Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

WElcome back Philip. I do hope your health has improved now.

They seem to equate social mobility with money. Were those the values that CH tried to instil?

I too was tempted to tick the box that says: 300,000+, in the way that my daughter, an English rose if ever there was one, always states her ethnicity to be Afro-Caribbean. But I decided it wasn't worth the postage.

I did have very dark hair (now mostly grey!) and my CH daughter is quite "tanned" all year round; we found out about 3 years ago that our "born in India" Colonial family are actually Anglo-Portugese-Indian about 7 generations back. Do we start stating "other" on the ethnicity forms or carry on saying "White British"???!!

When I was working for Plessey, in South Africa, we had a chap, playing darts with us in the "White" Canteen, who appeared to be very Black.
I noticed another chap with red hair, blue eyes and sunburn, who entered the Factory via the "Coloured" entrance.


I queried a friend of mine, how could this be ?

He replied "It's not your colour -- it's what the Government SAYS is your family origin ! "

Mrs Botha, the Prime Minister's wife, was rarely photographed, most old Boer families had "Coloured" blood in them --- for obvious reasons !

What a mad and wierd system !!!

Last season we had a guy playing for us who was obviously of 'mixed-race'. Very African in appearance, though coffee rather than ebony, BUT he has the most piercing blue eyes.