Search found 19 matches

by East Gun Copse
Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:18 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Dennis Silk
Replies: 2
Views: 2186

Dennis Silk

I notice in the death notices in the Times today, that Dennis Silk has died. He was Senior Grecian in the early 50s when I was there and was even kept for on by Flecker for an extra term. He was quite renowned as an England Cricketer and later as warden of Radley College. In that latter role I once ...
by East Gun Copse
Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:33 am
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Daily Timetable
Replies: 38
Views: 16052

Re: Daily Timetable

I'm impressed by Michael's detailed memory, puts mine to shame. Cold Baths were not myths in Thornton A while 'Fred' Hazelhurst ran it. Monitors would inspect towels to check they were damp. The 'old soldiers' would splash a bit of water on the towel but most ran the gauntlet of the bath. One bath f...
by East Gun Copse
Tue Jan 26, 2016 8:59 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Daily Timetable
Replies: 38
Views: 16052

Daily Timetable

I've been trying to recall the timetable we had at CH in the 1950s. We seemed to fit a lot in and I can't recall how it was all scheduled. I recall being up promptly and at Th A it was cold baths except on Sundays. A parade for breakfast then back to the house or did we go straight to chapel? Presum...
by East Gun Copse
Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:36 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "Guests" of HM
Replies: 10
Views: 3663

Re: "Guests" of HM

One more 'for the record'. William Miller was deputy House Captain of Lamb B and a Grecian who left in about 1951-3(-ish). He did his National Service learning Russian with the Royal Navy and subsequently went to University. At some stage he published an article on the national defence plans in a n...
by East Gun Copse
Fri Nov 23, 2012 4:20 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "Guests" of HM
Replies: 10
Views: 3663

Re: "Guests" of HM

I do remember in the late 1940s there was one boy expelled "for the usual reason". Some years later a group of us were in the house master's study for a play-reading and he, having had a few drinks, reminisced about this boy and said, last he had heard was that he had been in prison.
by East Gun Copse
Thu May 03, 2012 9:28 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Even more sad news
Replies: 5
Views: 2518

Re: Even more sad news

Though John Hansford was head for a short time, he had been brought out of retirement to oversee the merging of the schools after what had been a period of friction. He had previously served as head of King Edward School Witley for 11 years. I imagine that it is because King Edward School had the sa...
by East Gun Copse
Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:56 am
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Picture in the Times ? Housey
Replies: 35
Views: 10453

Picture in the Times ? Housey

In todays Times, (25/4/11) page 12, there is an article about 'Emotional scarring' of boarders at school. We may all have our opinions of such scarring but I'm curious to know if the picture shown to illustrate a boarding school is taken from Housey. The main evidence is of boys appearing to have ho...
by East Gun Copse
Wed Mar 09, 2011 10:09 am
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Corporal Punishment......
Replies: 213
Views: 97225

Re: Corporal Punishment......

My memories of school in the early 50s, were that corporal punsihment was a very real fact of life. I can only remember once being beaten by a master and that was from Carey for some minor matter of not having learnt some facts in class. One stayed behind after the class for the punishment and it wa...
by East Gun Copse
Tue May 18, 2010 8:45 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: That missed opportunity
Replies: 16
Views: 3366

That missed opportunity

When reading the recent issue of 'The Old Blue' I was working through the obituaries (that gives my age away) when I was struck by one for Simon Cox. I remembered him but was totally unaware that he was an Old Blue. My late wife was was a practice manager at a surgery that was opposite the hospital ...
by East Gun Copse
Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Michael Marland
Replies: 6
Views: 5161

Michael Marland

I see in The Times today an obituary for Michael Marland Th A 44-53. he was a larger than life character at school and as head of North Westminster Community School he was seldom out of the news. He was often wheeled on by the media as an expert on Comprehensive education. One year with tongue in ch...
by East Gun Copse
Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:28 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Bullying & Abuse - Take II
Replies: 132
Views: 55593

I've been quite surprised following this thresd to see how bullying continued into modern times. In the 40s & 50s the discipline was very much in the hands of the monitors. Most rose to the responsibility and acted fairly in the way they administered punishment. The norm was beating with the gir...
by East Gun Copse
Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:01 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Saluting
Replies: 36
Views: 15854

Saluting

I seem to remember (how many comments start that way) that in the fifties it was required that if we met a master when out in Horsham or elsewhere we should salute him. The same went for lady teachers as they were honary men and we always called them sir. The idea was that because we had no cap to r...
by East Gun Copse
Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:58 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Has anyone seen the Rock School ad on C4?
Replies: 139
Views: 32396

Rock School part 2

I find the Rock School broadcasts are an interesting source of peripheral information about the present school. I was struck by the idealism shown in the debate by several speakers from the floor in publically expressing views which run counter to the popular cynicism so often expressed in the media...
by East Gun Copse
Sat Oct 01, 2005 2:51 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Has anyone seen the Rock School ad on C4?
Replies: 139
Views: 32396

Can anyone tell me what Elvish is, they didn't have it in my day, does it come under Classics department or M.L.
by East Gun Copse
Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:24 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: DT article on CH
Replies: 24
Views: 8255

Happy wrote:Yowser. No I didn't and I can't find it on the Telegraph site today (Sunday). If you know where it is online, I would appreciate a gander...?
I don't know if it is on line, it is in saturdays edition in a special Independent Schools supplement.