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- Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:34 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Roger Martin - trial
- Replies: 320
- Views: 227035
Re: Roger Martin - trial
Afraid that none of this changes the overall situation, which is that CH in the 1970s was not a safe place for children, with a growing minority of masters who were unable to control either their sexual or physical behaviour towards those in their charge, and with a regime that was unable to protect...
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: What Steve Hilton is doing these days
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9203
Re: What Steve Hilton is doing these days
I think 'why' would be an even better question John...
- Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:00 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: What Steve Hilton is doing these days
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9203
Re: What Steve Hilton is doing these days
Absolutely spot on Rockfreak. And what happened to the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Committee established by the 2010 Child Poverty Act? The last four board members resigned en bloc in December 2017 citing the Governments total inability to focus on Social Mobility in the aftermath of Brexit. A...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:23 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: What Steve Hilton is doing these days
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9203
Re: What Steve Hilton is doing these days
Ah yes, our old friend the liberal elite. Was accused of this by two friends recently, both with expensive private education, both from monied backgrounds. As the son of a subpostmaster and the first in the family to get to university I've been wondering: how could I have avoided becoming one of the...
- Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Wendy Fryer
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9038
Re: Wendy Fryer
Keith Stratton from the Manual School married Nurse Hagan, Lynn I believe. She had worked at the Belfast Royal Infirmary and would have seen a thing or two in those days before coming to CH, and used to whizz around very impressively in an open top MG. Sadly Keith Stratton died very young leaving hi...
- Sat Oct 20, 2018 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Resignation of Baker and emergency appointment of Hansford
- Replies: 82
- Views: 33618
Re: Resignation of Baker and emergency appointment of Hansford
One other regular contact during the 70s, between Horsham and Hertford that hasn't been mentioned thus far - namely the annual 2nd form Classics trips. One year a delegation of about 20 from Horsham would visit Hertford and visit St Alban's, the following one vice versa for a visit to Fishbourne. Ov...
- Fri Oct 19, 2018 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: The Old Blue 2018
- Replies: 52
- Views: 19093
Re: The Old Blue 2018
My reaction exactly Katharine, glad it's not just me. Having read it I have no idea who its audience is, and I'm nit sure it does either; it seems to have been born out of a somewhat unfocussed sense that 'we need to be seen to be doing something'. New brooms at CHOBA will I hope be addressing this ...
- Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Death of John Edwards (Horsham Staff 1939-74)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9183
Re: Death of John Edwards (Horsham Staff 1939-74)
I bow in considerable respect rockfreak, that must have been some party. It was always reputed to be the Small Faces that Stigwood was trying to appropriate; Arden also threatened Allen Klein with the window treatment, and Klein wasn't exactly a pushover - as forcing Richard Ashcroft to sign over th...
- Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:48 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Death of John Edwards (Horsham Staff 1939-74)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9183
Re: Death of John Edwards (Horsham Staff 1939-74)
Don Arden was more my sort of chap. You always knew where you were with him - usually hanging out of a window.
- Tue Sep 25, 2018 10:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Death of John Edwards (Horsham Staff 1939-74)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9183
Re: Death of John Edwards (Horsham Staff 1939-74)
Indian Brave was originally by The Outlaws (the UK band, not the US one), which included on guitar one Richie Blackmore. In the mid 70s Blackmore covered Apache on a Shadows tribute album called Twang.
Time for my medication nurse.....
Time for my medication nurse.....
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:48 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Did anyone know?
- Replies: 159
- Views: 98386
Re: Did anyone know?
If the lady officer you are trying to call is the one who was originally assigned to the case, I believe she is on maternity leave. But her number will be answered, hopefully by the same male officer I spoke to who was professional, well briefed, engaged and entirely objective. A credit to the force...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 10:13 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Letter to the Head Master
- Replies: 194
- Views: 103454
Re: Letter to the Head Master
I do indeed. Equally the expurgation of history on the Facebook site immediately after the latest guilty verdicts means either 1) moderators with less strength than those we are lucky to have here, 2) guidance from the School, or 3) a mix of both. In any event the result is the same - the only place...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 11:24 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Letter to the Head Master
- Replies: 194
- Views: 103454
Re: Letter to the Head Master
I like to think I'm a reasonable sort of a chap Richard. The Facebook group fiasco was a really bad crisis PR response; I am trying to give the School a clue about how they might change tack and do the right thing when there can be no further prevarication on legal grounds (deferring as always to yo...
- Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:41 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Letter to the Head Master
- Replies: 194
- Views: 103454
Re: Letter to the Head Master
Just seen the CHOBA News which arrived overnight; no mention of any convictions, presumably as the trials and sentencing are still ongoing. Once we get to a point when the legal processes are all completed, or at least an appropriate pause, I would very much hope that, for the benefit of the majorit...
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:40 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Dobbie's departure
- Replies: 109
- Views: 37572
Re: Dobbie's departure
From the bottom of my heart I hope that all those convicted of sexual crimes against children in their care at CH saw the light on leaving and reformed their lives completely. The very first subsequent conviction that shows that they didn't would heap such utter shame on the school's management for ...