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 & returned at the age of 66. This nostalgic trip down memory lane has to be experienced to believe. The camaraderie , exchange of bear hugs , meandering down memory lane, reminiscing the mischief , canning , studying under quilts for the final winter exams, attending the mark reading in the Irwin Hall and the HM announcing “29……, 28….., 27….., these boys have failed ….” The Silence ! The Irwin Hall hissed with relief !! Sanawar matches, “bogs”, naked showers etc, chipoo’s tuck shop with “Aloo- tak” & the numerous trips to town to see movies/Aucky & Chelsea girls!! When we had mumps & there was no town leave, it was always a mystery as to how Aucky also acquired mumps soon thereafter!

The school looked splendid , dressed as it were. The School put out a red-carpet treatment and the Class of 54 responded gratefully. The events commenced with a Three Act English Play “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee William - perhaps the best play in the last 10 years, followed by drinks at the HM’s Lodge. The Class of 54 hosted a dinner thereafter. The Chapel Service next day was outstanding. A special prayer was said for Surinder Singh from the Class 54 who after making all reservation was admitted to a hospital. Thereafter the school Padre blessed and prayed for the 9 of our classmates who are no longer with us. A plaque was erected between the Vestry  and Altar in the School Chapel given at the end of the article. At the High Table Lunch, mementos were presented to the class of 54. The most outstanding event was the NCC parade , Mass P.T. display followed by a Torch light display. Thereafter, the HM hosted a dinner at the Lodge for the visitors. At the dinner, all the Old Boys, Specially the class of 54 kept saying  “……better than our times….”.

The next day was Speech Day followed by dinner at Clarkes hosted by Toti Aggarwal. On Sunday , the “oldies” were not upto Golf at Naldera , but attended the lunch hosted by Col Dewan at Baldian, Simla-7, along with other OCs of Simla.

We are now planning to meet again 2009-2010 at the age of 70-71 for the Sesquicentennial of the School and the Centenary of the OCA.

Thank you Headmaster & thank you Bishop Cotton!  

Those who attended from the class of 54
Paul Tonk, Dr. Sumanjit Singh (Germany), Dr Daljit Singh (England), Col R Dewan, Harkishen Singh, V.K Aggarwal, Brijesh Narain, R Gupta, A.S Gill (Malaysia), Kamaljit Singh, K.B Khanna, Maj. Vijay Singh Mankotia, B.D. Irani (Switzerland).

Those who could not attend due to various reasons after making all reservations
Maj. Balwant Singh, Surinder Singh, Brig H.K Dhawan , Ranjit Puri.

Greetings were sent by
Pratap Sharma (Bombay), Inderjit Chadda (New Zealand) , Prabala SJB Rana (Nepal ambassador to UK).

REUNION  BATCH OF 1954 IN 2004

Other OCs  who attended
I.S. Bath (R 48-55), Andreas Kirschner II (R 46-50) (Germany), Napinder Chahal (C 43-51), Ripudaman (L 48-52), G.S. Dhingra (L 1943), K.C. Anand (R 48-56), Bharat Inder Singh (C 51-59), Anup Singh (I 54-60), Mr A.C. & Mrs. Ormilla  Advani.

Not to Forget
D Singh(Cecil) who turned up for Lunch two weeks after the event at Baldian at Col R Dewan’s Residence, stating that he was not sure which class he was from, having joined 2 classes ahead of us and finished 2 behind !!