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by Foureyes
Mon Mar 11, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Favourite story from your time?
Replies: 2
Views: 189

Re: Favourite story from your time?

Leo, Sad to see you have not received any replies, so here goes...! My greatest single memory is of a very particular Chemistry lesson. The teacher was Mr Bevan (known as 'Pop') who was a dry old stick - he would have been just the man for the teacher in the film 'Goodbye Mr Chips.' He was always sl...
by Foureyes
Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Replies: 2
Views: 5033

TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE

While watching the film 'Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society' I noted that one of the key elements in the story was the book 'Tales from Shakespeare' by Charles and Mary Lamb.To my embarassment I had never heard of this book, even though I am an Old Blue and was in Lamb B! I now have a copy an...
by Foureyes
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:27 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: V-1 that landed at C.H. on 29 June 1944
Replies: 2
Views: 3404

Re: V-1 that landed at C.H. on 29 June 1944

Dear Conal,
I am reluctant to spoil your research, but I have already covered this event in considerable depth. If you ask the Museum they have a copy of my research paper.
Cheers,
David Miller
by Foureyes
Fri May 05, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH and slavery
Replies: 15
Views: 44281

Re: CH and slavery

Sorry, but I don't read newspapers which publish anti-semitic cartoons.
David
by Foureyes
Sun Apr 23, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: SIR BARNES WALLIS
Replies: 3
Views: 2789

SIR BARNES WALLIS

A new book has just been published: "Dam Buster: Barnes Wallis: An Engineer's Life," by Richard Morris, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London; £24.99. I hope it does the great man justice and that it highlights both what CH did for him and what he did for CH. My favourite BNW story concerns m...
by Foureyes
Sun Feb 19, 2023 2:40 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH's new security system
Replies: 3
Views: 3066

Re: CH's new security system

"To ensure the students' safety the security team will get a notification if students leave their dorms out of hours…"
Good grief - such a system would never have stopped pinging in the 1950s!
:shock: David
by Foureyes
Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH role in Coronation
Replies: 5
Views: 3401

Re: CH role in Coronation

Katharine, The one definite role of CH with a new monarch is that on the latter entering the City of London for the first time the Senior Grecian presents a loyal address. If I remember correctly this is done on the steps of St Paul's. On the late queen's entry the SG was flanked by the Head Girl, t...
by Foureyes
Tue Jul 26, 2022 7:42 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: New daily maths puzzle - give it a go and share?
Replies: 5
Views: 7332

Re: New daily maths puzzle - give it a go and share?

Julian,
Had a look. I don't understand the rules, let alone find the answers, but maths was NEVER my strong point. Sorry!
I have a nephew who is a brilliant mathematician so I will ask him what he thinks.
David
by Foureyes
Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:39 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Films at CH, 1956-1960
Replies: 17
Views: 40775

Re: Films at CH, 1956-1960

What a find! As a matter of interest, the Inspecting Officer of the CCF on 3 Jun - ACM Constantine - was an Old Blue! Must have been quite an occasion.
David :shock:
by Foureyes
Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:14 am
Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
Topic: RADIO PROGRAMME
Replies: 1
Views: 2765

RADIO PROGRAMME

Interesting series on BBC Sounds: 'In Dark Corners.'
Certainly on 23 and 24 June 2022, but not sure how many more.
:shock:
by Foureyes
Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:34 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Midwich Cuckoos - episode 3 - is this a Housey Girl or Boy?
Replies: 5
Views: 4225

Re: Midwich Cuckoos - episode 3 - is this a Housey Girl or Boy?

I thought that the hairstyle looked a bit modern and the 'child' looked a bit old. The sculptor was born in 1939 so this is clearly a modern work. It is absolutely correct that there was a CH outstation in Ware and there is nothing wrong in having a statue to commemorate that fact, but a younger sit...
by Foureyes
Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:44 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Midwich Cuckoos - episode 3 - is this a Housey Girl or Boy?
Replies: 5
Views: 4225

Re: Midwich Cuckoos - episode 3 - is this a Housey Girl or Boy?

Julian,
Hi - I am still here!
It is definitely NOT a CH girl. Girls wore a very different uniform from the boys until 1985; i.e., on the 'merger.'
David
by Foureyes
Wed Jun 01, 2022 9:19 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Punishment system
Replies: 16
Views: 36405

Re: Punishment system

I can endorse that. In (about) 1952-3 someone two senior to me on the house roll, who had been in trouble on several occasions, simply disappeared, together with all his belongings. There was no public announcement. We were told quietly that he had been expelled and not to discuss him any further - ...
by Foureyes
Tue May 17, 2022 8:09 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: How Much Kit Brought Down From Newgate Street Still Exists?
Replies: 9
Views: 6270

Re: How Much Kit Brought Down From Newgate Street Still Exists?

Gosh! Never suspected the devoted newspaper letter-writer had a sense-of-humour. I withdraw comment.
David :shock:
by Foureyes
Tue May 17, 2022 1:57 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: How Much Kit Brought Down From Newgate Street Still Exists?
Replies: 9
Views: 6270

Re: How Much Kit Brought Down From Newgate Street Still Exists?

Hmmmm! Methinks there is a fundamental misunderstanding here. Rockfreak says: " I never knew that Kit was around in the days of Newgate Street ." This obviously assumes that the 'Kit' in the title refers to the late Kit Aitken former housemaster of ColA. This simply can't be true as Kit (a...