This is what I call classic nostalgic info

The response was swift to my last posting. 69er Zahid Parkar had this to add.

Re: "The treasures..."

There was Mr Chand who sat in the first floor office where we paid our fees. This office also had the "lost and found" where we would look for misplaced fountain pens. There invariably was a large collection but never the missing one !

The second floor stationery shop was manned by Mr D'Souza (not the teacher).

Apart from stationery and texts, we also bought our hockey sticks from him !!

What I remember of our tuck shop is lining up by the window for hot veg samosas that were sold out as soon as they arrived in a basket, packed in paper packets 3 to a packet for 25np.

Then there were lemon drops and bulls eyes, pencil like candy sticks wrapped in cellophane, packets of spicy chana and dal. There also was a ice cream freezer in the corridor with choccream stick for 15np while the vanilla cost 25np.

During my time the Tuck shop was manned by prefects.

When the shed was replaced by the "new building" the tuck shop was converted to the prefects room.


These are memories of the early 60s in school.

Will Ravi Nangia corroborate the above? I believe he was one year senior to me.

Zahid Parkar
savage 69

Almost everything fits my memory (except the np bit as we were in Rs. Annas. Pies era) especially the ice cream sticks - and not the samosas.

Zahid, made my mouth to water and freeze in this Arctic environment. So I am literally dumbstruck!

And hot of the press: We have today located 59er Trevor Newnes. He is now one of our 59er Google Group. 59er Hasnain Chinwalla gets the credit for locating this one.

Trevor was an outstanding sportsman representing the school in almost all the field sports as well as athletics.