Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Angela, all this talk about The Book is really getting very tiring. Why don't you just sit down and write it instead of wondering about it and letting yourself be confused by all our endless gassing and faffing? You are a really gifted writer and I think it is about time you sent us your specific co...

Very true indeed! Think of how the Bronte sisters even put their arms around each other when faced with a visit from outside their particular world?
Isn't this - somehow - what we are doing on this forum?

Putting our arms around each other?

Well my face is definitely lurching towards 50 but I am as thin as a bean pole and still have damn good legs and - if I I am challenged to it - would skip willingly round the whole of Housey in Hotpants with any number of Young Things if this would help CH in any way (it would be COMPLETE fun for me...

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We had one eccentric OG from 3s who was to be avoided at all costs- she would grab her victim by the hand and skip round the square while she told the world what a useless preparation for the real world Hertford was. This certainly rings a bell and like JR, I really laughed out loud. I don't rememb...

That is hilarious! Cheap entertainment, eh?? The lack of electronic means of instant communication in those days did mean we were forced to be creative, didn't it?!! There's no way students today could ever deal with what we did - it would be on Facebook or Youtube before you could blink! Can you i...

Was heavily traumatised by the House Mistress in 1's during my time - she had a speech impediment and used to say 'ssshhh' instead of 'ess-ing' - can't even remember her name but when we all used to sit with our backs to the table before meals I faced a girl called Sally Ripley who used to 'knit sn...

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Kim who sent you to Conventry? I do hope I wasn't one of them because I simply don't remember anything about it. It's strange how some memories stand out so vividly and then there are long gaps of time where everything is blurred and confused. Someone mentioned on this thread the Christmas decs - I ...