Can anyone throw light on the origin of the Grecians Path?
Basically its the path that runs infornt of the Hosues all the way from Peele to Leigh Hunt. Buttoned Grecians had the privilege of using it in my time but when and whow did it come about?
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Gawd ! I'd forgotton all about that.
It must go back yonks !
It must go back yonks !
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J.R. wrote:Gawd ! I'd forgotton all about that.
It must go back yonks !
So at least before 1958 JR? Have to see what some of our elder Forum members come up with...
Admittedly it was areal quick way to get to Dining Hall and Chapel on time!
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For the exclusive use of Masters and Button Grecians only in my time and woe betide anybody beaking the rule!
At the Maine A Reunion a couple of years back the people I was talking to walked on it and although I stayed with them it still felt subversive and wrong!
At the Maine A Reunion a couple of years back the people I was talking to walked on it and although I stayed with them it still felt subversive and wrong!
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JR is our elder forum memberCHAZ wrote:J.R. wrote:Gawd ! I'd forgotton all about that.
It must go back yonks !
So at least before 1958 JR? Have to see what some of our elder Forum members come up with...
Admittedly it was areal quick way to get to Dining Hall and Chapel on time!
Only kidding....
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... a bit like walking across the grass in the Quad on Old Blues Day !Mid A 15 wrote:For the exclusive use of Masters and Button Grecians only in my time and woe betide anybody beaking the rule!
At the Maine A Reunion a couple of years back the people I was talking to walked on it and although I stayed with them it still felt subversive and wrong!
If a Button Grecian caught you walking on 'their path', you could expect dire consequences.
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Its now for Deps, Grecians and staff. But no one seems to bother punishing younger years caught on it anymore...
Is nothing sacred?!?!
Is nothing sacred?!?!
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Mid A 15 wrote:For the exclusive use of Masters and Button Grecians only in my time and woe betide anybody beaking the rule!
At the Maine A Reunion a couple of years back the people I was talking to walked on it and although I stayed with them it still felt subversive and wrong!
it was one of the things that made it worth being a Button Grecian!We know - midget is our Elder, JR is just an Old Fart!JR is our elder forum member
Only kidding....
(Afterthought, before submitting - can I post this...?
Hmmmm
Yes, but with absolutely no offense intended
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Hmmmm !
I nearly 'moderated' that last post !
Lucky I enjoy a bit of banter.
I nearly 'moderated' that last post !
Lucky I enjoy a bit of banter.
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You're a moderator????J.R. wrote:Hmmmm !
I nearly 'moderated' that last post !
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You wouldn't believe it would you? me too!!
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When did this happen? have I been blind?
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Re: GRECIANS PATH
Grecians' Path...
aka Snobs' Alley.
But I imagine it had its origins in the "Grecs' Cloi" in London. That was foe grecians only, and I suppose this was an attempt to continue the exclusivity. It lasted certainly until the mid-60s, and unlike most Button Grecian privileges (bikes in school, for example), wasn't extended to common-or-garden 2nd-year grecians without buttons.
aka Snobs' Alley.
But I imagine it had its origins in the "Grecs' Cloi" in London. That was foe grecians only, and I suppose this was an attempt to continue the exclusivity. It lasted certainly until the mid-60s, and unlike most Button Grecian privileges (bikes in school, for example), wasn't extended to common-or-garden 2nd-year grecians without buttons.
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