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by rockfreak
Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:34 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: A post on behalf of one of the Dobbie/Husband victims
Replies: 39
Views: 12216

Re: A post on behalf of one of the Dobbie/Husband victims

Has any of this stuff appeared in the national press?
by rockfreak
Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: The trial of Husband and Dobbie
Replies: 40
Views: 10549

Re: The trial of Husband and Dobbie

The prison food can't be any worse than at CH.
by rockfreak
Sat Jul 07, 2018 10:29 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: REV PULLIN & THE OLD BLUE
Replies: 22
Views: 7310

Re: REV PULLIN & THE OLD BLUE

I had a vague idea that "Windy" as he was known was with Maine A for a while but I could be wrong about that. I've known one or two people over the years who have converted to Catholicism because of the lure of the bells and smells and general razzmatazz. I suppose it's understandable when...
by rockfreak
Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:16 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Deputy Head Writes...
Replies: 29
Views: 8029

Re: The Deputy Head Writes...

Certainly by NTF.
by rockfreak
Fri Jul 06, 2018 10:28 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Should the forum be behind a registration wall?
Replies: 51
Views: 13551

Re: Should the forum be behind a registration wall?

Just recently on another thread someone posted claiming that this sort of abuse goes on just as much at day schools. Really? I can only speak from my own experience but when my three daughters were at their local day schools (variously comprehensive and grammar) over a span of about twelve years the...
by rockfreak
Thu Jul 05, 2018 9:06 pm
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: Here we go again
Replies: 4
Views: 1831

Re: Here we go again

No-one's been prosecuted yet for Spoony's erotic leg massage by the swimming pool.
by rockfreak
Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: PETITION: Is 26% Full-Fee Paying Pupils Too High?
Replies: 112
Views: 34887

Re: PETITION: Is 26% Full-Fee Paying Pupils Too High?

Replying to Iguana's post: if the full fee payers can afford thirty one grand to send their kids to CH then they can afford to pay a lot more tax to help fund a proper one-tier state system like they have in other developed European countries. Anything else is outdated (by about a century) Victorian...
by rockfreak
Sat Jun 30, 2018 8:29 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Underachieving at CH
Replies: 20
Views: 6027

Re: Underachieving at CH

I have been posting on Nick Duffell's sites ever since I read his books 'The Making of Them' and 'Wounded Leaders'. I sent him emails about my experiences at Christ's Hospital and in later life and he asked if I would put these up on his sites. His late co-worker Rob Bland happened to be at CH in th...
by rockfreak
Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:56 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Underachieving at CH
Replies: 20
Views: 6027

Re: Underachieving at CH

Janey Jam-Jar is a wonderful moniker. How did she come by it? Everyone should be required to post and explain how they dreamed up their moniker.
by rockfreak
Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:51 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Deputy Head Writes...
Replies: 29
Views: 8029

Re: The Deputy Head Writes...

I haven't always found myself in agreement with Sejintenej but I do agree that the vague and modern-day jargon-esque language used is what you might expect from a politician asked by a newspaper for a quote. Or even from a Deputy Headmistress asked to justify an educational system that only seven pe...
by rockfreak
Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:36 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Science teaching in the 50's
Replies: 41
Views: 20686

Re: Science teaching in the 50's

Drinking is a thoroughly worthwhile academic discipline and there should be a PhD in it.
by rockfreak
Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:25 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Underachieving at CH
Replies: 20
Views: 6027

Underachieving at CH

The minute my mother knew that I was going to CH she was on the phone to everyone she knew telling them the good news. It was the chance of a lifetime. Especially in 1952. To make matters worse my sponsor was an old boy of the school and a senior governor. The weight of expectation was on my shoulde...
by rockfreak
Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:48 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Politics
Replies: 624
Views: 236831

Re: Politics

Steve Hilton gets a good slagging off from Nick Cohen in this Sunday's Observer. Hilto now appears to have completed a journey from left to right. Starting off by claiming to endorse old-fashioned one-nation conservatism in the Tory party he is now a regular on Murdoch's Fox News, hosting all sorts ...
by rockfreak
Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Politics
Replies: 624
Views: 236831

Re: Politics

I'm just picking myself up off the floor. Avon and I are on the same side of the fence for once. I know that opinion polls aren't totally reliable but the last four have put Remain in the ascendancy by anything from two to six points. Foureyes's language skills and parental ancestry are all very wel...
by rockfreak
Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Politics
Replies: 624
Views: 236831

Re: Politics

Went on the Anti-Brexit march in London today. About 100,000 there I reckon. Most of the banners bigging up the fact hat we'd been lied to and only another referendum nearer to Brexit will be the answer. Right on cue Airbus and BMW put their heads above the parapet and voiced their concerns. How wil...