Tarcisian Convent, Ipoh
Those liviing in and around Lim Gardens would be familiar with this school (see picture below).
Yes, it’s none other than Tarcisian Convent - which was yet another ‘sister school’ of the HIJ Convent.
We don’t have much about this school, so if anyone out there knows more we’d love to hear from you. Maybe you’re a former student/teacher; if so, do share your memories with us! 
Both my mom and sis used to study in that school…wow it sure looks empty back then in the photo…now it’s surrounded by houses and roads….
hi IpohBoy. can you guess the year this pic was taken? we’re not sure ourselves……
mu two sisters went to this school , used to walk them back after school to silibin…no traffic those days ..
Felicia, no I can’t as it’s beyond my timeframe maybe my mom would have a better idea…let me ask her one of this day…
Looking for a good friend Vivienne Leong Suet Fun class of 1972.She was the deputy head prefect.
Many thanks if someone can let me khnow where she is now.
we live opposite her family house in cherry park, ipoh. she’s migrated to new zealand a few years after form 5. her family followed her eldest sis to australia also.
I would take a wild guess. I stayed around this place and in my lower secondary school days the ground was till covered with bushes, such being the case this could be taken when the school was first built and it would be in the early sixties between 1960 and 1962.
Thanks UV. anyone else thinks it’s the early 1960s?
When we moved to Lim Gardens in 1965, there were houses beside the school on the left of the photo. Even Jalan Hassan which runs infront of the school is not even there yet. Therefore, Valiant Kight@UV’s guess would be right.
Soon after 1965, a larger 3 storey block was built towards the back of the compound. The canteen was on the ground floor. In 1967, this block was hit by a tornado (yes, you read it right! It was a freak event) and the entire roof caved into the building. Fortunately there were no afternoon sessions then and no one was around. Moments earlier I had witnessed the roof of my neighbours house, just across the street, being ripped up. The tiles just flew upwards into the air!
I was a student of Tarcisian Convent in its first year (it was 1963 if I am not mistaken). We were students from the St Philomena Convent in Silibin Road (sharing the school with our Indian friends as St Philomena Convent was a Tamil medium school in the morning session then). When Tarcisian Convent was completed, we moved there but sadly I was only able to spend Std Six there as it was only a Primary School.Our teacher then was the late Mrs Robert Tan and our headmistress was Miss Margaret Lee.We were so happy and proud to move to the new school.
Reply to Melody. I know of Vivienne Leong’s whereabouts.
Mano, you were wrong. I was a std 6 student and we were in the afternoon session in a classroom in the new block as we were short on space in the primary side. We witnessed the entire episode of the roof being blown off.There was no panic as we were told to say a pray. It was scary though.
Hi Vivienne,
So can you let me know where she is at present?
or rather are you Suet Fun then.
hope to hear from you soon.
Wow! I stand corrected, Vivienne! I’m so glad that there’s someone out there who bears witness to this incredible event. People look at me rather strangely whenever I mention it!:)
Hi Melody,
Yes,I’m the Vivienne you are looking for.Need your full name to know who you are.
Thanks.
Hi Vivienne,
phew where have the last 40 years gone?
Doesnt Melody rings a bell to you.
We were penpals first in 1972 when I was in Sydney.We went to I
ipoh Odeon cinema to watch one of Bruce Lee film “Fist of Fury”
Are you still living in Australia?
My email is syadiloh123@yahoo.com
Would like to hearfrom you again after all these years.Hope you n family r well.regards Siew choy
Hi Vivienne ,sorry to give youthe incorrect email
Its syadiloh123@y7mail.com
Suet Fun,how nice will it be to know how u have been? even a hello will be nice
hope to hear from u
My grandparents lived in Lim Gardens. In the mid-60s, one of their servant girls attended this school (after it was expanded to include secondary education).
Wow. I used to study here. From the year of 2000. That was when i started standard 1. Still miss TCS so much.
welcome to the blog, Navina
Wow, the early look of my old school.. I studied there from 1990 – 2000… so much has changed now..
Hi i was a student here from 1986 to 1996. Sadly by then most of the available knowledge leading to the school names was just not available..Specially being that whatever thats leading to Christianity was taken away. I hav always been curious on the name Tarcisian Convent, was it named after the St Tarcisius??
I am hoping someone would shed some light on this.
Thanks in advance .