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Thanks Sean, they did! There were too many errors on the data for my liking and I did not get as much done as I should have, but every so often I thought of the gallant hero with the Black Magic! Thanks for the laugh!!soc wrote:I hope the images got you through a tough day, it is kind of embarrassing to remember just how dumb we were!
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For heavens sake,soc wrote:I remember back in 1976 a group of us spent 6 weeks planning a visit to Hertford to see how the other half lived but the scheme was discovered when one of us was just stupid enough to ask a master for directions.
We all got double detentions, made to write essays on the evils of being horny and given extra bromine in our tea ( that part was a rumour never substantiated).
There was a girls boarding school (11 to 18 years of age) about 20 minutes bike ride from Housie with a convenient empty house in the grounds surrounded by trees and easily reached and entered unobserved .......
Didn't you know????? (or was it too well protected?)
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Oh we knew alright. Trouble is it was, how can I put this, a pretty well worn path by then. We wanted pastures new and we thought this would be like something out of an old Errol Flynn film and the girls would just love it! Like I say, it is embarrassing to think of it now!sejintenej wrote:For heavens sake,soc wrote:I remember back in 1976 a group of us spent 6 weeks planning a visit to Hertford to see how the other half lived but the scheme was discovered when one of us was just stupid enough to ask a master for directions.
We all got double detentions, made to write essays on the evils of being horny and given extra bromine in our tea ( that part was a rumour never substantiated).
There was a girls boarding school (11 to 18 years of age) about 20 minutes bike ride from Housie with a convenient empty house in the grounds surrounded by trees and easily reached and entered unobserved .......
Didn't you know????? (or was it too well protected?)
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Anyway, the bike I had was fitted with what felt like razor blades for a saddle. Had I actually arrived at the boarding school you mentioned, I would have useless for anything except imitating John Wayne and singing like Jimmy Somerville!sejintenej wrote:For heavens sake,soc wrote:I remember back in 1976 a group of us spent 6 weeks planning a visit to Hertford to see how the other half lived but the scheme was discovered when one of us was just stupid enough to ask a master for directions.
We all got double detentions, made to write essays on the evils of being horny and given extra bromine in our tea ( that part was a rumour never substantiated).
There was a girls boarding school (11 to 18 years of age) about 20 minutes bike ride from Housie with a convenient empty house in the grounds surrounded by trees and easily reached and entered unobserved .......
Didn't you know????? (or was it too well protected?)
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Funny you should mention the bike. My parents bought me a new bike when I passed the 11 plus, and got into CH, as they had read that pupils could take bikes to the school.
Not to Hertford you couldn't. I suppose we didn't have room in the grounds and we were right in the town centre so couldn't cycle in the countryside around.
Not to Hertford you couldn't. I suppose we didn't have room in the grounds and we were right in the town centre so couldn't cycle in the countryside around.
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I got a "Raleigh Shopper" for my 11th birthday..... I was so ashamed of it! (still am!) I was allowed to take my guinea pig to school - Goodness knows how I got her and all my luggage from Angmering Station to Victoria, across to Liverpool street and then to Hertford East... it makes youngsters of today who never go anywhere unless it is by car look so lazy!!!englishangel wrote:Funny you should mention the bike. My parents bought me a new bike when I passed the 11 plus, and got into CH, as they had read that pupils could take bikes to the school.
Not to Hertford you couldn't. I suppose we didn't have room in the grounds and we were right in the town centre so couldn't cycle in the countryside around.
My daughter was allowed her guinea pigs at boarding school as well....
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