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- Sat May 09, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: R Rae
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10650
- Sat May 09, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: R Rae
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10650
- Fri May 08, 2020 9:13 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: R Rae
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10650
Re: R Rae
I remember Rae well. I came across his name before I went to CH. 3 of us went to CH from my Junior school, and Ian Johnson told me that his Housemaster was Hip Hip, after which I was supposed to say, "Who?", and he would say "Rae". Ian became a member of Mensa and Professor at No...
- Thu May 07, 2020 4:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: The school glider
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7220
Re: The school glider
I remember seeing it on Little Side, even moving, but I joined the Lazy Gang in the RE's where we spent most of our time sleeping in the Bird Sanctuary.
- Mon May 04, 2020 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Where does the word "Toyce" come from?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 23687
Re: Where does the word "Toyce" come from?
We had the box beside the bed ..... ....which we used to call a "settle". Strange how I remember that but I don't remember using the word 'Toyce'. The more usual term for a toyce is a 'carrel unit' but I don't think it was ever called that at CH. Not surprising, Geoff. Toyces were only in...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:58 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Elizabeth Cairncross
- Replies: 129
- Views: 179680
Re: Elizabeth Cairncross
My Junior school has 3 classes of 40 per year, meaning there were close on 500 of us. Add three years of infants and we must have been over 600. Still in touch with some of my last year in Juniors, as we got together in about 2004 when the building was 100 years old. As well as the main building the...
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Windows Updates
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4346
Re: Windows Updates
An Apple a day keeps Bill Gates away
- Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:52 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Now it reaches Eton
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28570
Re: Now it reaches Eton
There are some very interesting articles in recent Guardian Weeklys, some of which point to part of the reasons for these viruses jumping from animals to humans, is our encroachment into their environment. One also suggests that it is highly unlikely that it is man made. I prefer to believe the scie...
- Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Now it reaches Eton
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28570
Re: Now it reaches Eton
Exactly. Class really is an British obsession, and a pretentious one at that. On the Continent it really is a case of 'it's not where you're from, it's where you're at'. You could be born dirt poor, get a decent education and have a 'white collar' job and be counted as one of the middling classes, ...
- Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: I.A.R. Christie, Lamb A 1956-63
- Replies: 29
- Views: 11403
Re: I.A.R. Christie, Lamb A 1956-63
It seems to me that there were quite a lot of brothers in the same house. From memory in my time there were: Joe and Robin Curtis. I inherited Joe’s number and he left a large pen and ink drawing of devils etc, that was on display at the entrance to the Art School. Bass drummers, Nick and Pete Ledeb...
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: WATER TOWER
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10630
Re: WATER TOWER
How did you know the location of the base of the tower?
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:17 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: COVID19
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13714
Re: COVID19
Just as a red herring, my son in Lulea has read an article which suggests that the COVID 19 virus has things common to SARS and AIDS viruses, which are unlikely to appear naturally, leading to the suspicion that the virus is man made. It could have been made by the US, to gain some advantage in thei...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: COVID19
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13714
Re: COVID19
Spain has just gone into lockdown which has caused me a quandary. I have a ferry from Bilbao booked for Tuesday, all other Brittany Ferry departures from Spain have been cancelled. According to a friend, who intends to drive up from Spain through France next weekend, he can be considered as an excep...
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 2:47 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Writing letters home
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6682
Re: Writing letters home
I seem to remember being chucked out of the house from 2.30 to about 4.00pm on a Sunday afternoon and then doing letter writing until going up to Dining Hall for tea. Sunday morning would have been out because we had Band practice from after morning chapel until just before 1.00pm. On a related matt...
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Cross-country runs
- Replies: 45
- Views: 30803
Re: Cross-country runs
Back in the Dark Ages, when sejintenej and I were there, monitors were allowed to give running punishments: miles, double miles and, dependent on which end of The Avenue your House was, loops or Post Office Runs. A monitor would track you on a bicycle as you completed the requisite distance. How do...