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- Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:02 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Elizabeth Cairncross
- Replies: 129
- Views: 207001
Re: Elizabeth Cairncross
My housemaster smiled and said “ah you’re back” when I finally returned late in the evening, so they knew we were missing, but no apology or asking if we were ok that I can remember, I doubt they told my guardian as they never mentioned it to me. Still have anxiety in big cities. Not quite the same...
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 308593
Re: Brexit
Never brought Marmite etc from the UK, but at the time of writing, PG Tips, my Costa Rican wife's favourite tea, is still available on the shelves of the local Carrefour etc, here in the Valencian community. If I've got my geography right, Valencia is a fairly big city and has a busy port, so it sh...
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:42 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 308593
Re: Brexit
Never brought Marmite etc from the UK, but at the time of writing, PG Tips, my Costa Rican wife's favourite tea, is still available on the shelves of the local Carrefour etc, here in the Valencian community.
- Sun Apr 25, 2021 11:01 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Dorm Raids
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22913
Re: Dorm Raids
Nothing like that in my day !! You surprise me. I have vague memories of waking up one day to find a line of Barnes B britches hung out between Barnes B and Maine A. How that happened I am not sure, but we had to take revenge some how. We decided to do something similar, but were surprised as we we...
- Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: The wacky world of catheters
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23584
- Mon Apr 19, 2021 2:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: The wacky world of catheters
- Replies: 8
- Views: 23584
Re: The wacky world of catheters
My Irish neighbour here in Spain is in the same situation. He had the misfortune in that they thought that the problem was resolved, removed said catheter, and were surprised when he appeared in Emergency a few hours later. Now waiting for the operation. Curiously, nearly 50 years ago I was offered ...
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: A question regarding a punishment book
- Replies: 19
- Views: 43660
Re: A question regarding a punishment book
Hi Dennis My recollection of times were: Loop 5 minutes Mile 8 minutes Long mile (Mile with the extra bit around the loop) 10 minutes Double mile 16 minutes. You had already moved for the final year as a mixed age house before Barnes B became a junior house, but you may remember Fisher. He was dayro...
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Nell Todd painting for sale
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7919
Re: Nell Todd painting for sale
Apart from teaching art, Nell Todd (and her predecessor Mr A.A. Kent both) had another duty, which no one has documented so far in the Forum. They presided over “Bad writing classes,” but that probably wasn’t their official name. I was forced to attend such classes held by each of the two. All they...
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:08 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Flecker’s Banning of some Comics
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9324
Re: Flecker’s Banning of some Comics
I graduated from “Robin” to “Eagle” via “Swift”. My mother would send me the “Eagle” every week, until we switched it to the “Children’s Newspaper “. I seem to remember that someone else received the “Beano”. I’m pretty certain others read our copies and it never occurred to me that there might have...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: The End of Marching in to Lunch?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8130
Re: The End of Marching in to Lunch?
Just on the logistic of getting everyone to eat at approximately the same time, what happens now for breakfast and tea?
- Sun Jan 31, 2021 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Britt or European
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10883
Re: Britt or European
I have a British passport, my wife British and Costa Rican, my eldest son, Swedish, British, and entitled to Costa Rican, one child born in the UK, the other in Sweden, my youngest son has British passport and is entitled to a Costa Rican, his wife is French from Guadeloupe, but got her British pass...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Independent obituary of Mark Cousins (Maine A 1957-66)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3623
Re: Independent obituary of Mark Cousins (Maine A 1957-66)
I have a feeling that his CH dates are incorrect. I remember the name and according to his dates, he would have been on my year, but he was not in any of my forms. Given that he received a First in 1968, he must have been at least one or two years before me, probably one as I will be 73 later this ...
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Independent obituary of Mark Cousins (Maine A 1957-66)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3623
Re: Independent obituary of Mark Cousins (Maine A 1957-66)
I have a feeling that his CH dates are incorrect. I remember the name and according to his dates, he would have been on my year, but he was not in any of my forms. Given that he received a First in 1968, he must have been at least one or two years before me, probably one as I will be 73 later this y...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Roger Allam in Radio Times
- Replies: 62
- Views: 35523
Re: Roger Allam in Radio Times
I was just about to say much the same thing! Equally irrelevant, but John Gower, at the time chairman of CHA, and I, met the CHA manager in London to go over some stuff related to the Blue. At one stage the CHA manager remonstrated with us, saying that she had noticed with Old Blues, their tendency...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Roger Allam in Radio Times
- Replies: 62
- Views: 35523
Re: Roger Allam in Radio Times
Those figures ring a bell, but at university my parents contributed nothing as I had to get a job so that they didn't have to pay. In fact I got a student apprenticeship and the company gave me an annual grant of £100. This is something that puzzles me. The only thing I heard at CH about universiti...