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Lawrence College Ghora Gali

June 23, 2006

The main parking lot at the fork for Prep/Junior School and Senior School

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View by the swimming pool

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The entrance to the dining halls

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Students' clothes lockers

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Mine used to be this one, #66

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The 2nd floor toilets - The windows seem all fixed now.  In our days they glass was missing and freezing winds would blow in here if you needed to go in the middle of the night :-)

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Inside the foyer at the Prep School

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This used to be my dorm.

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The accoustic cielings are new.  The A-frame beams were exposed in our time and we used to set up pulleys around them for passing notes after lights-out.

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Me in our old dorm room.

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Our shorts used to hang the same way on these same pegs outside the dorm room....

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The shower area.  Very much upgraded now.  In our time, we each got one pail of hot-water to mix with cold and make do...

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College Logo on one of the dorm walls.  I remember drawing this on posters etc.

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Another view from inside the foyer

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View of the Prep School from the front sports fields.

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The sports fields.  We had played so many games here...

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View behind the sports fields and the Junior School

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Students assembled before Friday Lunch outside the dining halls

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I can see myself standing here just like this 33 years ago...

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Prep School buildings from "the hill" by the Prep School

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View looking at the valley behind the Prep School from the hill.  The concrete platform between the two cars is what is left of the "Neechay wali Masjid" or "Lower Mosque".

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The field by the Lower Mosque -view from the hill

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Another shot of the remains of Lower Mosque

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Another shot of the field

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Close up view of the remains of the Lower Mosque.  I used to make extra nafil prayers alone at night here many frequently before exams and debates.

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Mr. Munir's house, now called Munir Lodge in his honor.

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Lunch with the students

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Munir Lodge

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On the steps in Munir Lodge

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The hospital

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Valley by the hospital

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The Azaan platform in the Lower Mosque.  I used to love to call the Azaan from here.  You could hear echoes across the beautiful valley. 

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The old Church at the top of the hill above the hospital

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Closer-up view of the hospital

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With Mr. Mussaddaq (current teacher) inside Munir Lodge.  This is his home now.

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In front of the entrance gate

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With Ammi, by the entrance gate

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In front of the Air-Force plane by the entrance gate

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