Comments on: Old Cottonians’ Association United Kingdom President’s Newsletter Vijay Bhalaik MRCS FRCS / OCA UK annual luncheon

By: admin

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:07:03 +0000

Here’s a nostalgic photograph. Ibbetson 1947.
https://oldcottonians.org/batch-house-pages/ibbetson-1947/

Ibbetson House 1947. This photographs was taken just before Partition. Several of the boys here would soon leave for the newly created state of Pakistan.

By: Deepak Kumar Thakur

Deepak Kumar Thakur — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 23:02:18 +0000

Congratulations & all the best Vijay.

By: David Wood-Robinson

David Wood-Robinson — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:15:41 +0000

I, David Wood-Robinson, and my brother Mark were both at BCS from 1940 to 1944 and our brothr Colin at the prep-.schoolse. I do not remeber which house but we lived in the Headmaster’s house and Acheson House (?). Colin has become a well-known biologist, publishing school text books, Mark a very well-known lighting engineeer and President of the LIghting Council, lighting every big church and cathedral in the SW of England, and I, after graduating in Naval Architecture and working on the Clyde was ordained in the C of E and have worked in Japan, W Australia and Britain.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 01:24:51 +0000

In reply to Carol Brown8ng.

Dear Mrs Browning
Vivek Bhasin did send in the sad news and it appears at this page;

https://oldcottonians.org/2022/12/david-browning-farewell-dear-oc/

By: Carol Brown8ng

Carol Brown8ng — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 18:08:59 +0000

I am Carol Browning.
David Browning my husband died in December 2022.
I did email Vivek to tell him.
We used to got o all the lunches until,the latter years.
We went to Bishop Cotton school for the reunion in 2000.
I would like to attend the lunch in London if that is possible.
We knew all the people really well.
Carol Browning.