Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

AndrewH wrote:

John Knight wrote:with a couple of feet (60.96cm ugh!)

Don't!
I once had the data on a sensor that claimed to have 304.8mm +/- 25.4mm of cable attached!

Ah! - The Water Tower... +/- steel tanks? ... Perhaps we will never know.

John Knight wrote:Ah! - The Water Tower... +/- steel tanks? ... Perhaps we will never know.

I called in at CH today for a little walk around....
It does look like the steel tanks have been removed as I don't remember being able to see through the windows (?) before.

(JR - It was me leaning to the right, not the tower leaning to the left... )
John.

Katharine wrote:Thanks, John. This forum is open to all who wich to confess!!!

I don't feel like I've been an Old Blue long enough to be able to confess to anything like that! Just because I still know the vast majority of the staff there still as I only left two years ago this July. I won't be admitting to anything like climbing the water tower (though I didn't do that unfortunately, must have been great fun though!) for at least several years yet!

Wuppertal wrote:

Katharine wrote:Thanks, John. This forum is open to all who wich to confess!!!

I don't feel like I've been an Old Blue long enough to be able to confess to anything like that! Just because I still know the vast majority of the staff there still as I only left two years ago this July. I won't be admitting to anything like climbing the water tower (though I didn't do that unfortunately, must have been great fun though!) for at least several years yet!

To me it doesnt seem that long ago since i left, i still have regular contact with my closest friends from CH etc and obviously the fact my parents live there stilll means i stay in touch. But this July will be 5 years since I left, ive been to uni got a degree, job and now house in the time since i left-how bizarre

blondie95 wrote:

Wuppertal wrote:

Katharine wrote:Thanks, John. This forum is open to all who wich to confess!!!

I don't feel like I've been an Old Blue long enough to be able to confess to anything like that! Just because I still know the vast majority of the staff there still as I only left two years ago this July. I won't be admitting to anything like climbing the water tower (though I didn't do that unfortunately, must have been great fun though!) for at least several years yet!

To me it doesnt seem that long ago since i left, i still have regular contact with my closest friends from CH etc and obviously the fact my parents live there stilll means i stay in touch. But this July will be 5 years since I left, ive been to uni got a degree, job and now house in the time since i left-how bizarre

It feels bizarre to me too and I left 35 years ago. AAAARRRGGGHHH

that made me laugh, its just amazing how you dont think much time passes but actually it does and what can happen in that time

blondie95 wrote: that made me laugh, its just amazing how you dont think much time passes but actually it does and what can happen in that time

........ and the older you get, the FASTER it passes !

You wait till you get to my age, JR-it passes in a blur.

midget wrote:You wait till you get to my age, JR-it passes in a blur.

Its amazing what alcohol can do !!

John Knight wrote:I am still curious about the work on the Water Tower.
(see previous: viewtopic.php?t=1082&highlight=water+tower)

Is the scaffolding still around the top of the tower?
What was the work required?
If the steel tanks have been removed, how was this done?

Anybody at CH with the answers?
Thanks
John.

The work's not quite finished, apparently.

Surprisingly, after having removed the tanks and completed the restoration work (at considerable expense) a small amount remains to be done. It seems that some safety harnessing or suchlike needs to be installed at the very top to enable access to the flagpole.

The cost of having this done is probably just over half of one percent of the total cost of the restoration work, but remains uncompleted some considerable time after everything else was finished.

The result? The Health & Safety people will not allow flags to be flown for the time being, so visitors expecting to see the CH flag fluttering proudly on Old Blues Day will be sadly disappointed.

A rather important oversight, I think, given that this is the only remaining practical function of the Water Tower.

I bet the Steward's department would get it finished pretty pronto if Her Maj threatened another visit, though. No Royal Standard, no Queen!

Thanks for the information Richard...
If you can get my 'Master Key' back from the Head Master perhaps I could put the flag up the night before OB Day.

That might be quite a precarious ladder journey up to the top of the Water tower these days!

Great Plum wrote:That might be quite a precarious ladder journey up to the top of the Water tower these days!

It was not that easy in 1950 if I remember correctly!

Was it a proper staircase inside or was it a succession of ladders?

Great Plum wrote:Was it a proper staircase inside or was it a succession of ladders?

I went up a couple of times during my 'adventure' days at CH.
There was a steel rung ladder between the tanks and the tower wall.
I can't remember what the system was below the tanks, probably a staircase.