Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Mid A 15 wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:13 pm https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/m ... d-16420693

"...when he confided in a fellow teacher at the school he was told to "get over it and move on"."

Which heartless arse of a teacher said that? That is outrageous.

I may well have missed some posts but the last I read was that it was unclear if Taio really was an Old Blue or not.
That was the line I took in this piece I wrote about him in late 2009:

http://trongon.blogspot.com/2009/11/not-ours.html

Since then, assertions that he went to CH have ...

Edited with a correction- I believe the Chaplain May have retired after ill health.


Sheila Banyard, who used to compete with Elizabeth Cairncross in the warmth-and-empathy-in-pastoral-care stakes, is still ‘something’ in the Church Of England franchise.

Looks like she may have retired ...

I was at Ch 1990-95. It was common knowledge that husband and dobbie did what they did. Does anybody know if these three have been investigated? I vividly recall being told not to tell anybody outside the school that husband had left with pupil.


They really should be looked into, clearly ...

His wife Michelle used to massage me regularly in dorm 1994/95 mid b. I understand he was jailed but cannot find anything online. Can somebody please furnish me with this info. Thank you


He was jailed for about a year but found not guilty. He returned as headmaster of Aiglon College and is ...

did GWD live at Whites at a certain time?


Yes, Dobbie lived at Whites in the 90s (at least up until '96 when I left).


Reverend Murdoch and his 6 kids lived at Whites between 92-94 - did Dobbie move in after for a couple of years before he became housemaster?


Perhaps he moved for them ...

did GWD live at Whites at a certain time?

Yes, Dobbie lived at Whites in the 90s (at least up until '96 when I left).

Does anyone know if transcripts of the trial of Dobbie and Husband would be available? If so, is it a case of applying to the relevant transcription service and paying the fee?

Many thanks.

bakunin wrote: Thu Aug 30, 2018 10:54 pm If it is roughly 95-96-97 maybe (I think he skipped a year due to illness) have a pretty good idea of who this is, I think I know them fairly well.

Ginger hair?

Yes, just realised that, lack of sleep. My apologies.

He plead not guilty and was granted unconditional bail. He is due to appear at Lewes Crown Court on 15 August.

Interesting wording from the then head of Shrewsbury School when announcing that Dobbie had “decided to retire”...I think not!

Paragraph 4

https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/files/welcome/HMsLetterToParents_Sep2016.pdf


And yet in the press the school statement read ...

Sad to hear that Mr O'Connor is no longer with us, I have no knowledge of how/why/when but read a post online by someone who was reminiscing about him and that he had passed. Many many hours spent in the art school, many of them with him, a good man, could be tough, but for all the right reasons. He ...

What the hell does/did it mean? I remember it was some kind of insult or retort. Was it only a CH thing or does anyone know of non-old blues who used it?

Paul Deller, artist in residence when I was at CH, was taught by Mike O'Conner who I believe he replaced as head of art.