Convent Of Jesus and Mary,Murree(Longer vesion)

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Set in the Himalayan foothills, CJM, also known and J & M Murree, boasts of over 130 years of history. Its boarding school was famous for bringing up girls complete in confidence and integrity. Some of its famous boarders include names like Benazir Bhutto, Tehmina Durrani(author of my feudal lord), and Abida Hussain(politician). Sadly, the boarding school shut down about a year ago and this video is in tribute to the decades of history and heritage it left behind. The memory of our lives there, shared by many, will linger on forever in our minds...what a life it was...up at Pindi Point, at CJM, Murree....

[@adlenes2]

Yes Sonia, I agree with you. I'm from CJM, New Delhi. One will come across varied people and situations in life and I can proudly say that my CJM school taught me to deal with it. Nothing can ever beat 1. convent education (which is now crumbling under dirty politics and inter- religious fanaticism) and 2. the sacrifices of the nuns. Finally, CJMites will always stand apart!

[@garliclover01]

My last year there was 1949...the photos bring back many memories! My sister and I in J&M, our brother in the Presentation. Our mum used to spend a week or so during summer and we were allowed to be with her on the weekend. I remember the train and then bus to the school, quite an adventure. All so long ago and everything has changed in this day and age.

[@emkhan7887]

Wow! I'm a past pupil of both these institutes.

[@updates702]

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[@soniafarooq]

garliclover01 1949!! Wow Do you have any pics you could share? Please email them to me at [e-mail]

[@amnashahzadarif416]

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[@IndoPakCanvas]

Lovely. My mother was J & M graduate too. Year of 1959. Everything and everyone was better then...seems cliche but is true ;~]

[@natashanasrulla4164]

This is amazing. I couldn't hold back the tears. It was so emotional. Memories came flooding back. Can't wait to show my daughters where Mummy went to school

[@cottoneye2012]

Why did they all leave so suddenly?

[@natashanasrulla4164]

Hassan Ali what do you mean and who are you?

[@cottoneye2012]

Last month I went to murree and some other towns in the north and I stayed at a hotel which was once abandoned by a British family. The town that I stayed in (Thandiani)used to have 90% british population and a church seeing the church abandoned and some homes destroyed left me very very emotional. I dont know why would someone leave such a beautiful place

[@natashanasrulla4164]

Ah ok. Yes truly beautiful place. We were lucky to have been there

[@cottoneye2012]

I didnt see any foreign tourist there and seeing so many locals made me really emotional. I hope Pakistan gets better so that people like you can come back

[@leenashabbir9126]

I am still studying here I love my school very much after two years I will be a conventarion💜💜💜

[@sisterswold3689]

What is difference between cjm and presentation convent school

[@Mehralikhanatd01]

Leena shabbir do you remember me 😂

[@amnashahzadarif416]

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[@user-xp3vd9ux5t]

We stumbled upon this video while beautiful mom was talking about CJM muree in her younger years. Her name is Nazra Abbas she was 6-7 yrs old or older in the late 40s or 50. Her sisters Mehershad and had 2 brothers...Nasir Abbas. She has early dementia BUT when I searched she started getting her memories back and cried.... she remembers ms Aslam teacher and Margaret Fletcher her classmate, mother Andrews, mom said other called her sister Andrew's. I.must say what a beautiful place....thank you for sharing beautiful memories that are filled with laughter and kindness Forever....😇❤❤.

[@soniafarooq]

Aww that’s fantastic!! Mother Andrew passed away recently. Sister Berchmans- i dont know if she remembers her- passed away a few days ago. She must also remember sister Clotilda… We all feel the same way about school and it breaks down everyone who experienced life there. It’s difficult to explain our days there. Was there an Arlene Geddes that she remembers? Shes one of oldest murre convent Alumni..

[@IrfanIrfan-sf1ws]

I'm from Pakistan jhelum conventarion grade 7 Happy presentation day to every conventarion behalf of presentation sisters and students

[@KINGKHAN-sd8cb]

Missing my school 😭😭so much

[@fatimahafeez4995]

proud to be conventarian......sister Andrew my teacher.......I just love taking her class....If someone wants to meet sister Andrew plzzzz meet her she always talks about her students....blessed to have her

[@simabbibi6625]

I am past student of convent of Jesus and Mary Murree. Amazing time ever.

[@mehwishjafri4475]

CJM Murree, My Almamator.... cherish each and every moment spent there as a boarder.... proud to be a conventarian ❤

[@halimanoor5717]

our convent was the place for the best angels😊

[@kisafatima831]

Proud to be the part of jm family Love you cjm may u live long

[@zainali-kc9yl]

Yes I'm a conventarian I'm from cjm murree😘😘

[@misainaf3390]

Syyad Zain Ali

[@hadiabbasi9096]

Missing my school😓♥️ My 2nd Home😭♥️🥀

[@hussainwajid9092]

Thank you for this i am also studing in this school

[@theultragamersjustforfun7856]

I am a conventarian . Nowadays missing my school so much .

[@JavedAhmed-ll2nu]

This is my school .....and I really miss it

[@soniafarooq]

What year were you there?

[@latifpark]

Thank you for this heartfelt tribute! I get choked up watching this video even though I attended Convent of Jesus and Mary Lahore. All convents touched the lives of their students and we will always carry that legacy. It was particularly poignant to see the pic of class of 1978 as my best friend Saba Saleem was in that class. Saba if you read this please know I am searching for you and trying to reconnect

[@Nxdzz]

I go to The Convent! Thanks To St Claudine

[@dipsygoff]

Hi there, great video. small strange request, I am doing family tree at the mo and my wife's grandmother went to the convent around the 1920's her name was Barbara Hart, and her father was Oswald Hart. Found a website and there was a lady called Margaret O'Reilly who said that her mother was called Beryl Hart and we believe that they were related as we know that Barbara had a sister called Beryl and another siter called Winnie. If anyone has any information about any of the people I have mentioned it would be a great help. Keep up the great work keeping the memory of this convent alive.

[@dipsygoff]

Hi Jamie, every time I go on Safari this familiar face smiles out at me!1 Not sure why but have you had any success. How is Lynton gaining??

[@soniafarooq]

Hello james! Im sorry i never noticed this comment before. I do have an email for a person with the same exact lineage that you are talking about! They are also related to barbara hart who was grandmother. Could be your wife who emailed me trying to locate her roots maybe? Will see if i can pull out something from my database...

[@adanananjsgshgsgs8437]

missing my school wish that time could come back my second home cjm murree

[@wajhiagul5306]

I love my school

[@elizabethkeimach5452]

I went to the convent from the age of 4 nearly 5 to the age of 11 years, with just a short break at Lawrence's college when the 2nd World War ended. What is shown here are some happy students in the school after partition. It was not like that in my day. Reverend Mother was one of the cruelest women I have ever met and the nuns were not much better. When I had a brief spell at Lawrence College, I realised what a school should be. However when partition came the College closed down and I was sent back to the nightmare of the Convent of Jesus and Mary. Thank goodness my English father took our family to his country, England, or maybe I too may have been broken like they broke poor Betty Kahn.

[@soniafarooq]

Nuns back in the 1940s!!! I can only imagine how terrible it mustve been back then! Lawrence College later on turned into an all boys boarding school so I am surprised that they had girls as students at some point. What happened to Betty Kahn? Would you have any picture from your time which you could share? The nuns were not so bad in the later years but were still a bit of a terror in general. Ofcourse, everything changes with time. I wonder if you used to wash your face in wash basins back then like we still did even in the 90s! Did you have indian food at your meal times or Irish food like we did? I was there in the 90s and we had so many Irish nuns so our menu had a lot of stew, mashed potatoes and gravy type of items. Would love to hear your stories:)

[@Shashi637]

an inexplainable pain .. i cant explain to people in my life NOW, what CJM & PRESENTATION CONVENT SCHOOL MURREE means to me. I M STILL IN CONTACT WITH MY CLASS TEACHER SISTER PATRICIA SHE IS LOVE OF MY LIFE

[@trishbailey2993]

Hello Mohsin Abbasi, I have been trawling through places in India and Pakistan on the Internet that I remember from my childhood. I attended the Presentation Convent in Murree, in fact it is where I began my schooling - oh so long ago! The memories I have, not only of the school but of Murree itself are tucked away in a photo album in my heart. I shall never visit the plces or those people again, but at least I have my memories. Some famous writer wrote: God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December. A beautiful quote! Incidentally, my name is also Patricia, though I do not like it and refer to myself as Trish. I hope you will do well in life and gather as many memories as you are able, as they will be a great comfort to you one day. .

[@thoughtsbyhassan2843]

I miss my school😥😣

[@Shashi637]

SONIA WHAT YEARS YOU WERE THERE?

[@ahmedazam9858]

Hey, can i get any contact or lead of any concerned person in CJM Murree? I want to visit there for a project

[@soniafarooq]

To visit you will have to get permission from the principal…

[@prettyme4387]

oh i get it. im a conventarian too :) lucky huh? i just read an article saying mean stuff about the school. i wasn't expecting tht so i asked you. but ur right, the sisters did work. but still sister monica is really mean.

[@thewisetuber7671]

Sister Monica died😓😓😓

[@icy-zaid5493]

CJM is a beautiful school and my children reads in this school. CJM calut

[@Nxdzz]

The One In London Though.

[@dipsygoff]

thank you that would be really kind.

[@moizgroup]

The uniforms were smarter up untill the 1960s. Now they look no different from any government school's.

[@truth4unation]

the heaven on earth j&m murree and PCM murree

[@asmarakamran256]

❤️❤️❤️

[@animeloveryy36]

Next year i will be a conventarian

[@SaqibKhan-ku6gs]

What is conventarian

[@nainav628]

@@SaqibKhan-ku6gs conventarian is the students who study there

[@nainav628]

In lahore murre or where I study in lahore tell me your name in which coass your re I would love to be friends with you❤️

[@haarixx]

Sonia which year did you graduate in?

[@Mehralikhanatd01]

Proud to be a conventarian 🖤 This school has my heart ❤ Missing good days spent in the school.

[@rajagee7414]

good

[@soniafarooq]

@mus24 graduated in 1992

[@silkypun3849]

My parents don't live together...and I have been really distrubed. I am a muslim...and I am scared. Should I join in ? Will I fit in...

[@soniafarooq]

Blue Desert the boarding school is not there anymore. Its only a day school now.

[@silkypun3849]

@@soniafarooq ohho...

[@prettyme4387]

many people r saying the sisters in this school r horrible. like sister monica. She tore my life apart in class 3 :( and what about the weird servents and the food?

[@thewisetuber7671]

She recently died

[@soniafarooq]

Amna i actually loved the food. :) Mashed potatoes and gravy... spagetti with meatballs..

[@prettyme4387]

@@thewisetuber7671 Sister Monica? Ooof she was a terror.

[@simabbibi6625]

I was a student of sister Monica wonderful lady . May her soul rest in peace.

[@saadiaarslanturk9146]

Thanks God brits leave us with some great insitutions.. hope talibans spare this school....

[@IrfanIrfan-sf1ws]

Still same bell and same white and red swings

[@chshamil9144]

Boys also study there

[@entertainmentchannelpvtltd6817]

Your school makeing mantale slabe of western

[@milou2231]

Okuz

[@haarixx]

Sonia which year did you graduate in?

[@haarixx]

Sonia which year did you graduate in?