These items were installed after my time (left Christmas 1955) so I find it difficult to envisage precisely what purpose they served and what they looked like.
David

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I've said it before, in Hertford we did share with the House Mistress - or rather she shared with us! Having said that, in my whole time in the school I never encountered her going into or coming out of either the bathroom or a lavatory! She must have done so! I can only assume she must have got up before the rising bell at 7. Even the most senior girls were supposed to be in bed with lights out by 10 pm so evenings wouldn't have been so difficult.michael scuffil wrote: Also here: http://epsomoe.dns-systems.net/userfile ... istory.pdf
in which with amazement, I also read this, a housemaster's reminiscence:
'Sleeping quarters were provided in the main building which consisted of two dormitories, one small and one vast with elementary washing facilities. As Housemaster, I lived in two rooms in the main building, sharing a bathroom with the boys.'
The thought of sharing a lav-end with Arthur Rider, or Johnstone, or Pongo makes the mind boggle.
michael scuffil wrote:I think I said it years ago, but I'll say it again.
In 1962 or 63, when Seaman was explaining the forthcoming re-organization and the physical manifestations to a meeting of monitors, he outlined the appearance of these things, and said 'At Winchester they call them "toyces". Perhaps we should do the same.' That's certainly how the word came to CH. John Hopgood has suggested above how it may have come to Winchester.
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I am beginning to doubt whether it is actually used at Winchester, whatever Seaman said (and I heard him say it). Googling Winchester and toyce produces zilch. However, if you google Epsom College and toyce, you will find this
http://www.educationtrust-oeclub.org/us ... 13_Web.pdf
Search for toyce in that, and you'll find it. That says nothing about its origin, though.
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Also here: http://epsomoe.dns-systems.net/userfile ... istory.pdf
in which with amazement, I also read this, a housemaster's reminiscence:
'Sleeping quarters were provided in the main building which consisted of two dormitories, one small and one vast with elementary washing facilities. As Housemaster, I lived in two rooms in the main building, sharing a bathroom with the boys.'
The thought of sharing a lav-end with Arthur Rider, or Johnstone, or Pongo makes the mind boggle.
It's been many years since I've seen one but as I said earlier in this thread, a toyce was essentially a large, legless desk that hinged off the dayroom's wall.Foureyes wrote:I find it difficult to envisage precisely what purpose they served and what they looked like.
David
Ah, I'm talking about Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - the prog jazz-rock outfit he formed after the Trinity...jhopgood wrote:I can't believe that you mention Brian Augur without Julie Driscoll.
rockfreak wrote:I saw Brian Augur's band opening for the Rolling Stones in a package at the London Palladium in 1965. They were then either Steam Packet or Shotgun Express, I can't remember which, and the other featured singers apart from Julie were Rod Stewart (who sang "Can I Get A Witness") and Long John Baldry (who sang "I've Got My Mojo Working). I saw, rather than heard, the Stones because the girls started screaming when they came on and never let up. Others on the package were the Moody Blues, who'd just had a hit with "Go Now", the Merseybeats, and US R&B singer Sugar Pie Desanto.
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