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- Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: A Happy and Peaceful Christmas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8660
Re: A Happy and Peaceful Christmas
Thank you, and my best wishes for Christmas and a better 2024 for the world.
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11421
Re: TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
I think we referred to it at Hertford, I certainly knew about it then.
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Wiki is wrong! Launchbury
- Replies: 8
- Views: 34599
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:52 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Wiki is wrong! Launchbury
- Replies: 8
- Views: 34599
Re: Wiki is wrong! Launchbury
Surely CH needs a mention too?
- Sat Oct 28, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Wiki is wrong! Launchbury
- Replies: 8
- Views: 34599
Wiki is wrong! Launchbury
Last night I was watching the rugby and wondered what Joe Launchbury was doing now. I looked him up and was surprised that Wiki has him going to a school in Devon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Launchbury
I’ve never corrected Wiki, but I’m sure others here have the skill to do so.
I’ve never corrected Wiki, but I’m sure others here have the skill to do so.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: On this day 70 years ago
- Replies: 16
- Views: 96824
Re: On this day 70 years ago
For the benefit of our English-only speakers the song is from a father to his daughter going on her first date. When the bloke gets a bit forward "Don't say no, say perhaps, perhaps, perhaps" I don’t remember my father ever saying anything quite like that! Thanks for the explanation of yo...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 84489
Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
Interestingly, a fair number of people who educate their children privately are in the Armed Forces who then have to satisfy demanding criteria to qualify for Continuity of Education Allowance, including those who are overseas. If they withdraw their children, they will be entitled to highly sought...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 84489
Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
I’ve just had this in an email. It shows 23% paying full fees. We are delighted to announce that for this academic year Christ’s Hospital is committing a record £24 million in means-tested bursary support. This means that of the 876 students at CH, 672 (77%) students will receive a bursary, averagi...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 84489
Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
I’ve just had this in an email. It shows 23% paying full fees. We are delighted to announce that for this academic year Christ’s Hospital is committing a record £24 million in means-tested bursary support. This means that of the 876 students at CH, 672 (77%) students will receive a bursary, averagin...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bluecoat School Photos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19626
Re: Bluecoat School Photos
The Guuardian has an article today stating that CH was the first English school to have a uniform. Is this correct? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/25/why-do-we-force-our-kids-into-ties-and-blazers-when-not-even-bankers-wear-them-any-more CH uniform mentioned but no photo of it! ...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: On this day 70 years ago
- Replies: 16
- Views: 96824
Re: On this day 70 years ago
What an interesting post, Brian, thank you. I can’t remember the exact date I joined in 1959, possibly 20 September. I think the very next day was St Matthew’s Day and the Mons who had been to London brought back greetings from my brother. Enjoy your meal at the E&O, it is many years since I sta...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: St Matthew’s Day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 85867
St Matthew’s Day
As so often in this house, Radio 3 is on in the background. As I write, it is Choral Evensong from Llandaff Cathedral. They have said a couple of times that today is the Eve of St Matthew’s Day. I’m sure any Old Blue hearing that would have memories of the day. My immediate thought was, what is the ...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22534
Re: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
Agree it’s a nice photo, but why on earth is it included?
- Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
- Replies: 27
- Views: 133160
Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
I think we know that boarding school life is not for everyone. Unlike many Old Blues, I was brought up with parents who hoped I’d go to CH, my brother started at Horsham when I was just 5. We brought our sons up telling them that they would go to boarding school at the age of 8 or 9. I think that st...
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:31 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Telegraph article about Downside Abbey school and the handling of abuse cases
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6342
Re: Telegraph article about Downside Abbey school and the handling of abuse cases
I could read it, just by clicking on the link, for some reason I didn’t encounter a paywall. As you say, chilling echoes of what I’ve read here.