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by RobinKinloch
Mon Sep 25, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Bluecoat School Photos
Replies: 2
Views: 10133

Re: Bluecoat School Photos

The Guuardian has an article today stating that CH was the first English school to have a uniform. Is this correct?
by RobinKinloch
Sat Sep 03, 2022 11:06 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Ian Page
Replies: 3
Views: 3857

Re: Ian Page

John Page was one of the three Geography Department teachers in the mid-1950s, under the excellent leadership of George Newberry. I know that he later became a housemaster. I recall that his obituary spoke of his prowess in Royal Tennis. From his age alone, he could not have been the footballer Ian ...
by RobinKinloch
Thu Dec 02, 2021 6:17 pm
Forum: Old Blue clubs/societies, re-unions and regional clubs
Topic: +65 reunion, March 2022
Replies: 1
Views: 843

+65 reunion, March 2022

For our age group, and In the uncertainty of the Covid context, the proposed reunion next March provokes several questions which I have put to the Choba staff and await a reply. Anyone guess likely attendance numbers? Will any fellow Thornton A house-members, history and geography classmates, rugger...
by RobinKinloch
Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:09 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Meaning of colored walls
Replies: 11
Views: 4882

Re: Meaning of colored walls

These descriptions of housemasters seem correct - my recollection of Haslehust is that he delegated discipline to the house monitors and, unlike others, did not impose his views on the house - but whether their attitudes were reflected in those of the house members seems doubtful, and hard to determ...
by RobinKinloch
Wed May 13, 2020 9:21 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CCF alternative
Replies: 13
Views: 6735

Re: CCF alternative

By the mid-1950s It was apparent to me from talking to leavers who were doing National Service, that the CCF did not provide useful training, for the reasons indicated here by Brian Walling. After expressing my discontent - not pacifism - I was moved to the Signals section about 1954, and later char...
by RobinKinloch
Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:38 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: RIP Jasper Griffin
Replies: 5
Views: 2753

Re: RIP Jasper Griffin

Sad to hear of Jasper Griffin's passing - he was easily acknowledged as the foremost scholar of our year, at least on the arts side. His subsequent stellar career was a source of great pride for us his contemporaries. While his Oxford lectures and his books may not perhaps have reached a wider audie...
by RobinKinloch
Mon May 22, 2017 5:30 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Chapel Music
Replies: 29
Views: 15879

Re: Chapel Music

Thank you, Michael. It was most likely the Walmisley.
by RobinKinloch
Sun May 21, 2017 9:25 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Michael Cherniavsky
Replies: 93
Views: 52827

Re: Michael Cherniavsky

Very belatedly, I want to add applause for Geoff Cannon's appreciation of Michael Cherniavsky. His medieval history classes were brilliant, and his coaching in essay writing provided skills of lifelong value. And I can now treasure the thought that, unknown to the other, we were both at Trafalgar Sq...
by RobinKinloch
Sun May 21, 2017 8:22 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Chapel Music
Replies: 29
Views: 15879

Re: Chapel Music

I have sentimental memories of Sunday evensong in Chapel - perhaps because it followed those Sunday afternoon breaks - and particularly of the Nunc Dimittis. Does anyone know which music was used (mid-1950s)?