Update – people we knew. Message from Mr Goss

Dear All, I received the following message from Mr Ronald Goss I regret to inform you. that Mr. Das Gupta‘s daughter phoned me several months ago to inform me that he had died.  I was sorry to get the news, although it came as no surprise – he sounded very feeble the last time he spoke to me.  […]

Curzon House photos : 1954 & 1962

Dear All, RS Sodhi has been kind enough to loan me photo album and I am now forwarding for your records, the Curzon House photographs for the for the years 1954 (Amar Singh Gill as House Captain) and the one for 1962 when RS was House Captain. Incidentally Amar Singh Gill became a commercial pilot. […]

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS [and the exchange of emails with Mr and Mrs Goss

16th Dec 2022 Dear family and friends. Ron and I found the isolation over the past three years very tough. Especially Ron who felt that three years of his travelling life was taken away. Ron is 93 and a half, and I turned 83 last month. We did take a short cruise from Vancouver to Alaska on […]

Birthday greetings: David Wood-Robinson [Ibbetson 1940-44]!

Our very special Old Cottonian Mr. David Wood-Robinson is 94 years young today the 29th September 2022. We wish him many many happy returns and all best wishes for a super-duper day today and many more to come. 🥂 Happy birthday! Here is David’s email reply to the greetings message:

Inter School Alumni Golf Challenge 2022

Gentlemen registration is now open for the Alumni Challenge – Participation fee : ₹6000.00 The format for the tournament remains the same as last 3 years. 12 max players, 9 scores including the 2 best gross to be considered in the calculation for the championship. Kindly message regarding details of the payment made with name, […]

Vinod Stokes – Tribute by Deepak Stokes

Best Loser Award. In our school there was no MVP award because in a team everyone is a MVP. But we did have the highest award “The Best Loser” award. Boxing was compulsory for everyone. When you had someone who fought back like a tiger and lost you got this award “ The Best Loser […]

Tribute: Harminder Singh Atwal “Bindi”  (6th October 1943- 27th July, 2022)

History and posterity will always remember Arjun Atwal, the international golfer from India who now lives in Orlando. Not many know he is the son of Rupinder and Harminder Atwal. Arjun’s father Harminder, popularly known to his friends as “Bindi” passed away on July 27, 2022 after a battle with cancer. Bindi had a big […]