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I saw in the Old Blue that Peter Farrar (Head of Modern Langauges) has died. He was my AO and A level teacher for three years and though he was a wonderful linguist, his sense of timing was not great and lessons were inevitably shorter. He would often be having a coffee in the Language lab and then ...

Still no update on this one? Over 6 weeks now....

There are indeed a lot of coincidences and I found the photo in the press article that I posted to be very very like the Revd Porteous I knew at CH.
The Thailand connection is also unsettling but if truth were to be said if nothing has come out from CH days, then it may indeed be a different person.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/pensioner-jailed-for-historic-sex-abuse-of-boy-at-west-london-prep-school-9779975.html I think this is the same guy who was a chaplain at CH in early 80s. As J.R rightly says, the plot thickens... He had a son called Charles and a diaghter, Sidonia... When did h...

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Mon Oct 01, 2018 7:58 pm

Could be this Alistair Wilson person
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... kmail.html

Or even Rev Porteous who was convicted later in a prep school.
Wonder if he was involved in anything whilst at CH....

Long afte rhousemastering, Pat Cullen found himself living in one of CHs better houses opposite Doctor's Lake. This would have been in the 80s

Mark Deller RN had a distinguished career in the Navy afte rleaving in 1981 and is elder brother of Paul, current Head of Art. On a sadder note a contemporary of mine, Ian "Bokker"Halden died in training along with his copilot in a crash in the Falklands; he was only in late 20s but I recall his dau...

Was Jason Flemyng, the actor, expelled? I seem to recall also that he was involved in a shop lifting episode when he was in Mid A?

I though the title of this topic was Roger Martin and yet the last 2-3 pages talk about Peter Webb. Digression folks!

This press article happened during my tenure as Senior Grecian in 1984. I think more Lent Term 1984. The headline was indeed "Goodbye Mr Chips" and I am pretty sure it was the SUN newspaper. I recall Baker desperately pressing me to find out who had leaked the story but not really my cup of tea that...

I noticed that the fate of three Yemeni gentlemen was also posted on the same day in the Mail a few pices below Karim's report. Different approach and homicide also involved, but in some countries rape carries much harsher penalties http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6042533/Three-paedophiles-s...

Ball did my confirmation in 1981 if I recall correctly. At that time the 3 Chaplains were Robson, Atkinson and Godfrey Hall. Robson went off to Wellington to join Newsome and Atkinson and Hall were then joined by Porteous.

There was a mass school vaccination for BCG in the early 80s but during my time can't recall any flu jabs being administered!
Paul Hoskins (son of) was a contemporary of mine...

:lol: Richard! Actually looking back on it, I am sure the role affected my A level results as I bombed German. Globally it was a PR role and there were fun parts like going to Amicable Socitey of Old Blues dinner; having numerous dinners at "the House" with VIPS who came to the school; singing every...

Was this Vikki Hatton before? I think she taugt me briefly Medieval History (at the same time as Husband ) and had filled in for Gripper Davies who went to Cranleigh?