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- Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:16 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: RIP Sir Colin Davis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6861
Re: RIP Sir Colin Davis
Don't know if this is of interest, but Sir C's two (I think) sisters attended Hertford, and hated eating the weekly fish dish (fish bones in cheese sauce one week, alternating with fish bones in white sauce with green bits the next) with 'regular' cutlery, so, when financially able to do so, generou...
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:10 am
- Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
- Topic: laptops
- Replies: 60
- Views: 40547
Re: laptops
<grumpy old man on In my day the biggest hi-tech item was a fountain pen that used a replaceable ink cylinder Grumpy old man off> :lol: :lol: :lol: I am a co-signatory on our horse club account. Presented at bank on Friday to cash a cheque for the float for fund raising bbq. 'Nope, sorry, can't cas...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:13 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Science teaching in the 50's
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28690
Re: Science teaching in the 50's
Horses for courses. I can't remember the terms for the different styles of teaching and of learning, but do remember that it isn't a case of one size fits all. Interestingly, if I answered the questions correctly, I am rare among scientists: needing to see and do rather than just listen in order to ...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:31 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Science teaching in the 50's
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28690
Re: Science teaching in the 50's
Science, even in the workplace, is now boring as bat sh1t courtesy of the Occ Elf. While I would not wish to return to the days of smoking and making coffee in the lab (alongside the human pathology samples) or being told that if we caught Hep B it would be because we were slack (this in the days wh...
- Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:58 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: school scarf
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9053
Re: school scarf
[quote="Spoonbill"][But maybe EnglishAngel could knit one for me, what with her being a billionaire playgirl with all the time in the world on her hands. quote] Why not grab needles and wool and head on down to Brighton Hospital? I'm sure that Kerren's Occ Therapist would think it an excel...
- Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:23 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Current reading matter
- Replies: 539
- Views: 108177
Re: Current reading matter
I'm reading A Casual Vacancy, and agree with Kerren's comments. The conversation that the person sitting behind me on the train this morning was having with her mother (on her mobile) was of more interest than Ms Rowling's plot, and after, once again, trawling back to find an opening bracket (to ens...
- Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:07 am
- Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
- Topic: Sixth form entry assessment
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3007
Re: Sixth form entry assessment
Hi I'm sure that it will be 'stuff' that your daughter has done before, possibly just described using different terminology - perhaps you could ask the school for a look at past papers (um, if this isnt the first time for 6th form entry), and/or ask the teachers at her current school for advice? Goo...
- Sat Oct 06, 2012 4:02 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Is There Such a Thing as CH Merchandise?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11841
Re: Is There Such a Thing as CH Merchandise?
I'm hyperventilating at the thought of how hard it would have been to get all of the soap scum off without removing any of the black line. The good old 'lose no matter how hard I tried' experience. I have no pleasant olfactory memories of Hertford, but several nauseatingly awful ones: the extraordin...
- Sat Sep 15, 2012 3:27 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: 40 Years on 1971/72
- Replies: 52
- Views: 23710
Re: 40 Years on 1971/72
Christian names would also be 'useful' for the females, as I think that the surnames are those of their husbands. Damaris was nee Williams?
- Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:20 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Current reading matter
- Replies: 539
- Views: 108177
Re: Current reading matter
Inspired by the TV adaptation, I bought (for 77p,for my Kindle!) 'Parade's End' by Ford Maddox Brown. YAWN!!! I find it very difficult to follow a story line when it is embedded in endless, rambling, dialogue between the various characters. Any other views? Hilary Mantel suffers from something simi...
- Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:00 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE !
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1806
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE !
A belated 'Thank you JR'
- Wed May 23, 2012 4:49 am
- Forum: Parents - Past, Present & Future
- Topic: Girls' cricket?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7450
Re: Girls' cricket?
Were we not forced to play cricket because DR had played for (captained?) the English team?
Personally, I would rather watch paint dry; although things have improved (IMO) since limited over and one day matches were invented. Not to mention slightly more attractive outfits.
Personally, I would rather watch paint dry; although things have improved (IMO) since limited over and one day matches were invented. Not to mention slightly more attractive outfits.
- Mon May 14, 2012 3:26 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: School Prospectus
- Replies: 61
- Views: 19697
Re: School Prospectus
Are full fee paying students required to sit an entrance exam?
- Fri May 11, 2012 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: School Prospectus
- Replies: 61
- Views: 19697
Re: School Prospectus
I have to wonder whether the academic bar will drop, to the possible detriment of bright scholarship pupils, and whether the school will experience 'I have paid my money, now pass my child', now matter how poor the performance.
- Thu May 03, 2012 12:03 am
- Forum: Hertford Memories
- Topic: CH Ladies on Facebook
- Replies: 32
- Views: 23813
Re: CH Ladies on Facebook
I can't open Fb at the moment, so this is from a rather dodgy memory:
top right hand of the screen, there is a Friend Request button, or something similar. Click and wait
top right hand of the screen, there is a Friend Request button, or something similar. Click and wait