Category: Life Story

Stories about my first job!

Dog Show
Philip John

Missing the Bus!

There are some interesting stories connected with some of the dog shows I have judged during my forty plus years in this hobby. Let me

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Odds or Evens?

I remember learning the rudimentary skills of 3 Cards in my closing years in School. Flash was another name for 3 Cards. This card game required very

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Life Story
Philip John

The Kerala Snakeboat Race!

A dear friend of mine, Captain K.G. Thomas who ran the Cochin Shipping Company invited me to watch the famous Snake Boat Race, at Champakulam.

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Back at Cochin…

I am afraid I have to start this blog with an apology as I may have got my dates wrong. Govind Jauhar (GKJ) sent me

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Life Story
Philip John

A bit about the family

By the time I returned to Cochin from Calcutta, Richard Warren had left for London. He was a Partner with Thomas, Cumberlege and Inskipp, and

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Koi Hai?

Since publishing the blog of my visits to Darjeeling, Dooars, and Assam I have been befriended on FaceBook by many ex Planters from that era,

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