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A ROAM AROUND

THESE PAGES ARE A JUMBLED MIXTURE OF PHOTOS OF A ROAM AROUND THE
SCHOOL. IN SOME CASES IT WILL BE LEFT TO YOU TO REMEMBER WHERE THE
SUBJECT OF THE PHOTO IS LOCATED. MAY 2000.

LOOKING UP FROM THE CHOCOLATE GATE. TO THE LEFT
IS WHAT IN MY DAY WAS CALLED THE CHAPEL ROSE
GARDEN. TODAY IT IS A VEGETABLE GARDEN

LOOKING DOWN TO CHOCOLATE GATE WHICH IS NOW
A GREEN TURNSTILE. THE CHAPEL IS BEHIND YOU.

UPPER PLAYING FIELD, TENNIS COURTS NEXT TO THE
DINING ROOM, INFIRMARY TO THE REAR. ABOVE PHOTO
IS TAKEN FROM SAME POSITION, DIFFERENT ANGLE.

LOOKING DOWN THE STEPS, PAST THE BELL TO THE CHAPEL
SIDE DOOR. TURN RIGHT AT THE BELL LEADS TO THE DINING
ROOM, HANDBALL COURT AND PILL DISPENSARY.

THE DINING ROOM LOOKING TOWARDS THE LAY TEACHERS
DINING AREA DOOR. DO YOU REMEMBER THE TOAST THEY
HAD AND WE DIDN'T. I RECALL THE FOOD AS BEING
EXCELLENT, AND VARIED. THE NUNS SHOULD BE PROUD.

THIS STATUE IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE KITCHEN DOOR FROM
DINING ROOM.

THE INFIRMARY IS ELEVATED TO THE RIGHT, AND TO THE
LEFT SAINT MICHAELS DORMITORY.

SAINT MICHAELS DORM. SR. BASIL LIVED THROUGH THE
DOOR TO RIGHT. THE STATUE OF SAINT GEORGE AND THE
DRAGON IS NO MORE.

THE BOYS WASH AREA, TOILETS THROUGH FAR DOOR.
LOOKS LIKE SOME MAINTENANCE IN PROGRESS TODAY.

IN THE BUILDING DIRECTLY BEHIND THE GROTTO IS THIS
STAIRCASE AND STATUE OF MARY. THE HALL-WAY AT
THE TOP LEADS TO THE GALLERY AROUND THE HALL.

THE GIRLS WASHROOM, AT THE TOP OF THE ABOVE
STAIRS. THE DOOR ON THE RIGHT LEADS DOWNSTAIRS
TO THE BATH ROOM, WITH THE NAME OF, THE DUNGEON
BIG AND LITTLE TWINS AND THE BACHELOR.

THE STAIRS ABOVE CAN BE SEEN AT THE TOP OF THIS
PHOTO. IN MY DAY 54 TO 56, THE ROOM ON THE LEFT WAS
USED FOR A TUCK SHOP, AND THEN A STORE ROOM FOR
SPORTING EQUIPMENT. TO THE RIGHT OF IT WAS A STAFF
ROOM. IT WAS BUILT IN 1955, FROM GRANITE QUARRIED
FROM THE HILL BELOW SINCLAIR HOUSE.

THE BADMINTON COURT. SISTER CELESTINE, THE MOST
KINDLY NUN I CAN RECALL, CONDUCTED STD. 4 BEHIND
THE TWO FAR WINDOWS ON THE LEFT, ABOVE THEM
WHERE THE BLOCKED IN WINDOWS ARE, SR. MARGARET
POWER, CURRENTLY CONDUCTS THE "WOMEN'S INSTIT-
UTE FOR DEVELOPMENT." INDIAN GIRLS ARE TAUGHT
COMPUTING, DRESS MAKING ETC.

                   SISTER MARGARET POWER.
           E-MAIL PCK94@md5.vsnl.net.in
      YOU can donate, give Sister a call.

STRAIGHT AHEAD WERE TWO PIANO ROOMS, TODAY
THEY ARE USED FOR DRESS MAKING, AND TO THE
RIGHT STD. 4.

THE TWO CLASSROOMS ABOVE WERE IN THE SAME
BUILDING AS THE HALL AND CONNECTED BY THE DOOR
SHOWN IN ABOVE PICTURE.

ANYONE FOR HOP-SCOTCH. THAT'S THE HALL IN THE
MIDDLE PICTURE. NOTE THE WHITE SCALLOPED WALL
IS NO MORE, REPLACED WITH AN ORDINARY FLAT ONE
SEEN HERE.

THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT WAS THE SCALLOPED WALL
DOWN TOWARDS FERN HILL ROAD.

DO YOU RECALL HOW WE USED TO WRITE OUR NAMES
ON THE SCHOOL WALL, WELL THEY ARE STILL THERE
BY THE HUNDREDS; THESE TWO GIRLS ARE STUDYING
THEM, AND IN A LOT OF INSTANCES THE NAMES ARE
WELL PRESERVED. HERE ARE SOME.

A HORRID LITTLE VANDAL - ME FLEUR MANLEY 1956
JONATHAN MANLEY 1954/55/56. MY LITTLE SISTER

THE BOYS USED TO HAVE SUCH FUN BUILDING A DAM
AGAINST THAT ROCK IN THE CENTRE PICTURE. A SPRING
BELOW THE ROCK PROVIDED THE WATER. MR. KELLY
LIVED IN THE HOUSE ABOVE, AND HIS CRAB-APPLES
GREW IN BETWEEN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE PHOTOS PLEASE E-MAIL THEM TO ME AND I SHALL INCLUDE THEM HERE. I TRUST YOU ENJOYED THE ROAM AROUND THE PRESENTATION CONVENT KODAIKANAL.
Jonathan Manley.