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 […]

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 […]

Of Simla, Delhi, Calcutta, Bishop Cotton School, Indian Railways, Game Reserves……

An interesting article on the internet. The Price family section contains personal accounts of different aspects of life of the British in India from the early 1920’s to partition in 1947 during the British Raj. It includes memories of Simla, Delhi, Calcutta, Bishop Cotton School, Indian Railways, Game Reserves, Wartime experiences in Borneo, Labuan and Rangoon. […]