Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Caroline, there is something somewhere that the boys can indeed (and have in the last couple of years) get into the Tower if dressed in Housey.

.... and the girls!

Mrs C. wrote:.... and the girls!

But, sadly, we, in our less distinctive uniform, were turned away ..............

Mrs C. wrote:.... and the girls!

of course, but I think in the item quoted it was just boys who did it, I amy of course be wrong.

It seems to me that the only girls keeping the Hertford memories alive are us lot in here!!

I know that many if not all of us suffered tremedously in many different ways by the Girls system (I still think the boys had it easier!!) , And as you say Caroline - we didn't have much in the way of distinctive clothing - other than 4 different sets to be worn INSIDE the grounds on various days. We certainly missed out on a number of things, but I think we were being "primed" for something (not that I have a clue other than I don't think finding a husband and having children was the ideal we were meant to follow) I can remember Miss Morrisons face when I turned up 2 years later at Hertford heavily pregnant and married - it was a "what a waste of a good education look" We certainly weren't made to be "finishing school in Switzerland" types were we!? I think the idea was to make us make a mark in the world of what was then mens, and to remove us from the kitchen...... hang on must go and get something to eat!!!!!!!.........

Jude wrote:But out of those 4 who overlapped me I only remembered 1 - the others were in the upper 6th so as a junior junior I wouldn't have known them!

Did you leave at the end of your V Form?

Vonny wrote:

Jude wrote:But out of those 4 who overlapped me I only remembered 1 - the others were in the upper 6th so as a junior junior I wouldn't have known them!

Did you leave at the end of your V Form?

yes Vonny I left at the end of the Vth year as my father determined that girls didn't need education, So even after the school Govoners offered free education and payment of travel and holidays he still refused.. and I went home at the end of year by train alone!

Jude wrote:

Vonny wrote:

Jude wrote:But out of those 4 who overlapped me I only remembered 1 - the others were in the upper 6th so as a junior junior I wouldn't have known them!

Did you leave at the end of your V Form?

yes Vonny I left at the end of the Vth year as my father determined that girls didn't need education, So even after the school Govoners offered free education and payment of travel and holidays he still refused.. and I went home at the end of year by train alone!

Just think, if you had stayed I might have known you

Now that IS scary!!!! LOL!!! I would have been Upper VIth - and you would have been a "squit"! a little 1st year - ahhhh..

I think it's quite a shame that no other female from "my" era at CH is in this forum - mind you - I suppose they might see my name and run!

Jude wrote:Now that IS scary!!!! LOL!!! I would have been Upper VIth - and you would have been a "squit"! a little 1st year - ahhhh..

I probably would have been terrified of you

Jude wrote:I think it's quite a shame that no other female from "my" era at CH is in this forum - mind you - I suppose they might see my name and run!

I think the same about my era - there's no one (that I know of) on this forum.

I think for us girls in here we have one girl for each era at Hertford !!

There are at least 5 from my year, I don't know why. though Rosemary is not on very often, and Alex gets busy too. MKM, alex thrift and icomefromalanddownunder were all in 6's togehter as was Munch, though a year ahead, Rosemary was in 4's and I was in 2's. Euterpe was also in 2's, 2 years above me, which when you get to our age is contemporary, then there is Kerren who was in 2's Upper Sixth when I started.

englishangel wrote:There are at least 5 from my year, I don't know why. though Rosemary is not on very often, and Alex gets busy too. MKM, alex thrift and icomefromalanddownunder were all in 6's togehter as was Munch, though a year ahead, Rosemary was in 4's and I was in 2's. Euterpe was also in 2's, 2 years above me, which when you get to our age is contemporary, then there is Kerren who was in 2's Upper Sixth when I started.

perhaps it's to do with age then?????????????

If only I hadn`t gone out to make that phone call when I did ......

I had to take a pupil to Redhill hospital today, and left her in the cafe while I went putside to make a " progress report" call back to school (i.e, that we`d been delayed somewhat!). When I got back she said " that old lady behind you asked me if I went to CH - she recognised the uniform and said she`d been at Hertford"
Just as I turned to see , she was called by a nurse - so I didn`t get chance to speak to her, otherwise I would have told her about this forum and mentioned a couple of names to see if she remembered anyone.

sorry, forgot kayinbaja, she is/was our year too.