You could be right. Either way he never struck me as a very happy soul, but I don't suppose there was much job satisfaction in carrying out 100 hair cuts every Tuesday.AndrewH wrote: Did the barber have a wooden leg? I thought it was just some form of leg irons (Polio?)
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- Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:29 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Wooden legs
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Re: Wooden legs
- Tue Nov 15, 2005 3:18 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Wooden legs
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Wooden legs
Did CH have more than it's fair share of monoped employees? In my time there was Kit Aitken (from whom I learnt the correct spelling of that immensely useful word Eschscholtzia), the school barber (who at the speed he worked must have been paid per head), and the bokker in the wardrobe. Since leavin...
- Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:38 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: St Matthews Day
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St Matthews Day
Seeing Tony Blair at the Lord Mayor's banquet last night - on the News, I wasn't actually there - reminded me of sitting on the floor of the Egyptian Hall eating something called a packed lunch. So, does everybody still line so the Lord Mayor can present them with a 5p coin? In 1967 when I joined th...
- Fri Oct 28, 2005 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Did anyone get caught smoking but not get in trouble for it?
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Not smoking related but I was caught with 2 friends emerging from the tube which runs from the laundry to Dining Hall. One Sunday afternoon we were wandering past the laundry building next to the old gym and noticed the door was open. Just inside was a set of concrete steps which went straight down ...