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| Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor Gate Today |
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Those days the ground floor housed the language classes — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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Majestic Stanes Block - aesthetically done up. — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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I standard and II standard — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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A marsh once teaming with tadpoles is now a well laid out playground. The 'Carving Stone Mine' in the background — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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The principal's garage - used to accommodate a Morris Minor belonging to Mr. Varghese. — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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This
hibiscus bush is probably as old as the school itself. Every errant boy
was made to stand or kneel down in the shade of this bush before being
blessed with stinging "benders" from the cane of Mr. Varghese. It was a
thrilling experience then, but not to the receiving end of your body — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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V, VI & VII standards — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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III and IV Standards — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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The gymnasium on the Third floor with the library at the second floor — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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A
huge jacaranda tree use to grow majestically at the left of the steps
and to the right was the badminton court which now has been usurped by
concrete constructions. — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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Way to Annexe, the junior boys' hostel — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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Girls
hostel - out of bounds for boys, except during breakfast, lunch and
dinner - thanks to the dinning hall in the ground floor. — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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| The stairs that launched a million careers, still going strong for more than 100 years — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor |
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At the far end of the corridor the games room — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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Way back in the early 1970s this was the library before it shifted to Bissel Block — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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A
boys eye view of St Joseph's Convent girls convent - from the windows of 10th Standard. — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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Basket ball court - always the pride of Stanes — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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This
tap pedestal seems unscathed and untouched by development for a very
very long time - it provided Adam's ale to thirsty students. At the far
end was the Kitchen and Girls Toilet adjacent to it — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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Erstwhile 10th Standard — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
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A new look chemistry lab. — at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. |
