Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Interesting. Shows a ward with, presumably 50 beds and settles. The boys do not have full length coats, and their bands are awry. La Touche (1868) shows bands neatly overlying one another. The ward looks like one of 1823, rather than the later one of 1901 (E H Pearce's book on CH, 1901). There are n...

[/quote] Only a few inches of bath water was allowed if I remember rightly? Don't know if anyone ever checked this. In the bathroom it was 3 baths divided by curtains, and 4 washbasins.[/quote] At Horsham one bath a week, with no privacy whatsoever. At one stage we were only allowed 5 inches of wate...

I think that almost anyone who came into contact with Uncle (Kirby) was christened with a nickname by him. I am surprised that this has not been mentioned, maybe he gave up after I left.

jtaylor wrote: There must be a complete collection between us all of the last 30 years of house photos???
J

It should be possible, with some publicity, to get them from 1946, or earlier, onwards.

I think that it was probably lunch, when we drank our water from china mugs.
Maybe Bucky had sugar for himself; I am not sure what he would have used it for.
Probably the gaps are due to those waiting to serve. It is just possible that some were due to members of the band.

I do not think we need to have declared war in 1914. However world war 2 was only a continuation of part one (1914-1918); both sides were largely the same, except for the Italians, who changed sides a few times.

[Ah Yes, - Oh dear, it looks like I have got my bands in the kiff bowl again... [/quote]

In those days the junior forms did not have housie dress, it might have been your tie.

[quote="John Knight"]Can't quite see where I am sitting.... third table up from the far end.. Hmmm!
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Kit was born 2nd August 1911, so he was still 35 in the above photo

Kit (I assume it is Kit!) looks young in that photo David!

It was Kit, he had just come back from the war. He suceeded Blamire Brown in 1946 as Housemaster.
His father was a priest. His brother became Bishop of Norwich.

Corks, Rev Cochrane, junior housemaster, father Rector of Winchelsea. Corks was head of music, had a fine voice and played the organ. He did not often preach, but his sermons were always welcome. He was not very interested in any other composer but Bach. Once he was asked to sing at a very high chur...

Above photograph (I have not got the skills to add this to the photograph, maybe someone else can). Back Row Bailie, ?, Bateson, Stephenson, Joanes, Brown, ?, ? Bartlett, Second Row Whipp A, Bate, ?Platfoot, Woon, Blakeston, ?Dines, Bulman, Jewell, ?, Fiddy, ?, Challen, Third Row ?, ?, ?, ?Hayhurst ...

Top Photograph 1952. This year the rugger cup was played by blocks, not individual houses. This, as far as I can remeber, was the second Coleridge side. Back row Burnett, Davidson, Rawlins, Beare, Goodman, Vessey, Chubb. Middle row Osborne, Silcock, Palmer, ?, Polley, Thomas. Front row Young, Bingha...

In Col A facing camera, from head of table,
Gunton, Allen, McClean, Bailie, Blackeston, Whitehead, ?, ?, Waller, Dines, Fiddy, ?, ?, Edsall, ?whipp J, ?, McKie, Cockburn, rest not identified