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Spring Reunion London 2009 |
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The Spring Reunion was held at La Porte des Indes on Sunday 25 April 2009. The last minute rush increased the attendance numbers to 170 which was excellent but the restaurant found it difficult to cope and left us all slightly cramped, with sluggish service, rarely audible speeches. Despite these blips Martinians made the best of the afternoon, meeting and greeting old friends and making new ones and in the end all went of pretty well with raising a toast to the Founder and singing of the School song with much gusto and a touch of nostalgia. We must thank the committee members Chaired by Richard Temple (Lucknow-1950), Trevor Lee (Lucknow-1948), Malcolm Macclessfield (Calcutta-1957) and Philip Imray (Lucknow-1958) for their effort in arranging the function. There were approximately 26 from La Martiniere Calcutta and 52 from Lucknow and the rest were made up of family and guests. The youngest Martinians were Arjun Puri and Ranveer Singh (Kolkata 2003) and the oldest Herbert Merton (Kolkata 1940).A few medalists from Kolkata Maclolm Macclesfield (Good conduct medal 1957), Subhir Chakravarti (Founder's medal for best sportsman), Rishi Daing (Hastings House Captain 1991), Leepika Dutta (Vice-Captain Macaulay House), Farhat (nee Patel) Chakravarti (Captain LMC Girls Swimming team and Vice-Captain Martin House 1991-1992), Vincent Jacobs (Captain Hastings House 1958) Below is the link to a few photos taken at the event. Vive La Martiniere Vinoth Kumar
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