Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/29

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Subject: [Leica] CAMPIONS!
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 21:02:15 +0200
References: <6946DEDD-F38D-4FF9-96F9-6F0AB965B165@gmail.com> <BANLkTin_5cj4Sha2seM_NNV4G2QKRHRKKA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Jayanand, and thanks to you, as well Howard, Nathan, Michiel and  
Mariela to have commented.

I'm sorry, I've thaught the word "campions" (Catalan) very similar to  
"champions" would be understood, it means hust this, "Barcelona  
champions"...

cheers
Lluis


El 29/05/2011, a las 4:50, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?:

> Luis,
> This triggers memories. What does Campions mean?
>
> I went to a Jesuit school called Campion School, which was set up by a
> Spanish missionary, Father E.F.More SJ, who was a tremendous  
> influence on
> all students that he came in contact with. His grave is still at our  
> school
> in a place called Bhopal in Central India. On his birth centenary a  
> few
> years ago, over a hundred students of the first batch of the school  
> met
> there, and there were guys who had specifically come for the  
> occasion from
> Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Middle East, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong  
> Kong, etc
> - that is the sort of respect we all felt for him.  An earlier Campion
> School that he started in Mumbai is, even today, considered one of  
> the top
> three schools for boys in that city.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Lluis Ripoll
> <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Miscellaneous/L1020076w.jpg.html
>> M8, Sumicron 35
>>
>> Thanks ...
>>
>> Saludos cordiales
>> Lluis
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