Memories
Articles
- A Hellein (1914) wrote this letter to the boys, published in the first Abu Oriole, 1959
- A G Otto's (1919) Journey into Nostalgia was published in the Abu Oriole, 1969
- Ken Staynor (1945) recalls his three years at SMS—a candid, bittersweet account of the heyday of the “strap”
- Aloysius D'Souza (1951) shares this chapter on his Abu years, from his memoirs, a work in progress
- Chris Joseph (1956) transcribed his diary from his final year in Abu, with correspondence and updates from recent get-togethers. This is a very large download, in 3 volumes, each 3-4 Mb. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
- Bob Amore (1957) describes his 1998 trip for the reunion ... with photographs
- Bob Amore (1957) write about a June 2000 reunion he organized around Br Barrett's trip to UK. There's a sad postscript to the story, indicating that it's never too early to organize a meeting of your mates.
- Peter Piggott (1963) describes the end-of-year trip to Bombay. From the Abu Oriole, 1959
- Victor Menezes (1964) wrote this cute bit of poetry for the Abu Oriole in 1959, while in Class 3
- Victor Nazareth (1972) describes his 1999 trip Down Memory Lane
- Atish Sanyal (1972) describes his 1997 trip home
- Stephen de Silva (1972) writes in praise of the Maharaja
- Your editor tries his hand at suspense thrillers: Rescue at Trevor Tal
- Your editor describes in detail the art of making the perfect cattie
- Your editor recalls techniques and technologies of his era: nostalgic for older chaps, eye-opening for youngsters
- Gerard Lobo (1976) compiled a few choice passages from Pat O'Meara's (1946) book Indian Tales, that he particularly identifies with
- Gerard Lobo's (1976) trip report
- Andrew Abranches (1985) wrote this poem, A Night on Golden Horn, in honour of Br Kevin Ward's hikes up the legendary peak
- Not by an Abuite, On Board the Bombay Express from the New York Times brings back memories of train travel in India
Many of the original Abu Orioles can be found at
Ashley D'Souza's site
