Saturday, October 20, 2007
Breeks Reunion December 2007
UPDATE at http://joychase.blogspot.com/2007/12/breeks-reunion-update.html
Dear Friends and Fellow Breeksites:
From Long Ago, fifty years to be exact…
Did we ever think we'd get here? Remember when we made plans for life after school? Little did we know then the changes that we would experience in ourselves and the world. Fifty years is no small length of time.
For some years now, several of us have been thinking of a 50th Reunion. First we thought: where will we have it? Manohar Devadatta, who is now on the Board of Hebron Schools, suggested: "Why not Ooty?" Ooty is the crux of it, the embryonic stage of our lives. We talked when I visited India in 2003. Since then I have met with or reconnected with many from the class of 1957—in no order and with maiden names inserted they are—Muriel Webb Brinicombe (UK), Wendy Munro Addo (Canada), Florence Gould Fountain (NZ), Brian Pimm-Smith (UK), Chilly Willy (NZ), David Pospisal (USA), Eunice Anderson Kolb (USA), Fay Rahman Vohra (INDIA), Glenyss MacDonald Fulop (AUS), June Pritchard Hunningford (UK), Manohar Devaddata (INDIA) mentioned above, and Toivo Yjrola (FINLAND) rediscovered by Fay's friend last week! Darlene Tiessen (via Terry in CANADA), Elspeth Thompson Vernon (UK) no contact, Draper (none), Chris Holcolme (none), Robin Stanford (none), others I have not found. I know there are more. Please add contact info and names for the illustrious class of 1957.
Many of you have said you may come to the reunion. I know that Brian, Wendy, Manohar, Fay, Darlene and I have made arrangements to come. We'll be missing the rest of you unless you hurry and buy your tickets now. If you cannot come, please send us a message of greeting to read to the group.
Because we were sparse to begin with (17 in all) and few can actually come to Ooty, we have opened the Reunion up to all Breeks past pupils and also to Hebronites who wish to join in. The Reunion will be December 27-30, 2007. The first meeting will be in Selbourne where Alastair Reid, the current principal of Hebron will lead the kick-off at 9 AM. None of us is "in charge" so please help with whatever you can . It is difficult to arrange things from thousands of miles away. And, when we are there let's not forget to get some pictures and share them on the web. I have loaded some of my old photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos
Who else is coming from other classes? Margo Chase Heyburn, Terry, Sharon and Carol Tiessen, Doralle and her brother Jeff Vines, Howard Bath, Gwen, others—please send me your names to add to the list. We welcome all. List family who may come, too.
Thank you to Fay and Manohar for getting together and creating a tentative schedule.
BREEKS REUNION PROGRAMME (NOT YET CARVED IN STONE)
Thursday, 27th December, 2007
0900 Assemble at Hebron School (Lushington Hall +91 423 2442587, 2442372, 2450760 or 2450770)
0930 Address by Alastair Reid, Principal of Hebron and Devotions
1000 Guided tour of Hebron. See Toda village. Raj Bhavan (Governor's House), Tibetan Market, Lunch at Selborne +91 423 2442298 or 2450765 (discuss programme).
1500 Tour of Breeks School. (Donation requested to buy chairs for assembly hall.) Visit Clifton Grange (and Botanical Gardens).
1830 Dosai dinner. (Chandan Restaurant @ Hotel Nahar).
Friday, 28th December, 2007
0900 Meet at Ooty railway station.
0915 Depart by train to Coonoor
1030 Arrive Coonoor.
1045 Trip to Lamb's rock / Lady Canning's Seat / SIM's Park. Lunch at Fay's home on Tiger Hill. (Thank you, Fay!)
1500 Guided tour of old Hebron premises
1600 Leave for Coonoor railway station
1630 Depart by train to Ooty
1745 Arrive Ooty
1830 Desi Chinese dinner. (Fay to arrange—possibly Shogun, Jade Garden, other.)
Saturday, 29th December 2007
0900 Meet at Selbourne. Trip by bus with packed lunch to Dodabetta, Avalanche, Glenmorgan Tea Estate, Ooty Lake (places to be selected by proximity and time).
1830 or later, dinner at Ooty Club or other (to be arranged by Fay)
Sunday, 30th December 2007
1045 Union Church service option
1230 Farewell Lunch buffet (Sullivan Court Hotel or other)
1500 Nilgiri train leaves (check times) or stay on
Information:
Taxis: JS Travels 9443021947 alternate Fatima Travels 9360101550/0423
Handicrafts and warm clothing: Kyrali (Charing Cross road), Tibetan Market—Bylakuppe (near Botanical Gardens), Toda Embroidery Sales Outlet, Chandirams, Chandini junction (Ooty market).
Places to Stay: Montauban or Holiday Inn, others in Ooty. Brooklands Guest House, Wallingford Hotel, other in Coonoor. Some of us are meeting on December 25 th in Coonoor to spend Christmas Day together. Contact: Terry Tiessen (time TBA).
This is a long email that has taken me awhile to compile. Please forward to interested parties and print it out for yourself. Reply to All (adding your email address so that when we reply to All you will be included.) I have intentionally put all the email address in the To area so that we can "talk" to each other and renew our contacts.
God Bless. Joy
Breeks Memorial School motto: AD REM—relevant; pertinent, to the point.
Here are some websites to check. They are difficult to update but we will try to have the names updated and maybe the schedule posted. Please send others that may be useful.
http://www.alumni.hebronooty
http://groups.yahoo.com/group
http://www.alumni.hebronooty
http://nilgiris.nic.in/placeofi
http://gwenberwick.blogspot.com On the Move
http://www.dosai.com (just for fun)
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