Help for Old Cottonian Melville deMellow’s widow
Dear OCs The denial of pension to Melville de Mellow’s widow, Coralie who is now 95 years old is a shame. We Old Cottonians must unite and assist the lady as she is the widow of a distinguished OC who was an icon. We all will remember, with a touch of nostalgia and pride, his live […]
Golden and Silver Anniversaries : ’62 and ’87 batches
Dear OCs This year we are celebrating the Golden and Silver Anniversaries of the ’62 and ’87 batches. While we are getting the ’62 batch in top gear – they have had a number of meetings towards this – but no one from the ’87 batch has contacted the OCA office. Those interested please get in touch! […]
Robin Aurora [Lefroy 1953-64] : 30th Jan 1947 – 8th May 2012
Dear All, Last evening Neel Mehra called to inform me that Robin Aurora had passed away at the St Stephen Hospital in Delhi. This morning was his funeral at the electric crematorium at 5:30 am which Neel Mehra, Deepak Lamba, Tinoo Singh (Lefroy, Roll no 420!) and I attended. The timing for the funeral was […]
THE OLD COTTONIAN’S WEEK CELEBRATIONS ~ 2012
Programme : Wednesday, 23rd May: 08:15 a.m. – Chapel Service in the Holy Trinity Chapel 09:00 a.m. – Annual Past Vs Present games fixtures 12 noon – School Fete Thursday, 24th May : 09:00 a.m. – Annual Junior School Sports Day 08:00 p.m. – Dinner in the Headmaster’s Lodge Friday, 25th May : 09:00 a.m. – Annual Speech Day 11:00 […]
Kalka-Shimla Railway – documentary
Wonderful documentary by BBC4 on Simla/Shimla and the Kalka-Shimla Railway, which contains clips that every BCS boy will remember!
Mr Sasim DasGupta / BCS Memorabilia – Centenary Dinner Menu Card 1959
Mr. Sasim DasGupta was the Art Teacher at BCS. Here is an email from him which should bring back many fond memories for many OCs and BCS Teachers; and hopefully will be of interest to those who were at BCS in the later years as well! Here is a copy of the menu card of […]
My pet rabbit and Mr. Goss
(Editor’s note: The exchange with Mr Goss is, as expected, lively. Here is an amusing yet poignant incident which seems to have ended happily after 50 years!! Little boys do carry grudges, real or imagined. !! A background introduction is given to lend the correspondence a perspective The intervening mail from Badal inducts a spot […]
Correspondence with Mr. Ronald Goss :
Correspondence between OC Vijay Khurana and Mr. Ronald Goss for your reading pleasure: From: vk@devats.com To: rygoss@hotmail.com; Subject: I am a Cottonian – class of 1963 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:36:43 +0530 Dear Mr Goss, I am taking the liberty of introducing myself as former student of yours from BCS. I was a boarder and finished with […]
Peter Evans [Ibbetson 1938-44], passed on
Dear friends, On a beautiful spring morning while the birds were singing their first spring chorus my wonderful husband, stepfather, step grandfather and friend to many passed quietly away. These last 4 weeks where not easy for him and his death did not come as a surprise to us. We want to thank you all […]
Old Sanawarians v/s Old Cottonians Golf Tournament 2012
Dear OCs, This to inform you that the OCA (India) Northern Chapter had hosted the Old Sanawarians to play a Golf Tournament on the occasion of the Centennial Celebrations of OCA (India). This year the old Sanawarians are reciprocating by hosting the Old Cottonians for a Golf Tournament to be played on Saturday, 10th March […]