You asked when St Paul's Darjeeling began. According to the book "Under The Old School Topee" by Hazel Innes Craig, St Paul's was ready to receive its first pupils in 1864. That of course was before the railway was built. An interesting book about many schools during the Raj. Linda [NZ] On 21/02/2014 19:36, John Feltham wrote: > G'day John, > > On 21 Feb 2014, at 1:22 pm, badhamgj@actrix.co.nz [1] wrote: > >> > > That was just after Victoria School in Kurseong started. > > "The earliest entry was dated 17th August 1879, when the Rev. A.H. Eddy, Chaplain of Darjeeling and also Christ Church, Kurseong, wrote that he held a service at 11.00 a.m. and there had been a good congregation of forty-one. Fifteen children, he noted had come come with Mr and Mrs Pegler from 'Constantia' in Kurseong, where a School had just been opened. > > What year did St Paul's begin? Do you know? > > ooroo > > If you don't hear the sound of opportunity, build yourself a door. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com [2] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] mailto:badhamgj@actrix.co.nz [2] mailto:INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com