Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Certainly I checked the outbox - zilch I even tried to message you but didn't appear to succeed The problem is that I saw a post from eloisesec saying that she is bored silly and can anyone help her find a job. Unfortunately it got lost whilst I was creating a reply and got sidetracked by a family e...

Feb 2005 As a direct result of richardb's entry under "Re: Agenda for meeting on 13th Sept & statements" I tried to send a message to rockfreak stating categorically that the reference to a banker was not to me and giving reasons. I even took his name from the members search engine but...

Your cri de coeur in past few days

Can't find it again so please contact

My early year (1950's) going outside the fence required a parent accompaniement. Early 60's I had a bike and ha two options; scout camp anywhere within reach by bike (which was always a rock climbing site or otherwise Sunday afternoons but back by 4.30 for letter writing. One Sunday, after seeing my...

Hawkins is one I don't remember. You are right; if you came up from the Prep you were shoved in on your own and for you etc the nursemaids would have been pretty useless- indeed as Trades Mon I don't think I appointed any. In the Prep they were with you for almost a week. You are referring to Ken Br...

Andrew. The vote on Brexit happened a considerable time ago as did the decision to exit Calais during the middle ages or even the decision by the French king to accept that the Danes had successfully invaded Normandy. Avon got there first but there is a huge difference between England's defeat by H...

As for one's interactions with those who supported Brexit and those who voted to remain, it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify the former group as they have gone so very quiet (including on this forum)! Within my (extended) family, as far as I know it was only a small number of the elde...

. The .22 (Lee Enfield rifle No 8 if I recall correctly) was another accurate weapon but obviously with a much shorter range and used indoors at the miniature range behind, I think, Thornton. It had no noticeable kick at all. Shooting was very much one of my things at CH under the tutelage of the e...

That is just so sad that you were orphaned while at CH. I seem to remember that you've spoken about it before and that the school thought that by not talking about it too much you wouldn't be reminded of it. I was contemporary with you and remember the Fantle affair and wondered how he coped with i...

At CH in the 1950s I don't remember economics being mentioned. It's possible that Adam Smith might have been mentioned among a clutch of Enlightenment philosophers but I don't remember it, nor Marx. And since the ideas of JM Keynes were only just putting down roots in the post war period I suppose ...

In the 70s I think St.Mathews Day was Seniors only except choir from 3rd form up. As a Treble it was great to escape lessons for the day. AFAIR in my time (1952-1961) the St Matthews Day parade was older boys only. For the 400th anniversary the entire school marched. In those days we had to march f...

Colette. although I had had some during trips to an aunt when I was a toddler, during a business trip to Frankfurt I was taken out one evening to "enjoy" a Frankfurt speciality - thick wodge of dripping on a slice of bread. Not quite to my taste - I don't like the texture! I needed plenty ...

Sejintenej, you've got your verbs mixed up in Spanish. Tengo calor is the perfect way to say you are hot, it's too warm, you feel hot. However, a direct translation from the English I am hot would be estoy caliente which would imply you've got the hots, you are sexually attracted. So, that's probab...

Lucy Kellaway has some experiences to relate in her book Re-educated. Later she recounted her experiences to a white journalist friend who expressed astonishment that she had given in to PC sentiments. "There had been no 'giving in', I snapped. It wasn't a question of being politically correct...

A friend of mine used to work as a dev for Microsoft and he told me many things about how little Microsoft's management care about their clients. All thet they were doing was completing tasks that pleased their supervisors. He wanted to make difference, so he quit. Now he works as a supervisor hims...