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- Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:55 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: SMOKING BY MASTERS
- Replies: 22
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Re: SMOKING BY MASTERS
Mention is made of P.G. Matthews' sports jacket worn in class. I seem to remember that most masters dressed fairly casually. The dreaded D.S. Macnutt, who incidentally was a pipe smoker par excellence, generally wore a sports jacket. As one who read the Greyfriars and other school stories avidly in ...
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:06 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Matrons
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11500
Re: Matrons
Mrs Kathleen? A, Riches was Matron of Coleridge from 1950 to 1965. Her son Profesor G.C.P. Riches was in Thornton B and Maine B from 1952-60.Last reported in Saskatchewan in 1991.
The Riches' family home was in Runton, Norfolk.
Chris B.
The Riches' family home was in Runton, Norfolk.
Chris B.
- Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: SMOKING BY MASTERS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5529
Re: SMOKING BY MASTERS
Dare one ask how P.G. Matthews gained his nickname?
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Matrons
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11500
Matrons
Mention has been made that House Matrons were not allowed anywhere near the Masters' Common Room or in the dining Room There were only nine of them (including the Infirmary Matron). Where did they eat and congregate I wonder? I suppose in the present day climate they would have had a case for sexual...
- Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: SMOKING BY MASTERS
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5529
SMOKING BY MASTERS
Can any one recall masters smoking in boys' presence in the classroom or in their house? I seem to remember that there were a number of pipe smokers amongst the staff. Kit Aitken in Coleridge A used to give advice to visiting Old Blues of which the following were gems. "Don't smoke in the Day R...
- Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: DINING HALL LUNCHES
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4495
Re: DINING HALL LUNCHES
Were the lunches supplied on the Dais the same as those served to the boys? I cannot see Housey Stew being offered to the privileged few . I remember the Coleridge A House captain complaining once that on a particular day when presumably he was not lunching there with the Head Master he noticed one ...
- Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: DINING HALL LUNCHES
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4495
Re: DINING HALL LUNCHES
It was Miss not Mrs. Stevenson. I believe that she was Irish and was generally known by the boys as Ma Stive. There was a song used by the boys to the tune of a hymn. "Let us with a Gladstone Bag praise |Ma Stive for she's a h.g " She was certainly there in 1942 as I remember her giving my...
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: DINING HALL LUNCHES
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4495
DINING HALL LUNCHES
I do not think that staff and others who dined on the dais ate the same food as that served to the rest of the school. Senior Housemasters who lunched with their house did of course do so. The Head Master (HLOF) dined most days with his school monitors on the centre table of the dais. I remember tha...
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:49 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4066
Re: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
I believe I am correct that female teaching staff were not admitted to the Masters'Common Room when first appointed during WW 2, They were presumably given an alternative place to eat and socialise. This did not prevent a number of Inter staff marriages however Miss Bays , Miss Barlow and Miss Tyrel...
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4066
Re: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
Lionel Mohun Carey became Head Master of Bromsgrove School after leaving C.H.
Was he the only Senior Housemaster who insisted on cold baths every morning ?
Was he the only Senior Housemaster who insisted on cold baths every morning ?
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4066
Re: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
What was and is the official line on staff imparting political prejudice when teaching pupils? I remember L.M.Carey advising his history class that the main cause of the First World War was "the beastly Prussian nature".He was, shall we say, one of the old school of thought and presumably ...
- Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Absenteeism
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15495
Re: Absenteeism
We had a boy in Coleridge A who lived in Tooting and ran away. There was another in Middleton A who did this on more than one occasion and also one in Thornton A who lived in Wimbledon and never returned. Did not the staff at CH Station have instructions to query any boy turning up at odd times and ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4066
FEMALE TEACHING STAFF WORLD WAR 2
The glamorous teacher referred to by Neil was Miss E.M. Forster, She was not the first lady to be employed on the staff however. Predecessors include :- 1941 Mrs E.M. Cooke, Mrs. M.K. Corfe, Miss C.A.M. Barlow, Miss D.A. Harvie, 1942 Miss M.S. Bays, Mrs. A. Barber, Mrs. B. Sanderson, 1943 Mrs M Mabe...
- Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Absenteeism
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15495
Re: Absenteeism
The Vicar's son mentioned was in Lamb A; perhaps I had better not mention his name even at this distance of time. I believe that he had stored the stolen drink in the Scout Hut. The event occurred c 1951 and despite his father's personal pleading to the boy's senior Housemaster, Mr. A.L. Johnstone, ...
- Sun Dec 11, 2011 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Absenteeism
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15495
Re: Absenteeism
The Post Office was run by Sergeant Fielder. He also used to adminster school beatings. Presumably this was for more serious crimes when authorised by the Head Master. Another of his duties was to sit in Chapel and be responsible for opening and closing the doors. Drill Sergeant Usher gave the order...