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by DavebytheSea
Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: School Chaplains
Replies: 97
Views: 56673

Re: School Chaplains

The version I heard was that he was sacked after p****g on Flecker's bald head. But that is surely apocryphal.
by DavebytheSea
Sun Aug 08, 2021 4:24 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Strange old man dressed in WW1 army gear / dog named lobster
Replies: 142
Views: 85554

Re: Strange old man dressed in WW1 army gear / dog named lobster

Amazing.! A man of many parts and from another era. Do you remember the huge picture of a cow defecating on the wall of his lab? It was there for years. The picture I mean - not the cow.
by DavebytheSea
Thu Jun 24, 2021 5:26 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Sailing on Moonshot
Replies: 0
Views: 21598

Sailing on Moonshot

So pleased to be welcoming a succession of Old Blues aboard in the last week or so: Cara Loukes to Scilly (her third attempt on Moonshot as bad weather had turned us back on two previous occasions when she was aboard); Christian Collins with Alice (his fiancée ) and then on Monday we have Marcus Com...
by DavebytheSea
Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:53 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Strange old man dressed in WW1 army gear / dog named lobster
Replies: 142
Views: 85554

Re: Strange old man dressed in WW1 army gear / dog named lobster

I did Chemistry and Biology via heuristics memorably with Bill Kirby; he called me Gubbins. This was pre-Seaman and Seaman's major reforms and sackings - plus Seaman's introduction of school-wide illustrated lectures on sex by the charismatic, psychiatrist Dr Matthews ("homosexuality is an ado...
by DavebytheSea
Mon May 23, 2016 10:25 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Any ideas about what this might be/have been?
Replies: 43
Views: 12459

Re: Any ideas about what this might be/have been?

Thanks David. Yes Jonathan is racing northwards in HMS Ranger for the 100th anniversary of Jutland this week end..
by DavebytheSea
Sat Apr 30, 2016 10:09 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: When We were Very Young
Replies: 19
Views: 10278

Re: When We were Very Young

What fun to see this thread emerging into the light once more. :)
by DavebytheSea
Wed May 06, 2015 5:49 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Tomorrow
Replies: 6
Views: 3467

Tomorrow

THE DEFICIT There is a much more important deficit than any they talk about - the Deficit of Compassion. In her blog "Wonder in Aliceland" (q.v.), Alice writes: "nations are not households. If individuals are in debt, it makes sense to make cutbacks. Switch from Tesco to Aldi. Stop ru...
by DavebytheSea
Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:15 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Happy Birthday DavebytheSea !
Replies: 1
Views: 1777

Re: Happy Birthday DavebytheSea !

Dear John. Thank you so much. I haven't been on here for ages - I'm sorry. But delighted to know that I am still remembered here (if only by you). Very busy preparing Moonshot for launch on April 1. Two lovely YOBs antifouled her the other day and both are singing with me in Rossini's Petite Messe S...
by DavebytheSea
Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:38 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH cross-Channel Regatta, July 11-14
Replies: 4
Views: 4223

Re: CH cross-Channel Regatta, July 11-14

This weekend the first of 6 yachts crewed by Old Blues will start making its way towards Dartmouth for the first-ever cross-Channel regatta organised by any school alumni organisation. We all meet up in Dartmouth on 11 July and sail for St Peter Port on Sunday 13. Deputy Headmaster Thomas Lawson wil...
by DavebytheSea
Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Charge - has it been changed?
Replies: 90
Views: 27625

Re: The Charge - has it been changed?

You see what I mean, Rockfreak? There's no possibility of real debate, because their instincts are to try to trash your motives .. err, sorry, take the argument ad hominem . Sad, but all they want is to reminisce. hmm... not true! Some of us, however ancient, want to do more than reminisce. Mere me...
by DavebytheSea
Mon Jun 23, 2014 3:32 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH cross-Channel Regatta, July 11-14
Replies: 4
Views: 4223

Re: CH cross-Channel Regatta, July 11-14

CH C&SC Regatta, 2014 6 yachts about 30 OBs and counting . Gerald Harris (ColA 56-63) has been able to offer himself and Vigornia , his wonderful Halberg-Rassey 36, for our Regatta. He is based in Dartmouth and his crew will join there on 11 July and return there sometime on Wednesday July 16. ...
by DavebytheSea
Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:33 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Charge - has it been changed?
Replies: 90
Views: 27625

Re: The Charge - has it been changed?

It's in mine (1955) and my Grandfather's (1880) as well as Jonathan's (2007)
by DavebytheSea
Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:28 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Domestic Maids
Replies: 18
Views: 7900

Re: Domestic Maids

A Polish maid appeared for a bit. It was expedient that a boy and her left the premises. ... and there were the Sicker nurses ..... in his book Growing up in A War (Amazon £4.69 and an excellent read about CH), Bryan Magee rather touchingly describes how a young nurse took pity on the injured Magee...
by DavebytheSea
Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:11 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Re: Pocket-Money at CH.
Replies: 11
Views: 4145

Re: Pocket-Money at CH.

Genuinely can't remember the exact amounts but I seem to remember it being about £30 per term by the end of my time there in 1990. From 1947-1955 it was, I think, 30/- a term (30 shillings for anyone born later) but when Jonathan was there from 2005-7 we gave him the minimum of £20 a term. He never...
by DavebytheSea
Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:56 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: World War 2, CH Teachers, etc
Replies: 24
Views: 10483

Re: World War 2, CH Teachers, etc

... and how Mr Haslehurst got me through O-level Latin, the Lord only knows. However, the only sex education I received at CH was in his lessons - it all emerged when attempting to translate a piece about the rape of the Sabine women.