“it's alright as long as you're both laughing".
Clearly he never anticipated the combination of pot and sex!
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- Wed Mar 13, 2019 10:56 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Strange old man dressed in WW1 army gear / dog named lobster
- Replies: 143
- Views: 102920
- Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Gaia Week at Christ's Hospital
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8241
Re: Gaia Week at Christ's Hospital
I have to be honest, and say I find this a very disappointing choice. At a time when we may be facing one of the greatest choices we will ever have to make, regarding our behaviour with respect to the environment, it is a great pity that the decision was made to invite Rupert Sheldrake as the expert...
- Sun Feb 03, 2019 10:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Politics
- Replies: 624
- Views: 260441
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 10:16 pm
- Forum: Coleridge Photos
- Topic: Col A - is this 1960?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 14178
Re: Col A - is this 1960?
I think what it was, that sometimes I am browsing these sites and decide to see if I can still remember names to faces, or vice versa. It's a kind of mental exercise as I get older, rather like doing crosswords every day. And this time I spotted Banker Brown, top row, and this prompted me to launch...
- Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:35 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Science teaching in the 50's
- Replies: 41
- Views: 26454
Re: Science teaching in the 50's
That was very true at Hertford too. I may have said it before, I left school with a place at Oxford for maths on a closed scholarship, a Queen's Guide and a DofE Gold Award holder yet was made to feel a failure as I was unmusical and not athletic. A direct parallel at Horsham. I had the Queens Scou...
- Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Vikki Askew
- Replies: 58
- Views: 46340
Re: Vikki Askew
And while most countries have private schools, none have a system whereby it is almost self-evident for the rich to send their children to them, and none have pernicious private-school networks. The US has a very strong private school network that mainly involves schools in New England (like Choate...
- Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Revamping of Christ Church Newgate St
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10640
Re: Revamping of Christ Church Newgate St
On the subject of revamping, planning permission for the new sports facilities has been turned down. A case of the nuisance neighbour? https://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/politics/christ-s-hospital-new-sports-facilities-turned-down-by-councillors-1-8763465 [/quote “Simon Reid, headmaster of Christ...
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Identification.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10053
Re: Identification.
"Hang on a minute. I haven't lived in the UK for 14 years now, but are you all saying that there is still no such thing as a government issued ID card? When I first moved to the US, I didn't drive but it was incredibly easy to stroll to the local Department of Motor Vehicles and wait several ho...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Matrons
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39976
Re: Matrons
“I understand that in one area (at least) of the USA the whole neighbourhood brings food for the wake and ensures that the bereaved and neighbours are looked after” Certainly in small towns in New England this is still the norm, as is showing up with food when people move into the neighborhood. Mind...
- Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Matrons
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39976
Matrons
Back in the day (50's) what qualifications, if any, were needed to become a house matron?
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: From the sublime to the ridiculous
- Replies: 293
- Views: 154314
Re: A simple question ?
Supposedly, Aristotle.sejintenej wrote: ↑Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:26 pm Who wrote:
Give me the child and I will mould him into anything"
I have heard "Hitler" "Nietszche" "Skinner"
Does anyone actually know?
Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man
- Fri Oct 26, 2018 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Corporal Punishment by CH Teaching staff
- Replies: 104
- Views: 40004
Re: Corporal Punishment by CH Teaching staff
A recent study has looked at rates of violent behaviour by adolescents in those countries that have banned corporal punishment of students vs those that haven't. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/9/e021616?int_source=trendmd&int_medium=trendmd&int_campaign=trendmd The results are pretty dram...
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Sometimes I forget
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3242
Re: Sometimes I forget
Horsham in the fifties allowed one bath a week, though showers after sports were common. Truth is, that was probably more than I got at home. The building I lived in had just one bath for four flats, in an unheated room, so not much incentive in the winter. I agree, I just accepted everything as nor...
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Vegetarians
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4144
Re: Vegetarians
“I still dislike most meat but enjoy bacon for breakfast.” Ahhh, bacon: the gateway drug for vegans and vegetarians.
- Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:46 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Explanation of the 'Tube'
- Replies: 47
- Views: 31301
Re: Explanation of the 'Tube'
Tunnel running (crawling) was a lot of fun. I think we found all the accessible areas others have mentioned, plus there were a couple of storage rooms that were full of junk. As it happened, many years later I worked at The Rockefeller University in NYC, and it also had an extensive tunnel system an...