Pepperwater.com features Bob Francis. Bob spent his early years in Mussoorie. He and his family have traveled India, by road, extensively and has a book about these travels coming soon. To give you some early background on who Bob Francis is, read about him in his short biography below.

Bob’s book will be offered as a contest here on Pepperwater.com – free to enter and one lucky winner will be chosen. Pepperwater.com will ship this book to you, in whichever part of the world you live in. Look for that contest to open soon. Now, you can read all about Bob.

Our family were Survey of India,  Grandfather,  Father and  two brothers.
The  Survey of India only had two offices, one in Calcutta and one in Dehra Dun ,originally  established by Col. Everest in Mussoorie.
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Ray Rees-Olivere jazz musician extrodinaire and a well travelled one at that. Performed at slick Jazz clubs and recorded countless radio and television shows under the stage name of Lance Raymond. This is his story.

Prior to 110 Squadron RAF arriving in Singapore, the sqdn. was based at Butterworth, Malaya and most of us on the sqdn. with married families were living in Penang (1962/63).
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John Mayer, born in Calcutta, was a world class musician and composer. His works are covered by many musicians across the globe. John Mayer, to this generation of Anglo Indians is unfortunately not well known. I was lucky enough to have a chat with his son Jonathan Mayer and asked him to share with us the story of John Mayer, his dad and the musician. This is the story of John Mayer, a Calcutta boy. Continue reading “John Mayer – His life story.” »

Beverley David Pearson was an up-country born lad who grew up in Calcutta. Schooled as a boarder in Bangalore (Bishop Cotton) and graduated with a BA Hons degree from St. Xavier’s College in Calcutta. Started life as a school teacher in St James School and moved to The Statesman as a management trainee in ‘61. Married Verna Robinson the same year and in ‘65 migrated to London. Pursued a successful career in publishing but found England cold, crowded, cramped and expensive. Migrated again… to Sydney in ’82 where he and his family have settled very happily. Continue reading “Bev Pearson” »