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by Kit Bartlett
Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:55 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: SMOKING BY MASTERS
Replies: 22
Views: 5529

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 ...
by Kit Bartlett
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.
by Kit Bartlett
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?
by Kit Bartlett
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...
by Kit Bartlett
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...
by Kit Bartlett
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 ...
by Kit Bartlett
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...
by Kit Bartlett
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...
by Kit Bartlett
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...
by Kit Bartlett
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 ?
by Kit Bartlett
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 ...
by Kit Bartlett
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 ...
by Kit Bartlett
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...
by Kit Bartlett
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, ...
by Kit Bartlett
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...