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Not being pedantic, but would this thread not be better off in the Hertford Forum ? I'm quite prepared to move it. No offense, J.R. - but that comment is one of the biggest reasons that I, for one, feel marginalized and not a part of the 'real' CH. This thread is for reminiscences of pupil and teac...

(Hello Brenda - it's a long time since Crouch End! Congratulations on your PhD.) - I remember Mrs Thomas as human, gentle and realistic. She taught me maths to O level - a thankless task as we were the lower set (Munch, were you there too?) and I knew I needed to get it but had no idea how this cou...

Kim2s70-77 wrote:

CHAZ wrote:



N'est-ce pas?!

Thank you! Where was Ms Griffith-Williams when I needed her! ( Perhaps this would be more appropriate on a Pedant's thread!! )

Well, I just thought it was a typo, Kim. These men are so uncharitable, aren't they?

englishangel wrote: Interesting though that you describe yourselves as 'inmates' of the Red House. Says it all really.

You're so right!

Yes, Mary, I'm sure you're thinking of the right person. I had a vague idea that Miss Stokes had lived in India, and, now that you mention it, I remember that she had an elderly father, too. And I can imagine her using the car jack - she always seemed a very practical, down to earth person. I don't ...

Yes, it was certainly a time warp! I remember once having to buy a hat -presumably for Founders' Day - for the first and last time in my life, I think! :) After I left Hertford I worked in academic and government libraries, then spent about 20 years in the admin. civil service. I left to do an MA in...

Hello and welcome, Brenda. Gosh, even nearly 40 years on, it still feels a bit naughty to be calling a teacher by her first name :) I remember you teaching us. I think I recounted somewhere else that you gave us a Russian lesson one time when half the class was off on an outing somewhere. It was fa...

I missed your accent after you left and we had Mr Watson's 'Lancashire French'!! I remember James Watson, who took over the senior French post from Jean Rutherford - he started in my second year (1971). He and Mr Mulholland were the only male teachers then. I think he found CH a bit of a culture sh...

Hello bgw! I think I was in that 4b class, but French was one of my favourite subjects- and mostly thanks to you, one of my better Olevel grades. I apologize now on a very belated behalf of my former classmates for giving you such a hard time all those years ago :lol: That smilie is not meant to be...

Hello. I'm Brenda (not Blodwyn, or Barbara) Griffith-Williams. I taught French, German and Latin at CH in Hertford from 1970 to 1972 - not quite 'straight down from Oxford', as I'd done a research degree in London, but it was my first job. I've just found a copy of The Penguin Book of German Verse t...

You are right Jo, Miss Griffith-Williams was lame - she also sniffed alot and seemed to have a permanent cold. She not only sounded boring, I think she really was truly bored! Miss Coles was a fabulous history teacher and inspired me as well with a great love of history. She taught with passion and...