OCA UNITED KINGDOM – ANNUAL REUNION LUNCH 2009

OCA UNITED KINGDOM ANNUAL REUNION LUNCH MARLBOROUGH COLLEGE MARLBOROUGH WILTSHIRE SN8 Time:           11:00 am Charges:      £ 25 with drink refreshments Dress:          Tie and Blazer or lounge suits please   Chairman’s Letter The great day is upon us – 1st July 2009. Old Cottonians are gathering from East and West, from India, Pakistan, Europe, Canada and the […]

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 […]

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 […]

OCA India Balance Sheets, AGM and Lunch 8th Feb 09

Dear Cottonians The OCA India balance sheets are online, and a notice for the OCA India AGM/Lunch [to be held on 8th February 2009 at Gymkhana Club New Delhi] can be read here. You can download the form here.

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 […]