A Very Old Story
Dear All My name is D(Dick). F.Q. Bas Backer. After some searching,I found this website and decided I would send you my story. I am now 76 years old. On the 29th of December 1945, together with my parents and my sister, I arrived in Shimla. My father had been appointed to the Netherlands consulate […]
School History and some memories….
Dear Old Cottonians Old Cottonian Richard [Dick] D’Abreu from Australia wrote in recently and has also sent in a few pictures, appended below. It was good to read the History of BCS, written up in so much detail. I was able to recall the part written up from 1936 to 1946, the accuracy of which […]
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 […]
Batch of 1971 – 40th year reunion at BCS
Dear Headmaster Robinson, Attached is a letter of appreciation on behalf of the Class of ’71 for all your efforts in making our visit to BCS for our 40th Anniversary Celebrations such a resounding success. With Warmest Regards Vikram Sodhi C 62-71 Member Executive Committee OCA (INDIA) [Click the image of the letter or the pictures […]
The School BELL
THE SCHOOL BELL. All Cottonians remember well the school’s BELL that stood on the First Flat – and the various different tones and ringing patterns that were struck to denote the TIME, BREAK, LUNCH, END OF SCHOOL DAY, PREP TIME, etc …. Recently, we had an email from OC Richard D’Abreu [Curzon 1936-46]: My thanks […]
BCS stands 3rd rank among the top 10 Boarding Schools in India
Bishop Cotton School Shimla stands 3rd rank among the top 10 Boarding Schools in India, the article had been published in the TOI, dated Sept 14, 2011. A copy of which is attached below. Regards, Wendy Dewan [Click for a full view]
Sanawar Invitational Golf 2011 – photos
Photos courtesy of H.S. Gill from his Google Picasa albums are now available online: Golf 2011 Tournament and Prize Distribution photos ENJOY!
BCS in WW2 – by David M. Wood-Robinson
I and my two brothers, Mark & Colin, were some of the large number of boys who came out in 1940 to spend the war in India with our parents; while Europe was in turmoil and even the defeat of Britain seemed a possibility. Mark & I came out with about 600 other children on […]