Peter Stringer Esq. Funeral 03 Sept 2020

Peter Stringer Esq. Funeral 03 Sept 2020   His grandson Ryan Stringer whom I first met in 2000 (now a fine looking gentleman) read  our BCS school prayer which his Grandad ( Peter) would’ve liked.  Ryan also wore Peter Sahib’s OCA UK Tie (that he designed whilst I was in the UK), BCS tie bar […]

BCS flies the Tricolor at Half-Mast today

Farewell Ex-President of India PRANAB MUKERJEE Farewell Old COttonian PETER STRINGER Both funerals on 3rd September 2020 at 1845 HRS India Standard Time BCS has the Tricolor and BCS flag at Half-Mast in Condolence and a mark of Respect.  

We bid farewell sadly to Peter Stringer / Lefroy 1943-47

Peter Arthur Stringer 18 February 1933 – 10 August 2020. It is with the greatest sadness that I write to tell you that Peter Stringer died peacefully in hospital early on Monday 10th August. > We pass our deepest sympathies and condolences to all his family and pray for their strength and fortitude in these […]

An Old Schoolboy

1943 to 1947 includes 5 years of my school life in Simla.   (Two years in Preparatory School in Chota Simla).   Now an Octogenarian does sum up many years ago. Strangely enough its indelible imprint on my life leave clusters of fond memories.    Born a Christian of British parentage out in India I have always classed […]

Two Old Cottonians

Sorry to be the messenger of sad news Two Old Cottonians My brother John Stringer  (Lefroy 1942-45) taken by COVID19  – Sunday 17 May 2020 we mourned his loss – his funeral was this afternoon at St Richard’s Chapel Surry & Sussex Crematorium . John was born in Khanai Balochistan (now Pakistan) on 24 July […]

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 […]

Think of Happy Days

Never before has a pandemic thrust the world into such a frenzy.    Nations, acutely consider the loss of life just as important as livelihoods and causing desperate economic measures for the future. It is just my feeling this may bring about surrender away from war & hate to global peace.      Behind all this […]

OCA UK Newsletter May 2019

Dear Fellow Cottonians, I hope to see a good gathering for our Annual OCA (UK) lunch at the Bombay Brasserie on Saturday 29 June. We will also be hoping to see plenty from abroad, including Deep Anand, Dimpy Mehra, and Vivek Bhasin from India and possibly Humayun Khan from Pakistan, with nearer, Peter Johans from […]