Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I see that President Trump has givern his total endorsement and support to Hilton - they wold make fine buddies.
David

P.S. Sorry about the size and varying of the typeface, but it is beyond this old Old Blue's capability to correct it.
David
(Fixed by admin! - JT)

I am told by someone at the school that the status of the Senior Grecian is now marked by wearing/carrying (not sure which) a key.
This is said to be a revival of a custom at Newgate Street, which, for some reason, was discontinued on the move to Horsham. The school is, of course, perfectly entitled ...

Where buy an Old Blue tie? How about the CHOBA shop?
David

Mr Ed,
Thank you for that clarification - learn something new every day.
David

I don't see why SH is erring far from CH ethics.
On the other hand, I am a trifle surprised that such a very recent immigrant could become a State governor.
David

Padfield joined the Merchant Navy, but later became a prolific and respected author on naval history. He died in 2022.
Pink (a.k.a. Pinker) was head of Prep B in my early years - i.e., 1948-49. He had the unpleasant practice of walking up behind a boy in class, placing his hands on the boy's ...

I can't see what is wrong with the term 'squit.' It is simply an ancient English term meaning a small and unimportant person, which somewhere along the line was adopted at C.H. to refer to new arrivals; i.e., it was descriptive rather than derogatory. At today's school all pupils in their first year ...

For information, copies of 'Christ's Hospital Girls' Uniforms 1552-1985' are now available from the Museum. The result of meticulous research by Old Blue authors David Miller and Sheila Ravenscroft (nee Corr) this profusely illustrated 40-page booklet covers all the major changes up to amalgamation ...

For information, copies of ' Christ's Hospital Girls' Uniforms 1552-1985 ' are now available from the Museum. The result of meticulous research by Old Blue authors David Miller and Sheila Ravenscroft (nee Corr) this profusely illustrated 40-page booklet covers all the major changes up to ...

" But I suppose all this stuff is what helped us hold down the British Empire" . I think that rockfreak forgot to mention the two World Wars, in which, if memory serves me aright, the British Army played a part - Alamein, Normandy Landings, Crossing the Rhine, Kohima, etc, etc. And then, of course ...

Sorry, I misspelt the name - it is Maripoza with a 'z.' See Google 'Maripoza Bung, Or the Pirate's Daughter: a Play for Boys in One Act (French's Plays for Boys)'
I also now recall 'The Playboy of the Western World' presumably a Lamb B house play.
David

Sir Barnes Wallis designed three more bombs. First was Tallboy, which was 21ft long, 38in diameter and weighed 12,622lb. It entered service in June 1944 and was used in action with great success by both the RAF and the USAAF. Second, came Grand Slam, essentially a scaled-up Tallboy, with an all-up ...

Further to my post above, Blundell was quoting from "The Bluecoat Boy" by William Harnett Blanch published in 1877. (p.97.) As Blanch was at Housie in about 1844 this indicates that the word dates back to at the very least the early 19th century.
David

I suspect that the origin of the term "Housey/Housie" is lost in antiquity. The earliest specific reference I can find is in Blunden's 'Christ's Hospital, A Retrospect' (1924) which includes an appendix on 'Some Christ's Hospital Words' (i.e., Housie slang!) which he says is based on an even earlier ...