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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
	THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. I have been approached by a Swiss fertilizer manufacturer for permission to use this lovely photograph as a product label.
	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.
	DINING ROOM AND KITCHEN FROM TENNIS COURT
	THE WHITE DINING ROOM DOOR FROM TENNIS COURT
	WALKING DOWN FROM KELLY'S HOUSE
	THE CHAPEL, SCHOOL BELL TOWER, DINING ROOM.
	THE BELL. I RECALL WE ENTICED A JUNIOR BOY TO RING THE BELL ABOUT 3:00AM ONE MORNING, OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES!!. HE RANG THE BELL, AND FLED BACK TO BED.
	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 HANDBALL COURT.
	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.
	SR. MARY BASIL.MAY 2000. Has promised to write a history of P.C.K. for this web site, still to come.
	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 THAT LEAD TO THE DUNGEON ETC. Bogard Roggendorf fell down these stairs and cut his leg open on the saw of a passing carpenter. The wound was sewn up without anesthetic. I recall that the fmily owned an Alsatian dog called Bella.
	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 INSTITUTE 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.
	My classroom, directly behind the one above, where Miss Stokoe held court in 1954/5/6
	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.
	ANNE VAN GEYZEL 17.5.47. I WONDER WHERE SHE IS NOW.
	YOU DECIDE WHO THEY ARE.
	Me, Jonathan Manley 1954/5/6- what a horrid little vandal.
	Fleur Manley, my little sister who was the top ballet dancer at the school, excluding Clair Blagg, WHO'S BIRTHDAY I RECALL WAS ON GUY FAWKES DAY, WHICH MAKES ME THINK OF CRACKERS.
	DAVID MANLEY 1955/56 MY LITTLE BROTHER.
	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.
	HEATHER HUNT (nee MOIR), MY BEST BUDDY AT P.C.K. THE MENTOR OF THIS WEB SITE. TO WHOM I SHOULD BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL (Happy now Heather!)
	JANET ERSKINE (sister of Jane 1951), Nee TURNER, AUTHOR OF THE P.C.K. DIRECTORY AND CONVENER OF THE P.C.K. YEARLY GATHERING IN LONDON, FOR WHICH WE ARE ALL VERY GRATEFUL. WE ALL THANK YOU JANE.
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.