Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School Mt. St. Benedict , Trinidad and Tobago
Caracas, 10 of September 2005. Circular No. 201
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Dear Friends,
Here I am enclosing the emails that have been received from Christopher Knowles, now that he is retired, with some free time, maybe we can in the foreseeable future get additional lines from him.
The MSB ALUMNI is ready!!!
Can you send me a photo, Chris??? Alone, with the family, driver license, passport or as you would like to be preserved in the CD that I am preparing.
From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com >
Date: 24 Dec 01:39 (PST)
Dear Family and Friends,
Once again I am doing my thing at the last moment!
If you ever receive any holiday communication from me in advance of the occasion you would do well to question whether I am still the person that you know.
'Leopards' and 'spots' come to mind.
This year, Cindy and Charles and myself have been invited to spend the next three days with my good friend Monty and his family in wettest Norfolk, where part of the directions include 'bring tall boots, and when the road leads into the river just keep going - it is the only paved river in England'.
If this experience turns out to be 'exciting' then I will report in due course, otherwise you can assume that my imagination is overworking itself.
To you all, and all others who you know that I know and can pass this message to, I send from the three of us here our Greetings, and our wish that you and yours have a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous and Untroubled New Year.
With Love,
Christopher,
Cindy and Charles.
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From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com >
Date: 28 Jul 19:16 (PDT)
Subject: Reunion .
Dear Friends,
Much as I would like to attend, I cannot make it to the reunion.
I am living in England
Enjoy the event!
When it is over send commentaries and evidence!
I look forward to hearing about it.
Best Wishes to All, Very Old, Old, and Not So Old, Christopher Knowles, MSB 1955 to 1960.
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From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 01:11:45 +0100
Dear Ladislao,
Somehow I have not received No 80 and 81. Could you send me these items?
I have just received No 82 and the information about the difficulties with the web page. Maybe you can contact Anthony through his brothers Bernard and Claude, assuming that the Anthony in question is the one that I knew.
As for your question about the future life of the web page - I sincerely hope that Anthony or another Old Boy will be able to move it forward.
Maybe Graham, as he certainly has the skills, but I don't know about his other circumstances.
As for me, all my MSB stuff is in Trinidad and I am in England
I know that this is not the helpful reply that you would have liked to see, but it is all I can say at the moment.
Best Regards,
Chris Knowles.
(Sorry no takers as yet. Ed.)
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Dear Chris,
I am sorry that you have not received some of the circulars, I shall send them in due time.
Do you have a photo either from a trip, company photo, condecoration, knighthood, mug shot, etc. that you can send?
I hope that I can meet you when you get to TT.
Who knows?
The WEB page is still with no takers, although Don is after a solution and has offered to pay one year costs?
I would like to be also a one year contributor as soon as the future is clear.
So keep well and send the photo and any information that might make tears run.!!!
God Bless
Ladislao
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From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com >
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 09:51:38 +0100
Dear Friends and Family,
Today is Easter Sunday, and for many of us is a day similar to Christmas, that time of year when we remember all those who are and have been part of our lives and with whom we would like to share some time and company again.
This is not always possible, so the next best thing is just to say a quick Hello.
Well, Hello!
Some of you I know that I will see soon, some in a few months or years and some maybe not at all, but you all mean a great deal to me, and I wish you all the Blessings and Greetings of this day, and the continuing favour of the Almighty, difficult to appreciate sometimes, but always there for those of us who need it, and I suppose that just about covers everybody.
Much Love,
Christopher.
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From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com >
Subject: Happy Birthday!!
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 19:33:10 +0100
Dear Ladislao,
Happy Birthday!!
60 on Easter Sunday! A ready made weekend for celebration.
You share the day with Marcus Aurelius, Louis Napoleon III, George Takei (Sulu of Star Trek) and an infamous German Leader.
Well, they can't all be nice people.
I always thought that we were the same age, but now I see that I should have thought of you as an 'old boy'.
I am almost eleven months younger that you (First March 1944), but I am sure, judging from bits and pieces from your Mount Circulars
Whenever we meet I am sure that I will be able to confirm that.
Seriously though, enjoy this significant milestone, keep well, and God's Blessings on you and yours.
Chris.
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From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com >
Date: Fri, 2 May 20:39:03 +0100
Ladislao,
Is this either Gerald Most or Csaba Jakobszen? The face is familiar.
I think if it was not one of my choices this person was at MSB in the late 50s, early 60s.
By the way, where does the first quiz appear?
I have not received No 76, so if possible please send it to me.
Chris Knowles.
From: "Chris Knowles" < knowlescb@ntlworld.com >
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 21:06:43 +0100
Dear Ladislao,
Thanks for the repeat of No 76.
After I received it I found the original, which I had filed in the wrong place.
You enquired about my sister Frances.
As you may remember, she was married to Graham Gonsalves, but unfortunately they parted company some fifteen or more years ago.
She is well, in TT, and is working for the administration office of the Catholic Church for the Antilles area, and is also a full time abuela, which she enjoys immensely.
She and Graham have three grandchildren (from daughter Joanna).
She and Graham keep in touch with one another.
For Quiz No 3, the people in the photo are:
Michael Howard, Ladislao Kertesz, Jose (Pepe) Braggio and Fr Cuthbert.
You didn't give the answer to No 2.
Please let us know.
Best Wishes,
Christopher.
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From: Chris Knowles
To: Me London
Subject: Greetings for 2005.
Date: 1/4/2005 7:16:47 AM
Dear Family and Friends,
Greetings for 2005.
2004 has been an eventful year for me, with a short holiday in Normandy for the Bastille Day week with my old friend Alfred Bell, two visits to Trinidad (with one side trip to Tobago), a visit to Toronto with my sister Frances, and two weeks driving around southern England with Frances, who had not been here since the Sixties, seeing the sights and visiting family and friends, one of whom counted as several people because of a multiple personality scenario.
Very interesting, that one, if you can imagine the situation(s)!
The main reason for having all this free time is that at the end of September I retired from my employment of the last fifteen years with Tate and Lyle, the British sugar company, and for better or worse (time will tell) have been travelling and chilling out.
Now that 2005 is here it is time to get a new job and do productive things, so I have already signed up to do a course in Industrial Safety etc, a topic which is my latest interest, and is part of my experience over many years past.
In June, Cindy finished her degree at LSE and within days of the final exams was back home in Trinidad , such is the lure of the place!
She is working there at the moment, but may be returning to this country some time this year to work in this environment for a time.
Charles is nearly mid way through his undergraduate degree here, and doing well.
To you all, and all others who you know that I know and can pass this message to, especially Aunts Suzanne and Mille, and also Lisa, I send from the three of us our Greetings, and our wish that you and yours have had a Happy Christmas and will enjoy a Prosperous and Untroubled 2005.
With Love,
Christopher.
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REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR DUE, 50 WORDS PER YEAR, OR SEND A CHECK preferably from any U.S. Bank, to my address:
Ladislao Kertesz
Apartado 69072
For those that prefer this way to cooperate with the Circular and the expense that this generates. It is 52 issues per year.
God Bless
Ladislao
Photos: file0002d4, file0002d5 (Can anyone identify those in the photos???)
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