Pakistan's 92 year-old British teacher looks for successor..

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Pakistan's 92 year-old British teacher looks for successor..

Postby dogtanian » Thu May 06, 2010 8:29 pm

Meet the 92 year-old teacher finally calling it a day...
BBC News Online - Page last updated at 08:58 GMT, Thursday, 6 May 2010 09:58 UK


Almost seventy years ago, a young British army officer arrived in the Indian subcontinent ready for adventure. He never left.

Major Geoffrey Langlands was present at the birth of Pakistan in 1947 and has spent more than half a century teaching there. Now he is looking for a successor to take over his mountain school in the Chitral Valley in northern Pakistan.

Orla Guerin went to meet him...

Link to video: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8664333.stm



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