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 […]

OCA UK – Winter 2008 News Letter

OLD COTTONIANS (UK) WINTER NEWSLETTER 2008 CHAIRMAN’S CHRISTMAS LETTER Dear Friends I write at a time our thoughts turn to Christmas and family and New Year and future hopes.    However, this year has been deeply affected by the dire financial situation worldwide and the tragic ruthless loss of lives in Mumbai, not to mention Africa […]

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 […]

An invitation to OCs of the 1960s. Read on..

And, do I have the time to read all this, when all I do is read the headlines in the papers! And that too, if they have a picture attached to it!   No pictures here today, Pal !   [Webmaster’s note – We got one! The man himself. From friends in high places]:   […]

Class of 1981 Silver Jubilee 2006

Class of 1981 Silver Jubilee 2006   All those who made it to the silver jubilee reunion of the batch of 1981 must have felt that same twinge of anticipation as I did when I set out for BCS on the morning of the 9th of November, 2006. I had arranged to stay at Khalini […]

Class of 1956 Golden Jubilee 2006

CLASS OF 1956 GOLDEN JUBILEE 2006 The following 22 OCs from the class of 1956 ( we were 28 in school ) contributed Rs.10,000/- each towards the Golden Jubilee Award for the all-round Best Cottonian of the Year, besides booking themselves in for stay at Eastbourne Hotel : Curzon:  Ashok Batra, Anil Sikand , Ashok […]

Class of 1954 Golden Jubilee 2004

THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE CLASS OF 1954 23-26 SEP 2004, BCS, SIMLA 50 eventful years have mellowed the Class of 54- a class of 29 boys for the Senior Cambridge. The fairytale reunion coincided with Speech Day from 23-26 Sept 04 in School. Most of  the class had left at the age of 16 & […]