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Hertford was introduced just prior to my deps in 2000 as they were increasing the intake of female new deps but couldnt accomodate in boarding houses so exsisting pupils were offered to go to hertford on their deps if they wanted

Was it called Hertford because it was isolated, crumbling and in need of modernisation?

Even more reason to be in the sicker for a night then!

no idea im afraid

Scone Lover wrote:So what happens when an epidemic hits? We had two, one chicken pox and one flu. Both times house dorms got turned into sicker extensions

The greeat Asian Flu epidemic saw most of the school turned into sicker extensions. At it's height Col A had just 2 people on Lunch Parade - after we lent a flag bearer to some house reduced to nil.

J.R. wrote:
re Dr Scott:
He scared the hell out of some people, but when I was in the Sicker after a couple of bee-stings, courtesy of Rip Kirby, (the discovery of my allegy to bee stings), I found him a lovely humane guy ! 2 bee stings and a whole week in the Infirmary. Wow !

He didn't stand for people trying it on but, as you found, if the situation was serious he was the most pleasand and humane person. The things he taught me have kept me out of hospital on many occasions since - including how to deal with 15 - 20 wasp stings at the same time. Perhaps one of the best members of staff when I was there.

sejintenej wrote:

Scone Lover wrote:So what happens when an epidemic hits? We had two, one chicken pox and one flu. Both times house dorms got turned into sicker extensions

The greeat Asian Flu epidemic saw most of the school turned into sicker extensions. At it's height Col A had just 2 people on Lunch Parade - after we lent a flag bearer to some house reduced to nil.

We had some epidemics but wow, that was a peach! what were classes like or were they abandoned?

blondie95 wrote:Hertford was introduced just prior to my deps in 2000 as they were increasing the intake of female new deps but couldnt accomodate in boarding houses so exsisting pupils were offered to go to hertford on their deps if they wanted

1998 actually... my year was the first year to have Hertford - and then it was for Grecians...

The 'house' was in what used to be the downstairs wards and had been done up quite nicely - obviously the wards were turned into study bedrooms...

So what year were you in when the advance wave arrived at Horsham?

What was it like to have girls at the school?

I think you may have misunderstood...

the girls arrived in Horsham in 1985.

A small girl's boarding house called Hertford was created in 1998 in the sicker.

I was at CH from 1992-99

Oh I see, so they were fully integrated by the time you arried at the school then.

Scone Lover wrote:

sejintenej wrote:

Scone Lover wrote:So what happens when an epidemic hits? We had two, one chicken pox and one flu. Both times house dorms got turned into sicker extensions

The greeat Asian Flu epidemic saw most of the school turned into sicker extensions. At it's height Col A had just 2 people on Lunch Parade - after we lent a flag bearer to some house reduced to nil.

We had some epidemics but wow, that was a peach! what were classes like or were they abandoned?

I seem to remember that we were in the classrooms with books to read rather than proper classes. Monitors (as in the 1800's originals) were used. Of course no real learning got done.
I was one of those who succombed later in the epidemic - I think I was bedridden in Maine but cannot remember which or where.

I've seen (I may actually have it myself) a photo of a near lone standsard bearer going into dining hall..

Now that must have been an almost surreal sight, the mind boggles what Dining hall looked like with so few people in it

Scone Lover wrote:Oh I see, so they were fully integrated by the time you arried at the school then.

Yes indeedy.

when the schools first amalgamated, the girls were only in 4 houses - Barnes and Coleridge.

Then in c.1990, Leigh Hunt B became a girls house with Leigh Hunt A becoming a girl's house in 1992 (my year were the first girl squits in there!)

I believe that this year, Thornton has become a girls' house making the school 50:50 boys and girls...