Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School,
Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 27 of August 2016 No. 773
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Dear Friends,
Sad news for the Class of 1960, we have lost
another member, Christopher Knowles.
Good friend of mine, may his soul rest in
peace.
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To mailto:1clknowles@gmail.com
Aug 25 at 4:14 PM
Good day everyone,
As most of you
would already know, my father, Christopher Knowles passed away on Monday 22
August 2016 at 9:25AM (UK time) at the home of my brother in Maidstone Kent.
For those of you hearing the news for the first time, I am sorry that you had
to hear like this but we did not have contact information for everyone. Daddy
was diagnosed with lung cancer and the sickness consumed him in a matter of
weeks. My brother did a fantastic job of taking care of him and making him as
comfortable as possible during that time.
Unfortunately, a
funeral service cannot be arranged in Trinidad at this time however mass will
be offered for the re-pose of his soul at St. Ann's RC Church on Sunday 28th
August, 2016 at 6PM. All are welcome.
Dad's funeral will
be held at Vinter's Park Crematorium, Bearsted Road, Maidstone ME14 5LG at
1:15PM (UK time) on Friday 9 September 2016 followed by a reception in a local
pub for anyone who is able to attend or has someone who can attend on their
behalf. Please let us know if you are able to do so.
The family will be
arranging a further remembrance service in Trinidad at a later date and we will
inter his remains into the family plot. Details will be communicated as soon as
they are available.
If anyone would
like to write a letter, a short note, share a picture or a very small token for
Christopher to take on his final journey, please feel free to contact us
(details listed below) or bring them to either service mentioned above.
Cindy Knowles
Phone - 1-868-350-0134
Email - cindymknowles@hotmail.com
Charles Knowles
Phone - 011 44 7886 614580
Email - 1clknowles@gmail.com
Frances Gonsalves
Phone - 1-868 760-5587
Email - fgonsalves46@gmail.com
We continue to
thank you all for your love and support during this difficult time. Let us take
the time to morn our loss but also take the opportunity to celebrate his life.
Many thanks,
The Knowles Family
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Below, I enclose the emails I have received
from Christopher Knowles, now that he is retired, with some free time, maybe we can in the
foreseeable future get additional lines from him. Editor
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The MSB ALUMNI are ready!!!.
Can you send me a photo, Chris??? Alone,
with the family, driver license, passport or as you would like to be preserved
in the CD that I am preparing.
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Date: 24 Dec 01:39 (PST)
Dear Family and
Friends,
Once again I am
doing my thing at the last moment!
If you ever receive
any holiday communication from me in advance of the occasion you would do well
to question whether I am still the person that you know.
'Leopards' and
'spots' come to mind.
This year, Cindy
and Charles and myself have been invited to spend the next three days with my
good friend Monty and his family in wettest Norfolk, where part of the
directions include 'bring tall boots, and when the road leads into the river
just keep going - it is the only paved river in England'.
If this experience
turns out to be 'exciting' then I will report in due course, otherwise you can
assume that my imagination is overworking itself.
To you all, and all
others who you know that I know and can pass this message to, I send from the
three of us here our Greetings, and our wish that you and yours have a Happy
Christmas and a Prosperous and Untroubled New Year.
With Love,
Christopher,
Cindy
and Charles.
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Date: 28 Jul 19:16 (PDT)
Subject: Reunion.
Dear Friends,
Much as I would like
to attend, I cannot make it to the reunion.
I am living in
England (and will be here for at least three years more, I think) and
unfortunately cannot make a trip to TT this year.
Enjoy the event!
When it is over
send commentaries and evidence!
I look forward to
hearing about it.
Best Wishes to All,
Very Old, Old, and Not So Old, Christopher Knowles, MSB 1955 to 1960.
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 01:11:45 +0100
Dear Ladislao,
Somehow I have not
received No 80 and 81. Could you send me these items?
I have just
received No 82 and the information about the difficulties with the web page.
Maybe you can contact Anthony through his brothers Bernard and Claude, assuming
that the Anthony in question is the one that I knew.
As for your
question about the future life of the web page - I sincerely hope that Anthony
or another Old Boy will be able to move it forward.
Maybe Graham, as he
certainly has the skills, but I don't know about his other circumstances.
As for me, all my
MSB stuff is in Trinidad and I am in England, (I had thought that I had some
here, but no) so until I go home on holiday next year I will have only my
faltering memory to rely on.
I know that this is
not the helpful reply that you would have liked to see, but it is all I can say
at the moment.
Best Regards,
Chris Knowles.
(Sorry no takers as yet. Editor.)
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Caracas, 28 of June.
Dear Chris
I am sorry that you have not received some
of the circulars, I shall send them in due time.
Do you have a photo either from a trip,
company photo, condecoration, knighthood, mug shot, etc. that you can send?
I hope that I can meet you when you get to
TT.
Who knows?
The WEB page is still with no takers,
although Don is after a solution and has offered to pay one year costs?
I would like to be also a one year
contributor as soon as the future is clear.
So keep well and send the photo and any
information that might make tears run.!!!
God Bless
Ladislao
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 09:51:38 +0100
Dear Friends and
Family,
Today is Easter
Sunday, and for many of us is a day similar to Christmas, that time of year
when we remember all those who are and have been part of our lives and with
whom we would like to share some time and company again.
This is not always
possible, so the next best thing is just to say a quick Hello.
Well, Hello!
Some of you I know
that I will see soon, some in a few months or years and some maybe not at all,
but you all mean a great deal to me, and I wish you all the Blessings and
Greetings of this day, and the continuing favour of the Almighty, difficult to
appreciate sometimes, but always there for those of us who need it, and I
suppose that just about covers everybody.
Much Love,
Christopher.
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Happy Birthday!!
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 19:33:10 +0100
Dear Ladislao,
Happy Birthday!!
60 on Easter
Sunday! A ready made weekend for celebration.
You share the day
with Marcus Aurelius, Louis Napoleon III, George Takei (Sulu of Star Trek) and
an infamous German Leader.
Well, they can't
all be nice people.
I always thought
that we were the same age, but now I see that I should have thought of you as
an 'old boy'.
I am almost eleven
months younger that you (First March 1944), but I am sure, judging from bits
and pieces from your Mount Circulars, that you are far more fit and adventurous
than I am.
Whenever we meet I
am sure that I will be able to confirm that.
Seriously though,
enjoy this significant milestone, keep well, and God's Blessings on you and
yours.
Chris.
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Date: Fri, 2 May 20:39:03 +0100
Ladislao,
Is this either
Gerald Most or Csaba Jakobszen? The face is familiar.
I think if it was
not one of my choices this person was at MSB in the late 50s, early 60s.
By the way, where
does the first quiz appear?
I have not received
No 76, so if possible please send it to me.
Chris Knowles.
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From: "Chris Knowles" <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 21:06:43 +0100
Dear Ladislao,
Thanks for the
repeat of No 76.
After I received it
I found the original, which I had filed in the wrong place.
You enquired about
my sister Frances.
As you may
remember, she was married to Graham Gonsalves, but unfortunately they parted
company some fifteen or more years ago.
She is well, in TT,
and is working for the administration office of the Catholic Church for the
Antilles area, and is also a full time abuela, which she enjoys immensely.
She and Graham have
three grandchildren (from daughter Joanna).
She and Graham keep
in touch with one another.
For Quiz No 3, the
people in the photo are:
Michael Howard,
Ladislao Kertesz, Jose (Pepe) Braggio and Fr Cuthbert.
You didn't give the
answer to No 2.
Please let us know.
Best Wishes,
Christopher.
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From: Chris Knowles
To: Me London
Subject: Greetings for 2005.
Date: 1/4/2005 7:16:47 AM
Dear Family and
Friends,
Greetings for 2005.
2004 has been an
eventful year for me, with a short holiday in Normandy for the Bastille Day
week with my old friend Alfred Bell, two visits to Trinidad (with one side trip
to Tobago), a visit to Toronto with my sister Frances, and two weeks driving
around southern England with Frances, who had not been here since the Sixties,
seeing the sights and visiting family and friends, one of whom counted as
several people because of a multiple personality scenario.
Very interesting,
that one, if you can imagine the situation(s)!
The main reason for
having all this free time is that at the end of September I retired from my
employment of the last fifteen years with Tate and Lyle, the British sugar
company, and for better or worse (time will tell) have been travelling and
chilling out.
Now that 2005 is
here it is time to get a new job and do productive things, so I have already
signed up to do a course in Industrial Safety etc, a topic which is my latest
interest, and is part of my experience over many years past.
In June, Cindy
finished her degree at LSE and within days of the final exams was back home in
Trinidad, such is the lure of the place!
She is working
there at the moment, but may be returning to this country some time this year
to work in this environment for a time.
Charles is nearly
mid way through his undergraduate degree here, and doing well.
To you all, and all
others who you know that I know and can pass this message to, especially Aunts
Suzanne and Mille, and also Lisa, I send from the three of us our Greetings,
and our wish that you and yours have had a Happy Christmas and will enjoy a
Prosperous and Untroubled 2005.
With Love,
Christopher.
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From :
Chris Knowles <knowlescb@ntlworld.com>
Sent :
Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject :
Seasons Greetings!
Dear Friends and
Family,
The highlight of my
year has been that Cindy had a baby girl, Caitlyn-Ann, at the end of November,
and all was and is well. So, I am now a Grand. I don't feel any different, but
no doubt that will change in a few weeks’ time when I am in Trinidad and greet
the new focus of my attention. Charles will be with me; I wonder how this visit
of yet more relatives will be for the infant. Just another day in the crib, I
suspect!
Cindy is working in
Trinidad in the same job as she got after graduation last year, and I think
that in view of her recent status she will be staying in TT for the immediate
future. Charles is within six months of completing his degree, after which he
intends to stay in the UK to do further studies. I finish my course in
Occupational Safety and Health soon and later in the year I plan to return to
TT to work. It seems that there is a lot of need for people in that field, now
that certain new laws etc are almost out of the pipeline. When I actually make
the move I will pass the word around.
To you all, and all
others who you know that I know and can pass this message to, especially Aunts
Suzanne and Mille, I send from the three of us (plus the new one) our
Greetings, and our wish that you and yours have a Happy Christmas and enjoy a
Prosperous and Untroubled 2006.
With Love,
Christopher.
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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com, if you would
like to be in the circular’s mailing list or any old boy that you would like to
include.
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Photos:
05DG0001FAM, Donald Goddard and family
15LK8486FBRLE, Raul Leoni
75GF7411FB, Gabriel Faria
14LK2084FBCKN, Christopher Knowles.
