Mrs.
D.M.King joined Barnes in March 1947 when she was known as
Mrs.
D.M.Joshua.
She had her son,Jamil, with her at the time when he was 3
1/2
years
of age. She taught Urdu in the junior School to begin with.
Later
Urdu was replaced by Hindi and she was asked to teach Hindi
instead.
She
sang in the School Chapel Choir. She was put in charge of the Girl
Guides.
In
June 1950 she was asked to be House Mistress of Lloyd
House.
She
was put in charge of the Girl Guides.In June 1950 she was asked
to
be House Mistress of Lloyd House.
Above:Scouts
and Guides with Mrs Joshua
Mr.W.R.King
joined the staff in June 1950 to teach mainly Mathematics
to
the
pre Cambridge classes apart from a few other subjects. He, along
with
other
masters, looked after House P.T. periods. He played all games for
the
School
teams in hockey, cricket and football when the School played
against
adult
teams.
Above:Staff/Student
Soccer team
He
was called upon to organise Athletics that year(1950).
The
whole
system was converted to the Metric system in keeping with the
All
India
norms. Several events were added and a 400 metre track was put
down
instead
of the old 220 yard track. All track events upto 400 metres
were
run
in lanes. Mrs King was also asked to help with the Girls'
athletic
organisation.
In
the second half of the year(1950) the School put on an Operetta
called
Zurika
in which Mr. King and Mrs. Joshua took the two leading
parts.
In
January 1951 Mr.King went for a year to St.Mary's Training
College,
Poona(Pune)
to do his teacher training. On completing this he returned
in
1952
to teach mainly Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry apart from a
little
Scripture
in the middle School.
In
January 1952 Mrs.Joshua went to St.Mary's Training College,
Poona(Pune)
to
do her teacher training and she returned in January 1953 as
Mrs.
D.M.King
having married Mr. King in December 1952.
During
1952, Mr. King was asked to look after the Spence House as
House
Master.
In January 1953 Mr. King was asked to look after the whole
of
Spence
Block, including Royal House, as House Master and he and
Mrs.King
moved
into the ground floor of Spence Block.
Mrs.
King taught various subjects in the middle School including
Hindi.
They
continued to organise the Athletics every year and to train
the
children
when necessary.
They
played tennis on the Staff court whenever time
permitted.
Mr.
King coached various teams when put in charge of a game. He
was
involved
with coaching boxing when there was no P.T. master and he
was
often
asked along with other masters to judge inter house
boxing.
Both
Mr and Mrs King sang in the School Chapel
Choir.
They
took part in two plays, "The Happiest Days of Your Life" and
"Master
of
Arts" along with other teachers and School
children.
Mr.King
gradually took over the teaching of Mathematics, Physics
and
Chemistry
upto the Cambridge Class. He was assisted at times by
Mr.
Alexander
and Mr.Misra for Mathematics and Mr. Gadre for the
Sciences.
Their
daughter, Gillian, was born on 9.9.1953 and their son,David, was
born
on
7.7.1955 both in the Cantonment Hospital Deolali.
Above:David,Gillian
and Jamil (1965)
Below:David,Gillian,Jamil
with Joshua Jacob
Jamil,
Gillian andDavid
got on very well together and spent a lot of their free time
playingwith
the boarders and with the three Fernandes children, Gladys, Angela
andMichael
John.
They
spent their early years in Barnes and took part in
all
games.
Gillian did well in Athletics and believe she stilll has her
name
against
one record.Jamil and David took part in boxing like all other
boys
apart
from other games.
Above:Gillian
with the rest of the Victor Ludorum
Winners
Mr.
King later took over as Ist Assistant Master(now
called
Vice-Principal)
.Below is the cottage which was their residence till they
left.
Mr
King left Barnes in December 1965 to join the Council for
the
Indian
School Certificate Examinations as its Assistant Secretary. Mrs
King
also
left at the same time and after a year at home she decided to
teach
again,
this time in St. Columba's School, New Delhi, a School run by
the
Irish
Christian Brothers. She taught there till March 1979 and decided
to
retire
from teaching.
Gillian
attended La Martiniere Girls School, Lucknow and David attended
La
Martiniere
College, Lucknow from 1967. They spent one year(1966) in
The
Frank
Anthony Public School, New Delhi. They both did the Indian
School
Certificate(year-11)
and went on to graduate from Delhi University.
Gillian
did
her B.A. from Lady Sri Ram College and David did his B.A.(Hons)
from
St.
Stephen's College.
Jamil
was married, in the meantime, to Miss Harriet D'Silva who was
a
teacher
in Barnes. They had two children, Mark and Iona. Iona was
married
after
graduating and she has two daughters. Mark is still
single.
Jamil
and Harriet are leading a retired life in Dehra Dun in their
own
house.
Jamil helps in his Uncle's travel agency in Delhi during the
tourist
peak
season.
Above:Harriet
and Jamil
Gillian
has completed 25 years with the International Labour
Organisation
of
the U.N. where she is now Head, Administration and Finance. David
has
had
a long stint with banks as a Vice-President and is now with a
Computer
Company
in Canada as a consultant.
Above:Gillian
and her family
Below:Gillian
and her sons Luke (l) and Paul (r) taken in August
2001
Mr.
King became Deputy Secretary of the Council for the ISC round
about
1969
and before retiring in February 1992 he was Secretary of the
Council.
Mr.
and Mrs. King have settled in Clement Town, Dehra Dun after
having
their
house built there.
They
were able to visit Banres in January 1985 and were Chief Guests
for
the
November 1991 Athletics. They were happy to be able to attend,
as
invitees,
the January 2000, 75th Anniversary of the founding of Barnes.
The
ex-students
very kindly made it possible for them to attend and the
School
kindly
hosted them.
They
will always remember Barnes because their working life started
there
and
the three children had a good beginning . Mr. Coles was wonderful
as
Headmaster(now
called Principal), and they had many good friends
and
colleagues
to work with
Above:David
and his three children,Andrea,Karen and
Christopher
Above:The
Kings with their grandchildren, Christopher and
Andrea
Above:The
Kings with their grandchildren Christopher and
Karen.
Below
the Kings in 1998
(Haven't
changed much have they?? Still the handsome couple we
remember)
