Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Avon wrote: Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:34 am The bluster of Sillett blundering around a set of recently departed OB in the hazy summer, with his mix of faux-pleading and legal threats was a joy to behold and an absolute vindication of the fact he had been promoted well beyond his abilities.

I'm sure the legal threats were merely copyright related and Mr S was only concerned with ensuring that royalties from the scandalous use of the Foundation Hymn were correctly distributed.

Avon wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:08 pm

Scazza wrote: Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:54 pm ER McCall is down as housemaster of Maine A in my 1985 blue book. I can't find a Patterson.

That’s right. Crud was Ma A. One of reasons Ma A was so wild - those guys went from the incredibly repressive regime of Grimmit to the devil-may-care world of Crud. There were a a few other contrasts - the bullying culture of RDTS to the bemused other-worldliness of JED. Peele was a bit like that - I think Maddren ran a pretty tight ship but the housemaster of Pe. A (whose name escapes me) was more libertarian.

Peele A was Tom Jeffers in my time, lovely bloke but fairly laissez faire attitude until things went wrong, then he'd have a helluva temper. I think Endacotts son was there a couple of years above me.

As for the housey rap conspiracy.... please! Kids will joke about stuff that they see around them. Everyone knew Dobbie was awry, a song doesn't add much more evidence to what is known.

Likewise the Freemason links, probably due to all the links with the guilds and city of London. I haven't seen any Freemason paedophile scandals. I think they're obsessed with power and ceremony, being middle class people locked out of the upper crust power and ritual, so they made up their own drivel to compensate. I think that's why it ultimately appears innocuous under scrutiny.