Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Robert,
Thanks for that. I do suggest you contact Rex Sweeny, as he has an extraordinarily deep knowledge of school and partiicularly Old Blue affairss over the past 50-60 years and would be able to tell you whether your chap has ever featured in The Blue.
David

Please permit me to play my usual role of adding to the confusion! There are some masters houses on the outside of the ring fence and between that fence and the station. I think its called King Edward Road or some such. (Out of Peele gate and head for the station and they are on your left, between y...

Verrio

chewing gum

If you want to cause a ruckus at a Norwegian party,

Actually, the real showstopper at a Norwegian party is to say "By the way, there are two bottles of whiskey in my rucksack."

cod (as in "piece of...")

Thanks - did not realise letter to the editor appeared on website. Well done Maggie!
It's a bit worrying that somebody in the position of Head of the Charity Commissioners shoulkd take such a blinkered and ignorant view.

For those of us who do not subscribe to/buy The Sunday Times is it possible for some kind soul to scan the letter and post it here, please?

Stick

Englishangel,

englishangel wrote:That is exactly what I meant.

Excellent! Actually, what I wrote was meant to be light-hearted, but on rereading it, it sounds a bit patronising, whicvh I can
assure you it was not meant to be
:deadhorse: Sorry

Englishangel,
Do you realise that to refer to 'two in a bed' as a double entendre is, in and of itself, a double entendre?

Munch

I have to admit that when I read the first lines of sejintenj's latest posting with the heading "Was CH Horsham Designed to be Gay?" followed by a quote "....absolutely ages since I have embedded two at the same time" I initially came to the wrong conclusion!

Michael, Fascinated by your reference to "Q-shott", I am sure that you are right but I got as far as probationary Grecian, and have never heard of it before. Can you (or anyone else) elaborate at all, please? Does it still go on? CH has/had many of these quirky customs, many of them now di...

Dear Ridley (sorry, don't know your first name!), Kerren has asked me to contact you, so here I am! As she says, I have been doing a bit of research into Old Blues in WW1. I have the CH "Record of Service" which lists those Old Blues known to have served. I emphasise the word "known&q...