OCA UNITED KINGDOM – ANNUAL REUNION LUNCH 2009
OCA UNITED KINGDOM ANNUAL REUNION LUNCH MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE MARLBOROUGH WILTSHIRE SN8 Time: 11:00 am Charges: £ 25 with drink refreshments Dress: Tie and Blazer or lounge suits please Chairman’s Letter The great day is upon us – 1st July 2009. Old Cottonians are gathering from East and West, from India, Pakistan, Europe, Canada and the […]
Sesquicentennial Celebrations in October 2009 and the Proposed Itinerary
9th March 2009 from D.C. Anand – President OCA India PROPOSED ITINERARY SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS Day Date: 2009 Programme/Event Tentative Timings 1 Fri 2nd October Train Kalka – Shimla 1200 hrs HM’s Dinner 1st Flat 1930 hrs 2 […]
BCS Living Treasures in Australia
An exchange of emails from OC’s in Australia, initiated by Rishi Rana: Michael Pratt Lefroy( 1943 – 1951) From: Michael J Pratt Sent: 20-Feb-2009 9:05 AM To: Rana, Rishi Subject: Re: BCS Sesquicentennial Celebrations October 2009 Thanks received your recent e-mail enquiring whether we had received the earlier message regarding the 150 year reunion in […]
What Bishop Cotton School means to me
What Bishop Cotton School means to me….. The Year: 2009 Echoes of the past constantly enter my head, from the young squealing little five year old entering Linlithgow to the little chump and later teenager. Having finished my ISC at the tender age of 15 I left school in the sixth form wearing a rag […]
Design for a BCS/OCA sticker or badge….
Enclosing a design for the 150 year school celebrations. You could use it as a car sticker or sunshade for car…. Kuttu. Click it for a larger view
Good reading
A collection of “Good Reading” articles in a ZIP file were sent in by Partap Grewal. You can download the file here [best to right-click the link and save the file to your PC for a faster download]. Enjoy!
Ah, English!
Sometimes, I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. We will begin with a box, and the plural is boxes. But the plural of ox became oxen not oxes, One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese. Yet, the plural of […]
OCA UK – Winter 2008 News Letter
OLD COTTONIANS (UK) WINTER NEWSLETTER 2008 CHAIRMAN’S CHRISTMAS LETTER Dear Friends I write at a time our thoughts turn to Christmas and family and New Year and future hopes. However, this year has been deeply affected by the dire financial situation worldwide and the tragic ruthless loss of lives in Mumbai, not to mention Africa […]
BCS Sesquicentennial – 2009
Quoting a message from the Organizing Committee: Subject: Fw: Sesqui-centennial celebrations of BCS , Shimla Dear OC’s BCS is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2009. For all Bishop Cotton School alumni, this represents a historic occasion. To celebrate this momentous event, OCA (India) wishes to intimate to you the following:- 1. A co-ordinating committee […]
OCA India Balance Sheets, AGM and Lunch 8th Feb 09
Dear Cottonians The OCA India balance sheets are online, and a notice for the OCA India AGM/Lunch [to be held on 8th February 2009 at Gymkhana Club New Delhi] can be read here. You can download the form here.