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by Doctor Smellcroft
Mon May 07, 2012 3:35 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Death of Michael Butler
Replies: 3
Views: 2112

Death of Michael Butler

An appreciative Guardian obituary of M R D Butler (Peele B 1940-48, Governor):

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/ ... r-obituary
by Doctor Smellcroft
Wed May 02, 2012 9:43 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Death of Nigel Farrell
Replies: 5
Views: 4863

Re: Death of Nigel Farrell

Just discovered there's a parallel thread about Nigel's death here:

http://www.chforum.com/php/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=4062
by Doctor Smellcroft
Wed May 02, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Siblings in different Houses
Replies: 38
Views: 8529

Re: Siblings in different Houses

Kit Bartlett wrote:Have we ever had triplets at CH?
Yes - the models and actors Eliot, Julian and Ryan Gregory were all at CH from 1995 to 2002.

(Five years later they gave this interview: http://www.movmnt.com/army-of-three-int ... 04084.html)
by Doctor Smellcroft
Tue May 01, 2012 2:56 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: More sad news
Replies: 15
Views: 7505

Ron Lorimer's Thanksgiving Service

I hope that we will hear news of his funeral as I would like to go. If anyone has news of this please would they post it. Details were in The Guardian the other day. Cremation was private but there's to be a Thanksgiving Service at St Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent this Friday (4th May) at 2.00...
by Doctor Smellcroft
Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:56 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Even more sad news
Replies: 5
Views: 2516

Re: Even more sad news

Sad news indeed. He was himself an Old Blue (Coleridge B 1931-40) and later a Governor.
by Doctor Smellcroft
Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:12 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: On Radio 4 this week
Replies: 0
Views: 2326

On Radio 4 this week

Alex Lanipekun (LaA 92-99) co-stars with Kenneth Cranham in the three-part police drama The Interrogation on BBC Radio 4 at 2.15pm this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Some details:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/progin ... ation.html
by Doctor Smellcroft
Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:35 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Death of Nigel Farrell
Replies: 5
Views: 4863

Death of Nigel Farrell

Shocked to see this untimely obituary of Nigel Farrell (MdA 62-70) in today's Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... rrell.html
by Doctor Smellcroft
Wed Aug 03, 2011 4:46 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: BUCKLES
Replies: 26
Views: 8138

Re: BUCKLES

J.R. wrote:I remember that painting, though I cannot remember where it was hung during my day.
In the early Seventies it used to hang in the Infirmary day room.
by Doctor Smellcroft
Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:25 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Old Blues Day 2011
Replies: 15
Views: 5582

Re: Old Bloes Day 2011

Bingo the Poop-Eating Dog wrote:Whatever it is, am I invited?
I'm afraid your invitation has just been withdrawn, due to your distressing dietary habits.
by Doctor Smellcroft
Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Kissing Practice
Replies: 62
Views: 16053

Re: Kissing Practice

I once saw a bullfinch. Twelve feet long, it was.

On another occasion I posed as the Turkish Ambassador and opened a hydro-electric dam on the summit of Ben Nevis.

Hope this helps!
by Doctor Smellcroft
Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:24 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH Under Queen Blooody Mary's Regime?
Replies: 30
Views: 4059

Re: CH Under Queen Blooody Mary's Regime?

The full account in The Christ's Hospital Book (1953) runs as follows: The children who accompanied the Corporation to the King's palace to receive the Royal Charter rejoiced in their new lot and their new clothes. Soon their rejoicing was turned to fear. In August, 1553, they assembled at Aldgate t...
by Doctor Smellcroft
Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:03 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Who has made it on to the big screen?
Replies: 16
Views: 5114

Re: Who has made it on to the big screen?

A guide to Old Blues listed in the Internet Movie Database:

http://www.webspawner.com/users/obsimdb/index.html
by Doctor Smellcroft
Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:55 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "University of Housey"
Replies: 11
Views: 3620

Re: "University of Housey"

Bah!

Still, you never know...
by Doctor Smellcroft
Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "University of Housey"
Replies: 11
Views: 3620

Re: "University of Housey"

Sounds as if Barnes Wallis's dream of "the College of Christ's Hospital at University Standard" may at last be coming true.