Where does the word "Toyce" come from?
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I never actually saw a Toyce as they were not implemented in Barnes B when I left in 1966. However, I do remember them being talked about and even having seen a Barnes Wallis design. My recollection is that he wanted a desk that could be swung out of use and sort of folded away, so that everyone could have a desk space but also room to use the dayroom for other matters.
So, in my opinion, it was a Barnes Wallis invention, and probably the word as well.
Not having been into a house since I left, I feel a bit of an intruder, I have no idea what a Toyce finally came to be.
In my day we had 4 long tables in the day room, one across the bottom as you went in, which was for the most recent arrivals, one perpendicular up the middle, which was used for table tennis on Saturday evenings, and two across the top. The top table had bookshelves in the middle, but none of the others did. Around the walls were lockers and strategically placed monitors desks.
So Toyces would have been a good replacement for all of that, but no good for table tennis.
So, in my opinion, it was a Barnes Wallis invention, and probably the word as well.
Not having been into a house since I left, I feel a bit of an intruder, I have no idea what a Toyce finally came to be.
In my day we had 4 long tables in the day room, one across the bottom as you went in, which was for the most recent arrivals, one perpendicular up the middle, which was used for table tennis on Saturday evenings, and two across the top. The top table had bookshelves in the middle, but none of the others did. Around the walls were lockers and strategically placed monitors desks.
So Toyces would have been a good replacement for all of that, but no good for table tennis.
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Now you mention it I remember the name of Barnes Wallis being mentioned in conjunction with the design of Toyces. I hesitated to post on the subject though in case my memory was playing tricks!jhopgood wrote:I never actually saw a Toyce as they were not implemented in Barnes B when I left in 1966. However, I do remember them being talked about and even having seen a Barnes Wallis design. My recollection is that he wanted a desk that could be swung out of use and sort of folded away, so that everyone could have a desk space but also room to use the dayroom for other matters.
So, in my opinion, it was a Barnes Wallis invention, and probably the word as well.
Not having been into a house since I left, I feel a bit of an intruder, I have no idea what a Toyce finally came to be.
In my day we had 4 long tables in the day room, one across the bottom as you went in, which was for the most recent arrivals, one perpendicular up the middle, which was used for table tennis on Saturday evenings, and two across the top. The top table had bookshelves in the middle, but none of the others did. Around the walls were lockers and strategically placed monitors desks.
So Toyces would have been a good replacement for all of that, but no good for table tennis.
I suppose that fact still does not answer the original question as to the derivation of the word "Toyce" though.
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Do you know I met him at CH in the 70's and actually got his autographGreat Plum wrote:That does sound posible... it's a shame B.W. is no longer with us to ask him...huntertitus wrote:Table of youthful classroom excellence?Great Plum wrote:Maybe it stands for something - but I can't think what...
It was one of the most prized in my collection and now I can't find it anywhere
i still have my cricket autographs though including John Snow a famous OB cricketer playing for Sussex and England if I remember right
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You do. You would have been about 14 when he virtually won a Test Match (probably against the Aussies) single handed. It was on Horsham Speech Day and after lunch we toasted the Queen, Housie, and John Snow.huntertitus wrote:Do you know I met him at CH in the 70's and actually got his autographGreat Plum wrote:That does sound posible... it's a shame B.W. is no longer with us to ask him...huntertitus wrote: Table of youthful classroom excellence?
It was one of the most prized in my collection and now I can't find it anywhere
I still have my cricket autographs though including John Snow a famous OB cricketer playing for Sussex and England if I remember right
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