G’day John, On 21 Feb 2014, at 1:22 pm, badhamgj@actrix.co.nz wrote: << Thanks for posting this, John. My grandfather was a boarder at St Pauls School, Darjeeling 1899-1904. His parents lived in Calcutta, and he spoke of the excitement of riding on the toy train when going home for the school holidays. John, NZ >> 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.