Live-feed during BCS sesquicentennial celebrations
Here is a message from Vivek Bhasin I am trying to coordinate a live feed through a famous news network during our sesquicentennial celebrations in Simla. What I would need is max: 2 to 3 lines of good wishes/memories etc from OCs world wide that I would transmit over the airwaves….please respond by posting […]
Final programme of Sesquicentennial Celebrations October 2nd to 6th 2009
9/September/09:The programme has been revised. Click here for the updated schedule. BISHOP COTTON SCHOOL SHIMLA SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS 1859 – 2009 Finale 2009 FRIDAY OCTOBER 2nd – MONDAY OCTOBER 6th inclusive Day 1 Friday 2nd October 2009 Special OCs train Kalka – Kathlee Ghat Depart Kalka 12:)) noon Arrival 4.30 pm Courtesy […]
BCS 150th Founders Day – Dinner and Dance at Delhi
Here are some photos taken at the dinner party we had the Ashoka Hotel for the 150 yr celebrations. Sadly the attendance by the OC’s was low, but we all had fun. Vijay Singh [Kuttu] Link for the slide show of photos
Sesquicentennial writings (Vivek Bhasin)
Sesquicentennial…( 28th July 2009) It took a while for me to grasp the word…prior to that all I was blabbering was 150th…you know 150th..you know..and stuff. I had just been bumped off, actually refused boarding on the late flight from Guayaquil Ecuador to San Jose Costa Rica all because of a lack of a Yellow […]
Curzon House Centenary 2009
Curzon House celebrates its Centenary (1909 – 2009) on 1st October 2009 at BCS Shimla. A Lunch, cultural programme, followed by a lavish Dinner , Jam session with DJ etc is being planned by Curzon House in October 2009. the date will probably be 5th Oct 09 and a voluntary contribution is appreciated. Curzon house […]
BCS – 150 YEARS TODAY!
28th July 2009 Bishop Cotton School Shimla India celebrates its 150th year today, having been founded this day in 1859. THREE CHEERS! Pratibha Chauhan Tribune News Service Shimla, July 28 Celebrating its sesquicentennial jubilee, Asia’s oldest public school, Bishop Cotton, has earned yet another distinction as it became the first school to be associated […]
BCS Sesquicentennial Celebrations – a few hotel rooms still available at Shimla
Dear All, We have less than 3 months to go before we meet in Shimla to celebrate the sesquicentennial of BCS . We have confirmations from 100 couples . However, I feel there are many more who have not applied their mind whether they will attend or not. This is to bring to the notice […]
Hotel accomodation for Sesquicentennial celebrations at BCS Shimla
Dear OC’s This is to intimate that OCA (India) has blocked rooms at the following hotels for stay from 2nd October to 5th October 2009 1) 30 rooms at hotel Eastbourne with special rate of Rs. 4400/- per room per day inclusive of taxes and breakfast. All OC’s who wish to stay at this hotel may kindly send 50% advance by […]
Ruskin Bond – Memories of Bishop Cotton School
Memories of Bishop Cotton School At 75, popular author Ruskin Bond decides to take a stroll down memory lane and relive a day spent with his father 65 years back. If you can get an entire year off from school when you are nine-years-old, and can have a memorable time with a great father, […]
SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS – update 8th May 09
Dear OC’s As you are aware, our Alma Mater – Bishop Cotton School Shimla – will be celebrating its Sesquicentennial (150th) Anniversary in October 2009. To commemorate this historic occasion, a series of events are planned between October 2-5, 2009. A tentative Programme has been drawn up by the School in consultation with the Board […]