise funds which were sent back to the UK.<br />Happy days¡Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com