Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

My sympathy to you, Rex, and all your family for this sad news. I didn't know him personally but he obviously took on your mantle for contributing to all things CH, and our lives are diminished by his absence. It's good to see you back on the forum but sad that it is in such circumstances. Regards, ...

J.R. wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2013 12:31 pm Am I allowed to print it in these days of P.C. ??

Oh - What the heck.

Guy Gibson's black labrador was named Nigger.

It was suggested that a defence against Scampton's proposed use as an immigrant centre could be that the ghost of Guy calling his dog could cause severe distress...

MrEd wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:07 pm 'some of the cleaning staff certainly had an amazingly strong local accent.

I think it was some descriptive prose in a house magazine that referred to 'the gentle gurking of the Bokkers' (ground staff) as in the greeting ''Marnin'!

I recall the sausages - I suspect boiled rather than grilled (no browning) and nicknamed 'pregnant mice'. They were actually nice, and I agree, unique. The peeled tinned tomatoes that went with it had an even more distastefull alliterative nickname referring to monkeys...

Jabod, a quibble: There ain't no such thing as 'accentless'. What you presumably mean is that your accent is that of your social surroundings, so it doesn't stand out as 'different'. What I mean is lack of recognisable specific regional accent. You can tell where I'm not from. I would describe my d...

Certainly in the '70s I could cycle to Horsham library (I would start to read one book on my way back - cycling no handed...), and walk to Horsham via the tobacconists (served with Old Holborn or Golden Virginia in Housey uniform). I also hitched a lift to a girls school in Petworth following them v...

Rustication - sent home for a period of time - very, very rare I think. The one occasion I know that this was applied resulted in the miscreant being sent to a monastery for a few days. It was not 'sent home' as I understood it. However, given the later furore with the Bishop of Sussex this could h...

Pe.A wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 11:50 am You certainly seem to have encyclopaedic knowledge of old girlie mags...

No 'Health and Efficiency'?

Many similarities to loringa's comment (what years, Andrew?). Ratty James really only considered Chemistry to be the worthwhile science, particularly organic, I think. I did an aptitude test which said my basic numerical ability was low and wasn't allowed to do double Maths like my brother, but got ...

My father-in-law (Eric Morgan) said that he lost his Welsh accent PDQ after arrival... Only dare to be different if you can take the attention. Re sejintenej's comment about Breton, a pissed Breton and similar Welshman could converse happily at any rugby international, and I think Cornish shares the...

My recollection is that it was Roger Allam who declaimed the spoonerism 'Give us hearty thanks, O Lord' in place of the standard words of the Grace in Dining Hall. At the time there was a underground competition of who could get away with what under the eagle eye of Pongo. Other wheezes were for the...

FRIDGE wrote: ↑Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:12 pm

HowardH wrote:Forgotten, dear boy, not "forgot" - oh dear!
It was good to see you the other day.

yeah well as you should remember i was not exactly the best at english!!!

Tell Rabbie Burns!!! Legitimate quote, I think...

Morris On was to be heard in Mid B in my time. I think it might have belonged to Andrew Wood, who introduced me to Fairport although my memory might be defective.

rockfreak wrote: ↑Sun May 27, 2018 8:49 pm Steeleye Span. Indeed it was they and Fairport who took traditional folk and set it in very inventive electric arrangements.

There is a Fairport connection mentioned in viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3955&p=143579&hili ... rt#p143579

In those days, bicycle pedals were not threaded at all (except perhaps for specialist sporting bikes). They were simply a push fit on the crank axle. That's what I was saying - the pedal cranks would have to have been swapped and as you say are held in place by cotter pins (I know them well!). Swap...