Kurseong recent comments:

This building was (is?) an Infirmary built at the same time as the school in 1898. The douoble storeyed building has two sections on either side of the clinic in the middle. Dow Hill girls were housed on the left (side nearer the school) while Victoria boys were hospitalised on the right. There were two permanent nurses and a dispenser with a visiting doctor who came up if required, from Kurseong township. Chicken pox, measles and mumps were children's ailments often treated and I had my share ! The building which used to be well maintained and serviced, is now dilapidated and badly neglected ..... as are so many of the old establishments in the hills It is a shame for they wouold have a long life of service if money was released by Government to keep them habitable. I was at Dow Hill 1942 - 1950 and very proud of my old school. Sally Stewart nee MacDonald 2011

Dow Hill is not just a buildinig. It is a school for girls built in 1898 when the British were in India. It has a long tradition for excellence in education. Victoria further along on the map, is the brother school through which many a noteworthy man began his early education. Both Victoria and Dow Hill have an old boys and girls association. Informatiion can be found at John Feltham's Victoria and Dow Hill website. Sally Stewart nee MacDonald

my dear school

This is the park with an area of around 2hect.

I remember this college when it used to be a seminary for Jesuit training. We used to visit from Victoria school, Kurseong for religious instruction and annual picnic for catholic students. The priests were always most welcoming. We were taken around the farm and marvelled at the beautiful cattle and horses kept there. They grew their own vegetables, baked their own bread and even produced their own electricity. Many of the jesuit trainees came from Europe and Australia. The Salesian order had their seminary in Sonada in Darjeeling. DENZIL BROWN

I was in Victoria in 1953 and in Dow Hill from 1950-52 The schools were the best then and I hope still are. I left India in 1954 and I always missed my schools days in Kurseong. My two older brothers were also in Victoria, the eldest from 1950-53 and the second was with me in Dow Hill from 1950-52 and in Victoria from 1952-53. We all have great memories of our time there.

My brother and I attended Victoria from 1954-1956 as boarders.(Irvine house) He completed the Senior Cambridge Certificate in 1956 and we both moved on to La Martiniere, Lucknow. I thoroughly enjoyed my schooling in Kurseong, especially all the excursions to Darjeeling and school matches with Goethals, St. Pauls and St. Josephs Northpoint.Going down to town was a real treat, but the climb back to school was pretty tiring if you could not afford a Landrover. Mr Bloud (chocho) was a popular master with the boys as he was an excellent cricketer.He had a good sense of homour and always spoke with a posh accent. Sadly, he is missed by all who knew him. Going home after final term was especially memorable, seeing your parents after 9 months up in the hills.

I always used to think the name was derived from the word "Whistle"... the whistling of the steam locomotive engine of the famous Darjeeling toy train... So many memories, going past this place to Kurseong town Bloomsfield library, or clambering down the rocks from the grotto upstream...

This was the school where i learned the meaning of life. This school really rocks, and i just love Mr.Prawesh.Thapa.I have best wishes for the school.

Historical information may be right but the place shown is WRONG. KURSEONG is far SE of this place.

Yes, this is the compound of the Dow Hill Girls' School. Susmita Ghosh (nee Bhattacharyya) Ex DH

i passed out from saint alphonsus scool in 2000 really now iam sucessfull

Eagle Craig...acronymed as'EC'...a Gifted place to kurseong..a place of Pride !!

This place is the best thing that's ever happened to me. I miss those glory days. Cheers to The Victoria and Dowhill Schools. ee06.163@nitdgp.ac.in

Hi i am Soaeb Ahmed an ex student of this prestigeous shool of hills.I really love my school.Right now i am persuing B.Ed from Aligarh Muslim University,U.P.I will be very happy person if i ever get a chance to serve my institution.My regards to all the teachers who has helped me to reach this stage.Tite pati tite pati SAS.................luv u

i remoce VAMPIRE SOCIETY from VICTORIA OK .

IAM REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF FOR BEING ONE OF THE PRODUCT OF S.A.S.I FIRST TOOK ADMISSION IN THE YEAR 1990 IN CLASS 1 AT THE AGE OF 6 AND LATER I HAVE COMPLETED MY 10TH AND 12TH IN THE YEAR 2000 AND 2002 RESPECTIVELY.PRESENTLY IAM WORKING IN CALL CENTRE IN GURGAON,DELHI.I REALLY CAN'T FORGET THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MY TEACHERS AND HEADMASTER FR. KINLEY WHO STOOD IN THE SAME STATUS OF MY PARENTS AND GOD WHO HAVE MADE ME WHAT AM I TODAY.IN EACH PATH OF MY LIFE I REALLY MISS THE ENTIRE TEACHERS MY FRIEND RAJESH,BIDHAN AND SACHIN WHO ARE NO MORE IN THIS WORLD AND MOSTY PROBABLY MY SCHOOL AND OTHER FRIENDS TOO. MY EMAIL ID : amiththapa2007@yahoo.co.in

We will we will rock everyone! Where ever victorians be glory will follow there foot steps i am an engineer from victoria passes in 2003 batch my name is siddharth jaiswal and people victoria is not vampire society its foundation of society of Greatest people

I have complited my 11th $ 12th from this school,this school is one of the best school in darjeeling dist.n I always remember those days which I spent there.