Circular No 705

Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 9 of May 2015 No. 705

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Dear Friends,

Have a look at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6UCK-aLxK4,

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Glen Mckoy

1 May

Hello Sir Trevor / cc. Sir Phil.

I will inform Sir Phil on correction of these dates, we are trying to keep our records as accurate as possible.

I hope Sir Nigel has the correct dates, on his list, will cc. Sir Kazim also.  

Thank you for the correction.  

Cheers, Glen.

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From: tevelyn@rogers.com

Subject: Philip Clegg

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:20:50 -0400

Glen

Regarding the email from Philip Clegg he states that I went to MSB in 1947 well that is incorrect

I arrived on the 22nd of April 1945 and left on 12th Dec 1949 five wonderful years

Trevor E

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Glen Mckoy

27 Apr

Hello My Dear Sir Phil,

I told David that I told you what I found out.

I think he was carrying a lot of baggage as a kid, life.  

Anyhow you inquired about some names below, 

I have seen a few, it may also be their grandsons, but I do see and hear of some of names below,

I will pass this on Sir Nigel, he will know of a few for sure.    

Have a good one my brother,

God Bless.   

Cheers Glen.

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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2015 19:35:28 +0000

From:  heatherset8@yahoo.com

Hi Again Glen,

                       Thanks for your response to my enquiry - nice of David to reply to you, however I already knew from past correspondence concerning the same matter that it was in fact David that had attacked me on the first day as a boarder all of those  years ago in 1944, and I don't of course hold anything against him for it - we were very young children at the time - and anyway I am oddly enough rather grateful to him in a way for the happening inasmuch as I had been such a mollycoddled young boy at the time - a real little Lord Fauntleroy and the slapping up did me a lot of good as I had never before ever had anyone even say a rude word to me much less raise their hand to me, so his attack had the very desirable effect of bringing to the surface another inherently and rather fierce side to my nature that up until that point of time I never knew that I had, and as a consequence since that point of time I have always been ready, willing, and able to defend myself, actually adopting the view that "attack is the best form of defence" and as a consequence even at this great age I tend to deal with confrontation pretty promptly indeed.   

                        What still intrigues me however is who in fact was it that had written perhaps to Ladislao recalling the event to us and suggesting that it was in fact David de Castro, as I am fascinated to know just who else could have recalled such an obscure event. I think that I recall having Trevor Evelyn write in saying that it was not him as he did not attend as a boarder until 1947 if I memory serves me right.

                        Just by way of mention, Although I will remark that although I read all of the circulars that come my way I never seem to hear anything about any of the lads that go back to my time such as; Alain Devaux, John and David Maingot, the Farfans, Lawrence Macaulay, Leary and John O'connor, Peter Gafney, the Meckdessie brothers Raymond and Joseph, David's older brother Delano, Etc.

Thanks for going to the trouble that you have and are going to over my little inquiry.

Best regards to all,

Phil Clegg 

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Glen Mckoy 

Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 23:01:43 -0400

Thank You for your reply, my brother,

Regards, Glen.

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From: andresfreytez@hotmail.com

Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 23:01:43 -0400

SORRY TO HEAR.

GOD BLESS HIS SOUL....HAVE HIM BY HIS SIDE!~

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From: mckoy43glen@hotmail.com

Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 02:48:45 +0000

My Dear Brothers.

                                (Thank you  Sir Trevor Evelyn for your phone call.)

I am so sorry to hear of the passing, of our Dear Brother, Sir Jardin Thomas.  

I was told he was the 1st boy scout on the mount.  I would like to say, we had a good start, for many great scouts, 

Came after this leader of the pack.   We tried to make contact with him over the few years, however he was ill for some time, and we were unable to speak to him  I wish I could tell you more, but I would have to leave this to Sir Arthur Knaggs and those who knew him well, may send us a few words on this Great Master, Knight & Gentleman.

May God Bless our Brother, our hearts go out to his family.

As the Eagles Flies over the Abbey School, and our Brother bids us farewell -  

As We Stand At Attention, All Knights,

We Salute our Dear Brother, A Great Master Knight, Sir Jardin Thomas.  

We All Thank You for a job, well done.  Long Live The Mount.

Thank you Sir Trevor for this email below,   message for all of us, The Wooden Bowl.  

Cheers, Mis Amigos.

Adios, Glen.

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Thanks for the news, Val.

I never knew Tommy, but of course, I’d heard about him since I was a boy at MSB.

He’s in a much better place now, thank God, and we’ll see him again some day.

May his soul rest in peace.

Nigel

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On May 14, 2015, at 7:58 PM,

Val <av_knaggs@hotmail.com> wrote:

Arthur's good school buddy...from Mt. St. Benedict, Tommy Jardim, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 11th.  Another old boy with the Good Lord!  We just came back from the visitation and his wife Joan, and his six daughters were in good spirits as they know he was at peace.

All the best, Val

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From:   O'Connor <eion@accesswave.ca>

Date:    Fri Apr 4 07:27:56 2003

Subject:  FW: Circular 71 MSB

Dear Friends,

Art Knaggs my good friend and neighbour here in Halifax, Nova Scotia gave me a copy of # 71 yesterday.

Nostalgic memories of 2nd Mt. St. Benedict scouting by Nigel.

Thought I could help with identifying faces in the photos.

I've a box - tucked away somewhere - with scouting photos ripped-off from the dark room.  Caura camps, PTA basketball court, displays, plays – Swan Lake; others I'd be delighted to share - probably 12 - 24 in all.

This is great stuff, put me on your mailing list and forward back issues if you can.

Who's all on your mailing list?......

Regards,

Eion O'Connor (Rab)-

Jan 61 to July 68.

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From:  salvador coscarart (coscarartsalvador@hotmail.com)

Sent:    Wed 2/10/10 9:53 PM

Hola ladisalo

Aqui te mando un poco de informacion de un old abbey boy  stephen pitcher,

Saludos. Salvador
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:33:47 -0800

From: briankong@yahoo.com

Hi Neil,

Thanks for your email and enquiry. I spoke with Stephen's (estranged) wife this morning and am now waiting for her to pass on my email address and tel # to Stephen so he can contact me. We have a few things to discuss and then I'll ask for the details that are important to the Abbey Old Boys (his years at MSB and his current contact info plus whatever stories he may have after leaving MSB).

I met Stephen only once because his family lived in San Fernando and I lived in POS. His brother, Wayne, was my best friend at Trinity College in Maraval and he mentioned Stephen sometimes so that I have only bits of info about Stephen. Wayne and I were the same age and Stephen was 2 or 3 years younger, not more than that, and attended MSB, so therefore, by extrapolation, he must have been at MSB from 1967/68 to 1972/73, and he must be 52 or 53 years old now. I may be wrong about his age, but I can't be far wrong. Wayne died in an unfortunate car accident in 1975, so I couldn't phone him up to ask.

I couldn't help but notice that the MSB old boys have much stronger bonds than we Trinity old boys and I surmise it might be due to you boys boarding there and spending lots more time together than we day boys. Did you also spend holidays visiting one another's homes? I recognised some MSB names - David Pampellonne who sold Bultaco motorbikes and Bel Ray oil; Jean de Meillac who manages a radio station; Robert Huggins (if he has an amputated arm and did karate); Christian Gurley who owns Book Specialists, Nigel Boos of the Harriman Boos, etc.

Salvador, your email just came in so I hope you don't mind if I reply to you in Neil's email !

I've been searching for Stephen for over 8 mths, first, calling all the Pitchers in Trinidad, then looking on Facebook, then Canada White Pages, and People Finder, so you can imagine how happy I am that you guys found him in just one night, less than 24 hrs. I had had the impression that Stephen's mother came from mid-west Canada because Wayne knew the wheat states so well in Geography and I had assumed he would have migrated to the part of Canada where he probably had family. I wouldn't have looked for him among the Pitchers in the Toronto area. As Glen says, you guys have mojo. Now, how about the winning lottery numbers for this weekend??  :)

My very best wishes to all you guys,

Brian

PS: I'll get back to you with Stephen's contact info when he calls me.

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Hello, Brian. I am very happy that you were able to find Stephen. Always count on the good of the abbey old boys association.

God bless.

Good job: glen,

nigel.

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Photos:

Bandit p24 The Early Times

57WK0061YICHGRP,  School class with Mr. Yip Chuck

14RH0001RHO, Russell Hope

14WH0001WHA, Wayne Hacket