Memories

Articles

• A Hellein (1914) wrote this letter to the boys, published in the first Abu Oriole, 1959
• A G Otto's (1919) Journey into Nostalgia was published in the Abu Oriole, 1969
• Ken Staynor (1945) recalls his three years at SMS—a candid, bittersweet account of the heyday of the “strap” era
• Aloysius D'Souza (1951) shares this chapter on his Abu years, from his memoirs, a work in progress
• Chris Joseph (1956) transcribed his diary from his final year in Abu, with correspondence and updates from recent get-togethers.  This is a large download, in 3 volumes, each 3-4 Mb.  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
• Bob Amore (1957) describes his 1998 trip for the reunion ... with photographs
• Bob Amore (1957) write about a June 2000 reunion he organized around Br Barrett's trip to UK.  There's a sad postscript to the story, indicating that it's never too early to organize a meeting of your mates.
• Peter Piggott (1963) describes the end-of-year trip to Bombay.  From the Abu Oriole, 1959
• Victor Menezes (1964) wrote this cute bit of poetry for the Abu Oriole in 1959, while in Class 3
• Victor Nazareth (1972) describes his 1999 trip Down Memory Lane
• Atish Sanyal (1972) describes his 1997 trip home
• Stephen de Silva (1972) writes in praise of the Maharaja
• Your editor describes in detail the art of making the perfect cattie
• Andrew Abranches (1985) wrote this poem, A Night on Golden Horn, in honour of Br Kevin Ward's hikes up the legendary peak
  
• Not by an Abuite, On Board the Bombay Express from the New York Times brings back memories of train travel in India
• A brief history of the Christian Brothers in India

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