Excerpts from CHAPTER XXIII of a book written by Mr. G. Huddleston in 1906, dedicated to his colleagues in...
My Story Of Oak Grove Days: Gaurav Mathur
| EXPRESSIONS, FEATURED POSTS, 1960s, Gaurav Mathur, Poetry | 0A puny six year kid being packed to school without consent Was the beginning of life’s best years that...
On The Jap Cake Trail: Nikhil Kumar
| FEATURED POSTS, OG STORIES, Jap Cake, Moula Bux, Nikhil Kumar | 1On 1, Turner Road in Dehradun, there is a bakery. It is called Bustan. Sadi, a thirteenth century poet...
My only link with Oak Grove was the fact that, back in the 1920s, my mother and her four...
Olympic Hockey Champions from Mussoorie
| ARTICLES, FEATURED POSTS, 1920s, 1930s, Eric Pinniger, Hockey, Leslie Charles Hammond, Olympics, Richard James Allen, Richard John Carr | 0Mussoorie schools – the breeding ground of Olympic hockey champions Indian hockey owes much of its success during its...
A: Arrival: For the start of the new season, we would arrive just before the monsoons, from the burning...
Olga’s Story (1929-1935): Paul McGinlay
| FEATURED POSTS, MEMOIRS, 1920s, 1930s, East Indian Railway, Halfway House, Olga Vallint, Paul McGinlay | 0My mother, Olga Vallint was born in Mogulsarai in 1920. Her father Alan was a yard supervisor with East...
A Mighty Oak: Sheila Cameron
| FEATURED POSTS, TRIBUTES, Hakman's, Pat Corbett, Sheila Cameron, Tribute, Tuck | 0A Tribute to Patrick John Lear Corbett (1938-2011) On 8 March 1938 in the growing dusty railway colony of Moradabad, UP, amid...
The gauntlet was a strong leather glove worn by the Knights of King Richard & the Knights of Europe....
Carolyn Martin’s Account
| FEATURED POSTS, OG STORIES, 1960s, Carolyn Martin, Dehradun, Elvis, Hospital, Maulabux, Tuck | 0I was not in Oak Grove for very long – however, my short time with the school was one...
Mr. Brayley’s Journal: OG Connection
| FEATURED POSTS, MEMOIRS, 2000s, Correspondence, Letters, Maurice Brayley | 0Letter #42: Retirement (1984-2016) 266, 2 St, Cardston, 3 Jan ’85 Dear Sasso, We spent September in England with Len...
Mr. Brayley’s Journal: Chapter 3
| FEATURED POSTS, MEMOIRS, 1930s, 1940s, Maurice Brayley, School Song | 0Oak Grove Boys’ School (1934-1940) Although 1934 meant a new start in Boys’ School, the onset of March found...
Oak Grove Junior School (1932-1933) From the start of 1932, preparations began for my going to boarding school at...
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