Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

In a 30 year old letter from FH Smith (Ma A 1919-26) he mentions his house’s practice concerning the Facts of Life. He wrote, “When a boy was confirmed Maine A’s housemaster wrote to his parents, asking if they had taught facts of life to their son, or if they wished him to do it. If the latter the ...

In my days (the 50s) we certainly did not break step when crossing a bridge. Presumably the bridges were constructed so well that it was unnecessary. As for only the drummers being filmed in the 1930 clip, is it possible there was a band at the front and the drummers (2 different sets) were placed f...

I have just come across this extract from a letter written 30 years ago by BK Wallace (Col A, 1918-24) who wrote about the topic of this thread. - “… juniors were an irreverent lot and we had our own special jokes to liven our worship. In the hymn ‘Thy kingdom come, O God’ instead of ‘By many deeds ...