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marty wrote:dr maddren - spider
Spider Maddren - classic ! He was a big gangly !
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Here's my collection of slang, probably covered in the 20 odd pages before this one:
  • Crud and Flab - bread and butter
    The eternal and never to be banned "BOCKERS" !
    Mobbing - to boot off a junior by merely due to the fact that you were senior
    Squits - presume this one is still around
    Snilliards - a mutant combination of snooker and billiards
    KV (Kemp)
    Fruit - attractive male in a slightly non-hetero context
    Milky - fat
    Daily Trades - cleaning up after meals
    Cracks - corporal punishment by some sadist with a slipper (thanks Mr Grimshaw, I owe you one)
    Chariot Racing - being pulled down the dorm floor on a blanket ala Ben Hur (responsible for my above "crack")
    Bocker Squad - what you did if you were not in the CCF
    Sicker - the infirmary
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Paul N wrote:
marty wrote:dr maddren - spider
Spider Maddren - classic ! He was a big gangly !
Still teaching at C.H., I believe.
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Yes, I think he is now the longest serving member of staff...
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Great Plum wrote:Yes, I think he is now the longest serving member of staff...
What does he teach ?

I remember he had thick dark hair and perhaps a beard. He really was gangly, like an octopus, legs all over the place.
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Paul N wrote:What does he teach ?

I remember he had thick dark hair and perhaps a beard. He really was gangly, like an octopus, legs all over the place.
It used to be chemistry didn't it?
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I had Dr Maddren for chemistry during the mid-80s. I think he took my set through our GCSEs.
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I had 'Mystic Mad' for Chemistry on my LE.
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Jonathan was taught Chemistry by Paul Maddren last year. Yes, he is still around and I am full of admiration for him.

Incidentally, his son James left CH last year. I saw him play in the Hall for Cornwall in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra last November. He is clearly a fine musician as, I believe, is his father.
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Paul N wrote:What does he teach ?

I remember he had thick dark hair and perhaps a beard. He really was gangly, like an octopus, legs all over the place.
He taught me the Chemistry bit of A level Physical Science 30 in 1975-77.
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DavebytheSea wrote:Jonathan was taught Chemistry by Paul Maddren last year. Yes, he is still around and I am full of admiration for him.

Incidentally, his son James left CH last year. I saw him play in the Hall for Cornwall in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra last November. He is clearly a fine musician as, I believe, is his father.
James is an excellent musician - unbenkown to most, the 'non-foundationers' (ie teachers' children) every year do a mock panto/ nativity play. I remember James being the drummer in the band when he was 8 - he was already brilliant!
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Anyone remember doing a 'garage run' this is where you signed out to the 'library' during prep, then ran across some fields by the prep block until you came out on a dual carrage way where there was a petrol station, you would come out of the bushes jump over the crash barrier and run over to the petrol station, buy fags and run all the way back again in time for the end of prep.
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Great Plum wrote:
DavebytheSea wrote:Jonathan was taught Chemistry by Paul Maddren last year. Yes, he is still around and I am full of admiration for him.

Incidentally, his son James left CH last year. I saw him play in the Hall for Cornwall in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra last November. He is clearly a fine musician as, I believe, is his father.
James is an excellent musician - unbenkown to most, the 'non-foundationers' (ie teachers' children) every year do a mock panto/ nativity play. I remember James being the drummer in the band when he was 8 - he was already brilliant!
James was the drummer at the jazz evening at C.H. on Friday evening.

This was the first time I'd seen him play. He was outstanding.
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qwerty wrote:Anyone remember doing a 'garage run' this is where you signed out to the 'library' during prep, then ran across some fields by the prep block until you came out on a dual carrage way where there was a petrol station, you would come out of the bushes jump over the crash barrier and run over to the petrol station, buy fags and run all the way back again in time for the end of prep.
I never did a garage run but they were quite popular I believe...

Yes, James is an outstanding musician!
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I remember doing the Garage Run

Don't think it was dossing over prep though

We did it one night when it was half term and we had to stay to go on CCF camp up to Capel Curig

All the boys were staying in Pe A (the only way) and when we got back we had a whisky and poker evening, i remember coming back from half term to find cigarette butts stashed behind my bed, it stank
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