From Bendakaluru to Bangalore

This was Bangalore till late 1950s

Interaction was there but it came with some reservations. The status conscious affluent people would vie for membership of Bangalore club, whose member roll included>>>>>>>>>>>>

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

The high placed ones would be content with Century club membership or settle for Bowring club. Bangalore club was the preserve of elite. It continues to be so to this day. The style conscious gentlemen had their three piece suits stitched on>>>>>

Commercial Street or south parade

South parade had a few theatres,

symphony is a latter day addition, and the rest of the theaters have yielded place to malls. Barton center was not there nor do some of the big ones abutting the road now.Egks, Gk Vales were photo studios frequented by the elitist groups. The pace as well as the mode of transport was different. Till early 50s, hand drawn rickshaws were playing on the roads.
The theaters had selected crowds because they were screening Hollywood films. Inside too there were no divisions between classes marked by chains. The spectators were expected to behave and they did. The middle stall ticket holder would not jump across the aisle to the higher class.
The restaurants there bore quaint names like bull and bush.Nilgiris was there and is still thriving. If anything it has branched out to other areas of the city.
Some of the establishments bore the sign "in bounds".

Meaning the service personnel could enter.

The military police would be patrolling the area. In case a espy misbehaved, he would be bundled into the army truck.
The weekend would see uniformed people swarming the roads. These scenes would be punctuated by the churchgoing crowds dressed in their best clothes.

Only the clumsy ones would eat with their hands here. It was spoon and fork culture. Most people would wear suits or at least ties We would tease each other on visiting little England .