An Old Photo of my Grandfather with Robert Ford
Looking through some old photos today, I stumbled across a photo taken in 1946 of my Grandfather with Robert Ford in Lhasa!
My Grandfather and Robert Ford first met in Sikkim. Ford later moved to Lhasa to work for the Tibetan government so they must have met again there as my Grandfather was working for the British Mission.
As many people know, Ford went on to be stationed in Chamdo and was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese in 1950. He wrote about his experiences in “Captured in Tibet“
Old photos of Tibet are so amazing, you can spend hours going through the collection here from Oxford’s Pitt-Rivers Museum!
Is your Grandfather Dr. Pemba la from Darjeeling??
Hi, Dr Pemba is my Uncle! So the man in the photo with Robert Ford is his Father! Best wishes.
Hi Dechen la, Oh I didn’t know that Dr. Pemba la has other sibling than Mrs. Norzin Norbu la. Nice to see and hear you the other day on VOA Kunleng. Your Tibetan is very good though born and brought up in London. Keep it up. Tashi Deleg.
Namgyal Chonzom, Dharamsala.
They are 4 siblings altogether, the two in Darjeeling, my aunt in Germany and my father here in London! Thank you for your kind words, take care, Dechen