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REPORT of the UK NORTH
POINTERS’ REUNION
Dear North Pointer,
The London Reunion of 2005 is over, and it was one of the most enjoyable.
There were 55 of us present, and we donated the sum of £582 – converted to
about Rs.46,000 -- to the School Rebuilding Fund. Not as much as last
year, but generous all the same, and our thanks to those who were able to
contribute.
Those who attended were:
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Brian Boffey
Joan Boffey
Brian Edwards
Iris Edwards
Errol Eden
Gerry Taylor
Iqbal Faruque
Zahid Faruque
John Barrington
Jules Del Espino
Michael Ainslie
Marlene Ainslie
Mary Rosambeau
Peter Rosambeau
Radley Pereira
Phyllis Pereira
Robert Paul
Roger Paul
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Keith Keymeer
Shirley Keymer
Leslie Deefholts
Erika Deefholts
Phillip (Farid) Khan-Panni
Evelyn Ryan
Eileen Greene
Neville Greene
Loretta Affie
Frank Ainslie
Ian Taylor
Janak De
Peter (Elmer) Frugtneit
Peter Lodrick
Yvonne Lodrick
Olaf Da Costa
P.K. (Patrick) Saha
Ginger Saha |
Charles Mudie
Brian Robb
Julian Lefevre
Maurice Glover
Denise Glover
Raj Thein (Nath)
Ian Prossor
Anji Rolls
Sudanshu Rai
Robert Taylor
Rosemary Taylor
Winston Pais
Melina Pais
Alan Noah
Jimmy Pyke
James Sinclair
Tony Spargo
Alfred Simon
Paul Staynor |
Contributors to the School Fund included several people who were unable to
attend, but sent their donations anyway:
Michael Ainslie,
Jules
Del Espino,
John
Barrington,
Bob Leeming,
Michael Brady,
Peter
Rosambeau,
Keith Keymer,
Phillip
Khan
Panni,
Eileen Greene,
John Farrell,
Jurek
Pinches,
John
Sullivan,
Raj Thein,
David Lodrick,
Robert Taylor,
Tony
Spargo
Apologies for absence were received from:
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Alan Moss (taken ill at the last moment)
Jurek Pinches (the same)
Michael Brady (heart op the week before)
John Sullivan
David Lodrick
Amal Ganguli
Ron Gogerly |
John Farrell
Denis Wood-Scawen
Ron Leeming
Peter Dutton
G. Hendricks
Philip Augier
Leo Carbone |
Bob Leeming
John Sullivan
T.C. Huang (in Canada)
Cyrus Mistry
Errol Stagg
Peter Rustom
Edmund Jonah |
Burra Khana
The meal was excellent, as usual, and there was more than enough to eat.
In fact, the food ran out at the Bishop Cotton reunion being held at the
same time, in the Conservatory, and their overflow collected their food
from our allocation.
At the end of the meal, there were several contributions from the floor,
including reminiscences from Jules Del Espino (attending his first
reunion), Gerry Taylor (reminding us of those much less fortunate than
ourselves), Brian Boffey (being complimentary about the London reunions),
Sudanshu Rai (now an eminent Professor at LSE), and myself. Ian Prossor’s
beautiful partner, Anji Rolls, then took the microphone and said kind
things about my role in organising these reunions, and called for a toast
to me and my fiancée, Evelyn, who helps me with the admin. If I have
omitted anyone, please forgive me.
The incredible Fr Van
I paid tribute to Fr Van, the man behind the spread of NP Alumni
associations around the world, the Canadian Jesuit who has become the
custodian of the North Point spirit, that indefinable cement that binds us
together, even across the generations. Fr Van retires as Rector in
October of this year, but North Point must never let go of the man who has
done such wonders for the school, for its pupils, and for the larger
community. He sent a message to the gathering, which I read out after
lunch.
I’m getting married
I announced that I shall be marrying Evelyn Ryan in October, in Dublin,
and I very much hope Fr Van will be able to officiate.
R.I.P.
Sadly, we lost two old boys during the past year. They were:
Gerry Rayner NP ’41-’42 (UK)
Dick Rosair NP ’34-’44 (W. Aus.)
Please remember them in your prayers.
Phillip
Khan-Panni
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