Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

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Anyone want a discussion forum for their business or organsition?

Very limited experience, no downtime (yet), struggle to get members, but happy to help with the basics if needed.....!

Julian

Message received, and PM'd in response. I've got flood control switched on, and once we've got a good membership then I'll make it a private forum, with a welcome topic visible only. Until then, I'm keen to keep it self-authenticated and visible whilst un-registered, so that we get people quickly ab...

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Slip of the pen - most scouts tended to be in Lamb - wasn't meant to be linked.

How to post pictures A guide from "harsha" I find that in every forum I go to there are always new people who aren't sure how to get pictures as part of their message. You should have a mini tutorial somewhere. Simply: - register at http://www.photobucket.com - click browse and find your p...

Anyone seen this one before? "Christ's Hospital opened its doors in 1552 as a school to train orphans in reading, writing, and arithmetic. After the children finished their training they were apprenticed to various merchants, ship captains, and planters around the growing English empire. The Ch...

Just a rota of who did what to tidy up, wipe the tables down, lay the tables before meals, sweep up etc. etc. You did a week of a trade, doing it less the further up the school you got.

J

Bread, butter and jam - I think it was that way round! It was one of the dinning-hall trades, along with "Kiff" - Tea

"Quiz" - "Ego" - now that brings back some memories! The enthusiasm, even before finding out what was on offer.......ah, the memories. Now I'm feeling old.........


I'll get my coat.


J

Here's the link for anyone who missed it (like me!) http://www.tes.co.uk/search/story/?story_id=2052852 Have just sent them this in order to try to set the record straight:- "I would like to pick up on an incomplete observation in one of your articles, which I feel you should correct? In the ar...

That's a shame the camaraderie has gone - used to be a highlight of the house feel, the friendly but tough rivalry between houses.

Leigh Hunt, Maine, Peele all majorly into sport. Thornton - never did work out what they were into, and Lamb were the arty bunch, music, scouts etc. etc.

Browns?
Buffting?
Definitions please!

J

Has any of the Housey Slang survived?

"Bokers"
"Crab, flab and muck"
House "Trades"
Hundreds more, but can't think............

I guess the "lav ends" have gone?

Old Blues:- add to the list
Pupils:- Do these still survive, or been replaced?

J