Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Don't know if this is of interest, but Sir C's two (I think) sisters attended Hertford, and hated eating the weekly fish dish (fish bones in cheese sauce one week, alternating with fish bones in white sauce with green bits the next) with 'regular' cutlery, so, when financially able to do so ...

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In my day the biggest hi-tech item was a fountain pen that used a replaceable ink cylinder


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I am a co-signatory on our horse club account. Presented at bank on Friday to cash a cheque for the float for fund raising bbq. 'Nope, sorry ...

Horses for courses. I can't remember the terms for the different styles of teaching and of learning, but do remember that it isn't a case of one size fits all. Interestingly, if I answered the questions correctly, I am rare among scientists: needing to see and do rather than just listen in order to ...

Science, even in the workplace, is now boring as bat sh1t courtesy of the Occ Elf.

While I would not wish to return to the days of smoking and making coffee in the lab (alongside the human pathology samples) or being told that if we caught Hep B it would be because we were slack (this in the days ...

[quote="Spoonbill"][But maybe EnglishAngel could knit one for me, what with her being a billionaire playgirl with all the time in the world on her hands.

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Why not grab needles and wool and head on down to Brighton Hospital? I'm sure that Kerren's Occ Therapist would think it an excellent ...

I'm reading A Casual Vacancy, and agree with Kerren's comments. The conversation that the person sitting behind me on the train this morning was having with her mother (on her mobile) was of more interest than Ms Rowling's plot, and after, once again, trawling back to find an opening bracket (to ...

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I'm sure that it will be 'stuff' that your daughter has done before, possibly just described using different terminology - perhaps you could ask the school for a look at past papers (um, if this isnt the first time for 6th form entry), and/or ask the teachers at her current school for advice ...

I'm hyperventilating at the thought of how hard it would have been to get all of the soap scum off without removing any of the black line. The good old 'lose no matter how hard I tried' experience.

I have no pleasant olfactory memories of Hertford, but several nauseatingly awful ones:

the ...

Christian names would also be 'useful' for the females, as I think that the surnames are those of their husbands. Damaris was nee Williams?

Inspired by the TV adaptation, I bought (for 77p,for my Kindle!) 'Parade's End' by Ford Maddox Brown. YAWN!!! I find it very difficult to follow a story line when it is embedded in endless, rambling, dialogue between the various characters. Any other views? Hilary Mantel suffers from something ...

A belated 'Thank you JR'

Were we not forced to play cricket because DR had played for (captained?) the English team?

Personally, I would rather watch paint dry; although things have improved (IMO) since limited over and one day matches were invented. Not to mention slightly more attractive outfits.

Are full fee paying students required to sit an entrance exam?

I have to wonder whether the academic bar will drop, to the possible detriment of bright scholarship pupils, and whether the school will experience 'I have paid my money, now pass my child', now matter how poor the performance.

I can't open Fb at the moment, so this is from a rather dodgy memory:
top right hand of the screen, there is a Friend Request button, or something similar. Click and wait