HOME PAGE
AUTHOR'S NOTES
THE CHAPEL
READ THE GUEST BOOK
WRITE IN THE GUEST BOOK
LAKE KODAIKANAL WALK
IN THE EARLY DAYS
NANO NAGLE
NUN'S CEMETERY
SINCLAIR HOUSE
ROAM AROUND THE GROUNDS
WALK UP THE FRONT DRIVE
WILLINGDON HALL
 
NEW PAGE SOON

 WALK UP THE FRONT DRIVE

YOU  CHECK INTO THE CARLTON HOTEL DOWN BY THE LAKE AND TAKE A MORRIS OXFORD TAXI UP PRESENTATION HILL TO THE CONVENT. THE FRONT GATE AS YOU APPROACH IS NOT EXACTLY AS YOU RECALL.    
   

THIS VIEW LOOKS FAMILIAR,  I WONDER WHAT  INSIDE IS LIKE.
LOOKING BACK OUT THE GATE.    
   

I DO NOT RECALL THIS SIGN, BUT IT SAYS I HAVE ARRIVED.
I THINK I RECALL THIS SENTRY BOX  FROM BACK IN THE FIFTIES. THE PATHWAY  I  KNOW GOES TO THE NUNS' CEMETERY.    
    WHAT'S THIS?   ... MADELINE AND BUTTERCUP.


THREE PRESENTATION SISTERS WALKING DOWN THE FRONT DRIVE. SR. NANO ON THE RIGHT. WOULD SOMEONE PROVIDE ME WITH THE NAMES OF THE OTHER TWO SISTERS.
 

    
   

THIS I DON'T RECALL BUT THE THREE SISTERS TELL ME IT IS A GUEST HOUSE FOR VISITING PRIESTS.


NOW THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE FOR SOME FORTY YEARS. IT IS SO NICE TO BE BACK. SAINT MICHAEL'S DORMITORY ON THE LEFT. I HAD FORGOT THAT THE CHAPEL WAS FURTHER OUT INTO THE DRIVE, AND THE GROTTO IS EVEN THE SAME COLOUR. SOMEONE IS DOING SOME RAKING ON THE LEFT. HOW EXCITING.
 

    
   

DO YOU REMEMBER ROVER, THE SCHOOL DOG  FROM BACK IN THE 1950'S.  HE SLEPT MOST OF THE DAY IN THE SCHOOL DRIVEWAY.

ME, (THE OTHER HALF OF MADELINE), OUTSIDE SAINT MICHAEL'S DORM. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GIRL'S DORMITORY ON THE TOP FLOOR?
 		    
   


THE GROTTO OUTSIDE ST. MICHAEL'S DORMITORY. THERE IS JUST SO MUCH TO SEE, PLEASE DON'T GET BORED.
 


THE NUN'S LIVED UPSTAIRS IN THE BLUE SECTION. THE DOWNSTAIRS WINDOW ON THE LEFT IS WHERE I SPENT ABOUT TEN DAYS BACK  AROUND 1955 WHEN THE SCHOOL HAD CHICKEN-POX (THAT WAS FUN), OTHERWISE BEING OUT FRONT LIKE THIS WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.
 

    
   


LOOKING BACK DOWN THE FRONT DRIVE. BELOW THE BAY WINDOW ON THE RIGHT IS THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION STONE. THE WISTERIA OVER THE TRELLIS TO LEFT IS STILL THERE, AS IS ST. JOSEPH  AND THE INFANT JESUS.
 


THE FOUNDATION STONE WHICH WAS LAID ON ASCENSION DAY FIRST JUNE 1916. SEE PHOTOS IN, "IN THE EARLY DAYS" FOR LAYING OF THE STONE, AND TWO PHOTOS ABOVE FOR ITS POSITION.
 

    
   

SAINT JOSEPH AND THE INFANT JESUS BELOW THE WISTERIA. DOWN THE STEPS WAS THE PEAR ORCHARD.


INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE SCHOOL WE MEET THE REVEREND SISTER SUPERIOR JEYANTHI. WE GET PERMISSION TO WANDER ANYWHERE WE WANT AND TO TAKE PHOTOS. IT'S SO NICE TO BE BACK.
 

    
       
    REV. SISTER SUPERIOR JEYANTHI