It was the last day of my 3 day visit to my native. The beautiful seaside land once ruled by Britishers has left the legacy of its past. If you are hooked to history and past It has few good places to visit inside the town.
Old Bridge
past
The refreshingly cool morning was lazy and moody as I was suppose to leave for Cochin. I decided to do a small drive towards the sea side. The Sunday seems to be silent, morning prayer were just over as I could see few people walking near by the Holly Angels Convent (My sister Studied there).I decided to go beyond the Court road near by Josgiri hospital and towards mangrove shore, which is behind the Cooperative Hospital.
Decided to park the car near as I saw some boats on the shore. It was the place where the river joins the sea. There is an old bridge and thought I could get some interesting snaps of the morning. The view was interesting, half part of the bridge is not there and the public rebuilt it with coconut pillars and some wooden planks. It looked like an adventurous bridge to cross. Next part is the solid steel beams which still looks strong. below the silent river flows to the sea. It was a nostalgic view. The past still hesitating to erase it memories and mind superimposes with old people. You feel the old lost days of the glorious days of the bridge is back. Once it could have been like our present bridges, strong and healthy.
All of a suddenly my curiosity focussed on to the iron pillars buried just exposing 2-3 feet. there were 2 with hole to tie iron chain to block the entry. Behind that an engraved marble stone tells the history of the bridge.Renovated in 1937 by St. Vincent Company , Calicut. It really tells it was renovated 10 years before the Independence. Oh the time this land might have been having many Britishers. The history is always interesting to me. The photo of it really makes me feel so excited and I would say, it has become one among my favorite photos.
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