Indeed@ FN.com Second the latter 1970's segment entirely and echo FN's call to 'arms'
Rico and I among many others , hungry for knowledge of a wider world than Goa ( of its time ) were often fellow 'pilgrims' soaking up as much as we could , before the Club closed for the evening and the head honcho caretaker Rocky ( Roque ? ) and his trusty # 1 batman aka Romesh , turfed us out into the warm or wet night ::) best from a humid and overcast London town A.Anthony ( Long Tony ) of Donvaddo and currently London based . On 9 August 2013 21:00, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: > Aunty Isa (Isabella Vaz) was very enthusiastic when she phoned me at 9.30 > pm on Friday (the Eid holiday in Goa too). She said the turnout for the > club show has been very good, and they're looking forward to it. A lot of > work has gone into the event, by the new team led by Brig. Ian. Great going > from our veterans... and we do appreciate their efforts at keeping the > Saligao Institute going. Despite all the odds... > > I recall my daily 'pilgrimage' to the club in the late 1970s, to read the > Times of India (it came in a day late from Bombay) and the Illustrated > Weekly of India (virtually the only magazine available, till India Today > came on the scene). This played a key role in my life as a senior schoolboy > or young collegian. If not mistaken, Saligaokars from Bombay and others had > also donated a large library, which was something we loved accessing, and > waited eagerly for each Saturday to get access to books from its shelves. > There were only very few options available then. > > I also recall the drawing competitions, quizzes and debates we then had, > together with sports outside the club balcony. If possible, the committee > could approach parents and other educationists to restart such initatives. > We gained a lot from these in our time! FN > > FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 [email protected] > > -- > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Saligao-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- A.Anthony (Tony) FERNANDES -- -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
