When ‘King Kari’ came to town Source:stcobasydney.org P.L.D. Kariyawasam needs no introduction! Let’s launch straight into that night of fun and frivolity ; reminiscences from Sydney 2011. Click anywhere on image to advance slides, preserved with Thanks to Milroy Berenger. The following colourful incident never fails to amuse as only Kari can retell. The web team was fortunate enough to capture a written account of this incident by the man himself from a recent email thread. We can only surmise that, Kari’s Battle of The Blues experience was no match for this Battle of the Bottle encounter! Dear All, Mano was such a livewire in his heyday & it’s sad ill health dogged his life for a long period of time . While I was at the home on Horton Place last morning I related to Seyone & a few others an experience I had which demonstrated the mischievous side ...
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MR. D.N.PEREIRA – Profile of a Legend that has passed through the realms of St. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia – both as a student and later as a well respected Master on the Staff. D.N.Pereira – born 27th April 1915 & departed this life to eternal peace on 25th April 1993. by Mrs. Corinne King – (neé Pereira) I am Corinne King – the only child of the late Mr. D.N.Pereira – (Douglas Noel), (D.N.P.), (D.N.) or otherwise known as “Bulto” to the many hundreds of students he taught during his long teaching career. I am so honoured to have been requested to write an article about my Dad for the S.T.C. OBA (Sydney Branch) Dinner Dance Souvenir of 2013. Thank you to Messrs: Milroy Berenger & David Sansoni for this opportunity. I will start this profile of Dad giving you some family background details which not many of you will ...
Dec 29, 2021
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“ONE MIGHT FORGET THE ROSES BUT NEVER THE THORNS” By Milroy Berenger Source:Thomiana – S. Thomas’ College Old Boys Association Australia OBA Melbourne – Newsletter – May 2021 Much is written about Thomian1 greats and near-greats, but what of the backbenchers? The ‘stir buggers’2 who, habitually, occupied the last two rows in class, the also-rans, who added so much colour to Thomian life during the sixties. Listen to a group of Old Thomians in animated conversation, and you get a ‘feel’ for the vibrant synergies they added to life at STC3 . At the time, they were near-death experiences, but great laughs today. The memories dwarf life. A few years after leaving STC, a once prominent backbencher spotted the great Canon de Saram, browsing through a book at Cargills in Nuwara Eliya4 .Thrilled to see his Warden5 , he walked up to the great man and asked, “Sir, do you ...
