John Long Gone Moved On..
yet flying back I glided in.. soft landing in the courtyard amongst my brooding friends.. We all .. Birds of one feather .. the pigeons and I the only grey.. walking amongst the lot. I find my way amongst the hustle and bustle to where he was sitting .. every morning.. ‘Fore sun up he […]
Miss Marie Bonnaud…The Boys from BCS
…. 7th April 1990…. MS Scandinavian Star a passenger and car ferry plying between Olso Norway and Fredrikshavn Denmark, experienced a heart wrenching maritime disaster orchestrated by way of a planned sabotage by a few of the vessel’s crew members. This resulted in a fatalistic fire resulting in 159 deaths… One of the root causes […]
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 […]
AN ABSOLUTE PILLAR OF BISHOP COTTON SCHOOL JOHN WHITMARSH KNIGHT – passed on
AN ABSOLUTE PILLAR OF BISHOP COTTON SCHOOL JOHN WHITMARSH KNIGHT I am deeply deeply grieved to be the bearer of sad news… A noble soul a gentleman and a scholar, my mentor since 1999 though I can swear by The Almighty that he was omnipresent in me from the day I was born, John Whitmarsh […]
Way down memory lane!
A fantastic true shot of the First Flat, circa 1913, discovered by John Whitmarsh Knight among his family memorabilia. Vivek Bhasin [L 1961-70] says “John Whitmarsh-Knight, nephew of Tubby Whitmarsh-Knight taught English and internationalism at BCS for three years and ratcheted up the ranking of the School; the boys excelled in English and topped the charts! The […]
The Sesquicentennial Coordination-committee
THE SESQUICENTENNIAL COORDINATION COMMITTEE It is recommended that there be a maximum of three batch coordinators each batch (year wise) for maintaining appropriate decorum for the duration of celebration. The attached names per batch from 47 – onwards are recommended. However if any one else wishes to volunteer his services he will be more than […]