Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Mr Read (who taught metalwork) was a Junior Housemaster in my early days and was not known for his prowess with the gym shoe in marked contrast to the housemaster, the late Basil Gregory. The wisdom of age tells me that Mr Read probably was opposed to corporal punishment. One evening in the dorm I t...

I remember being taught English by the legend that is Gerald Davies when he returned from the 1971 Lions tour to New Zealand (which we won). For any youngsters reading, at that time victory in New Zealand was equivalent to England's World Cup win in 2003. I thought such a Sporting God would be a rem...

I thought I had better just say
years ago I was in Mid A
when at CH I loved my sport
but if naughty I always got caught
and sent to Clarrie or David Hay

JR mentioning Nell Todd reminds me of a "perk" when I was a squit. Namely taking Nell Todd her dinner on a saturday evening. Apart from spending time with Nell Todd , who as JR says was great company, you got extra food as "payment". Extra food was not to be sneezed at since squi...

The late Basil Gregory was both a dab hand with a gym shoe and a keen cricketer. I recall more than once being whacked for some misdemeanour or other and then being told to be at the nets in 15 minutes! I guess that was one (perhaps the only) argument in favour of corporal punishment. Retribution wa...

I stumbled across the link to the site when browsing old blues . com. I think the forum is an excellent initiative and I have spent far too much time reading the threads over the last day or two. This has triggered mixed emotions as seems the case with most of you from reading the threads. One obser...