Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Just wanted to draw attention to Carl Robinson's new thread in the Old Blue clubs / societies section, trying to locate more than seventy ex-CH cricketers:

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On 'Skinner's Feast' I'm less sure of my ground. But the Skinners' Company used to hold (probably still does) a big event on Corpus Christi Day each year, involving a procession to the church of St Mary Aldermary. Traditionally this procession was led by the ten current CH pupils presented by the co...

'Taff' certainly meant potato in my time.

<b>Mrs Flowers</b> ran the Tuck Shop. <b>Hector Buck (Col A 10-19, Horsham Staff 28-57)</b> defined 'the hole' as 'an aperture about 18" inches square in the wire-net grill separating server and customers… A not very orderly queue succeeded to it, inserting arm, coin in hand.' 'Serve the hole...

Tuesday on Channel 4 at 1.45pm: Cottage to Let co-starring Michael Wilding (MaA 22-28)

Thursday on Channel 4 at 1.50pm: The Hound of the Baskervilles directed by Terence Fisher (PeB 13-19)

and was there not another chap named Mackerras Yes - this was <b>Alastair Mackerras (Staff 52-53)</b>, later head of Sydney Grammar School. Didn't know about the Sir Charles connection though. Apparently he (Alastair) wrote an autobiography including his years at CH (<b>Paddie Drake</b> mentioned a...

Is this Rev Whitfield (Whitfeld) in the 1951 Barnes B photograph that I posted to the CH Photos section? Yes, Whitfeld was assistant housemaster of Barnes B, succeeding another Australian, <b>Frank McCracken (Staff 48-50)</b>. Mike Brittain …says it was Lionel Fredrick Whitfield... then he added ...

I am surprised at the heading which is "Chaplain 1959-64" as I remember him well and feel that he was there for most, if not all, of my time at Housie, which was 1948-55. Is my memory wrong or are the dates at the head of the obituary incorrect? As I understand it, Ron Pullin was Chaplain...

Tomorrow (Sunday) on ITV1 at 9pm: The Queen featuring Roger Allam (PeB & ThA 64-72) as Her Majesty's Private Secretary Sir Robin Janvrin.

Monday on five at 11.05pm: Stoned starring Leo Gregory (MdA 90-95) as Rolling Stone Brian Jones.

There's a small photo of him here

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia ... 00466a.jpg

illustrating his Times obituary today

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/commen ... 302776.ece

The house and dates of Exton/Brooks have normally been given as Mid B 1941-45, but in Who's Blue 1997 he gave his date of arrival as 1940. I'd be surprised if Sylvia Miller at CH couldn't tell you which version is accurate.

kerrensimmonds wrote:Is she still living, and might that be why CH would not name a House after her?

No, she died in 1998.

Yes...there are some very distinguished people who were at CH Hertford. However, until Ida Busbridge (Hertford 1919-26) died relatively recently, they were all extant - and with that exception still are living (as far as I know). Don't forget about Margaret Gowing (Elliott, 4's 1932-38) , historian...

One or two corrections needed here: The Middleton block takes its name not from the Jacobean dramatist but from Thomas Fanshaw Middleton (CH 1779-88, Governor) , first Bishop of Calcutta. Details here: http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2003/01/daily-01-28-2003.shtml Perversely, Barnes is named after t...

Welcome back, and as I said on the original version of this thread, in the junior houses at the start of the Seventies there were quite a few boys who'd have fitted in just fine at Abu Ghraib.