45er checks in

Head Boy's Plaque, photograph from
the 59er Hasnain Chinwala / Chhaya Purwar collection

Trevor Newnes (somewhere in New Zealand) and Mark Sopher (somewhere in Israel) were 59ers. Mark was also in Savage House and also School Hockey Goalkeeper, like me! In those days it appears that only Savage House could produce hockey goalkeepers, as following me (2 years - 1958 and 1959) was the late Savageite, Jaswant Ghatge, and he was followed by Savageite Mark. Trevor, a Palmerite, sang in the Cathedral Church Choir, also like me!

Former Head Boys, Savageites 56er Ubi and 57er Bhupi, are regular readers of this blog.

I read with great interest an excellent reminiscence by a 45er Desmond Kinnersley, Wilson, about his life as a Boarder in School.

I decided to drop Des an email asking for photographs from his time. I had this quick reply from him.

Dear Jacob,

Many thanks for your e mail and glad that you found my article on life as a boarder in the 1940's interesting.

I am sorry that I haven't any other photographs of the school; I used to have quite a few but moving around the world and the march of time I seem to have mislaid all the others.

I was Head Boarder and a School Prefect in 1945 and was in Wilson House. I certainly look back with nostalgia and remember the happy times I had at the school.

I had another e mail from an ex Cathedralite, Ellis Sion who is living in the US. He was in the Scout photograph I put on the Website. He had lost his copy and was very pleased to be able to get another one. Unfortunately my replies to him don't seem to reach him as he has an aol address and for some reason I seem to have trouble with my messages getting through to people who use aol. I don't know whether you knew him.

Do you have any other Cathedralites on your blog site who were at the School during the period 1943-1945?

All the best and keep in touch.

Des Kinnersley

So Des is presently the oldest Cathedralite online in my records. I am sure the 47ers and 49ers would certainly like to be in touch with Des.

Welcome to our blog, Des. I am sure many would like to hear of your life in school at that time. This is THE nostalgia and reunion link site for people from 1945 to 2006!