An absolute pillar of Bishop Cotton School : John William Winston Whitmarsh-Knight

An obituary found by Vivek Bhasin on the Dulwich College website published in the annual Alleyn Club Yearbook A wonderful obituary to John Whitmarsh Knight who I still feel floating in all our midst… On His teaching assignment at BCS Simla he described this..”as the happiest and most fulfilling period of his life …” Although […]

Rainbow over BCS

An incredibly beautiful photograph of BCS with a full arch Rainbow was sent to us today 27th April 2020, Mr. Aseem Kukreti [BCS Economics Teacher] is the photographer of this image. Thank you sir!

Some random thoughts – Indi Khanna

On the cusp of adding another year in my life I find myself, uncharacteristically, sitting idle at my clean-as-a-whistle office table.  With little else to do, one’s mind does tend to wander.  So today I very consciously gave it a free rein, allowing it to meander along down my 67 years, picking up little bits […]

Introduction by Mr. Simon David Weale [MA Oxon] – new Director [HM] of BCS

I am writing to introduce myself as the new Director of Bishop Cotton School. As you may be aware my title is to be Director rather than Headmaster. The Board of Governors of Bishop Cotton School feels this title more accurately reflects the multi-faceted nature of modern school leadership.  I am responsible to the Board of […]

Two videos of Bishop Cotton School Simla – produced by Sam Mathews.

Wonderful!What else can one say.  Brings back huge amount of memories.Gentleman has done a great job and yeoman service!Cheers!Indi [Gurrinder Khanna 1969 Batch]——- This was a great send. Love the school and proud to be a COTTONIAN.Tejindar Randhawa, Roll no.864,Curzon house1977.——- So many shots in these videos took me down memory lane. Also made me realize […]

Letter to, and reply from Mr. Goss

Letter to Mr Goss from Vijay Khurana and OCs: My dear Mr Goss, On behalf of my friends, the Old Cottonians, and myself, we wish you every happiness and good health on your 90th birthday. Congratulations. You were instrumental in affecting the lives of so many of us. You taught us a lot of valuable lessons […]

Treasure trove of Photographs!

We have received a treasure trove of photographs [around 680]. This precious collection has been built by Kanwarjit Singh [Partap] Grewal over the years by photos he has in his collection, by those received from various OCs and some that he came across. Partap’s message and the gallery to his DropBox folders appear via this […]