Woodstock School

Jack Day's

Worlds
Woodstock School Album -- 1954-1956

Travel to Woodstock

In March, 1954, age 12, I went to Woodstock School, located in Mussoorie, in the foot hills of the Himalaya mountains northeast of New Delhi. Groups of students arrived in "parties" from different locations. Here the Malaya Party poses in either Singapore or Calcutta. Pictured are Jack Day, Carolyn Reinoehl, Maxine Foss, Bonnie McGraw, Gail Pillay, Penny Shumaker, Ruth Kesselring, and Robin Pillay. Our route took us from Singapore to Calcutta where we stayed in the Great Eastern Hotel, then the next day to Delhi, and that evening we would board a train filled with Woodstock students from all over India. The next morning the train would arrive in Dehra Dun. From Dehra Dun a bus would take us up the mountain to Mussoorie. The motor road in the 1950's went no farther than the bus depot at Kincraig, from where it was a three to four mile walk the remainder of the trip to Woodstock. The picture above is from 1955 or 1956.

Landour Bazaar - Mullingar Hill, looking back toward Mussoorie

Ridgewood

The School's residencies were spread over several ridges. In this photo, to the right is Midlands or College, where the high school girls lived, and at the bottom is the Boys Hostel for high school boys. Elementary School boys, which I was in 1954, lived in Ridgewood, the building in the center.

Ridgewood viewed from the playground, 1954

Ridgewood viewed from the front, 1954

Activities

Mid-morning break outside Parker Hall, 1955

Hikes: Hugh Griffiths, Gil Osgood, Kiran Mehra, looking out on Tehri Road.

May Day Celebrations

May Day Court, 1956. Kay Knox, Queen is at Center. On left, descending, Kathy Horton, Penny Shumaker. On right, descending, Elaine Miller, Winnie Knox, Ann Aldrich.

Sports Day Celebrations

Sports Day, 1956. Winnie Knox, Gita Patnaik, Judy Scovell, Phil McEldowney, Nan Rick, Robert John Bonham.

Marching, Sports Day 1956

Sports Day 1956 on Phil McEldowney's site