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Re: Skinners Feast - here is part of a diary entry by Henry Machyn (mid 16th century), this part referring to Skinners Feast, other guilds mentioned also. The connection may be through the City of London? http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45527 [The day of June was the Skinners' fe...

Why, thank you kindly for the welcome J.R. :D I have found this site invaluable since my children have been at CH - I know far more from here than from the Official website or the letters home (which are all e-mailed now by the way including the reports) :wink: Hopefully that will help fill in the ...

I've just had a call (unsolicited) from his housemaster (lovely man) to say that he is "immensely happy and having a wonderful time" Not sure if it is in the "Housemaster's manual" but my mother got a letter along similar lines in 1952. I suppose it is intended to help the paren...

Welcome from yet another Old Blue (from the 1950 - 60's era). It would be strange if you don't miss your offspring - I know that my mother #2 (adopted) missed me when I wasn't around whilst my first two terms (aged just 9) were full of homesickness and other problems. OTOH mother #3 (yes - I went th...

Mrs C. wrote:Drunkards at CH?? Surely not??

Amazing that concoctions we made only ended up in hangovers (and sometimes pretty bad at that) and not something considerably more final.

I agreed with you post, although would like to point out one thing to do with the above.I and probably many others started out on this forum as sepctators and i did find it a but cliquey(lots of in the know jokes etc that i didnt understand) but once i found a topic that i could put comment to and ...

SDAK:GHASDFKLGHASDFKLGHASDKLGHASDFKLGHASDKLGH DRKTYAEBVIRLVGTNULTUIDBNGUDNRIOBPEOTU**G which I take is some strange language for something impossible to translate. I'm knackered though, being at CH is so tiring. I feel like I could sleep for a million years and just never wake up. I am not way used...

There has been plenty of condemnation of the BBC recently (for example the decision to pull the plug on a global warming programme because it could be viewed as biased) but I was really shocked to see what was listed as being on the Sky Parliament channel about 5.45 this morning: Royal Opening of th...

My reason for buying it is having been stuck on the top deck of a Virgin Atlantic in New York for 2 hours with 'Everything Changes', Air, and Garbage's 'Stupid Girl' on loop with no drinks or refreshments or air conditioning rant rant rant.......I found the songs stuck in my head, so bought the CD'...

Rex, I agree that your keyboard theory is the most likely explanation and am relieved to learn that my memory was not playing me false. I also tend to agree with John Knight that the chap with the dog-collar in the Barnes B pic is probably said chap. As I recall, he went in for "Popish" t...

But it has reminded me - who wears pyjamas? Do men sleep in boxer shorts, or nothing at all? In my nursing days, I've seen many a panic purchase of pyjamas for a man who has never worn them before, and adjusted traditional stripy pyjamas held up by a sexy cord. Definition (from before you were born...

PPS from another thread Its nice to shoot the breeze with people from my year, all those years ago.. Thanks for that...(although I didn't really know you Adam all that well) :D Interesting phrase that - I don't know what the wind thinks about it. It reminded me of the equivalent phrase "to cha...

I thought we were talking about Old Blues? 'Pretty strange..' (sometimes), yes. But I can't imagine an OB doing any of those awful things.....Blimey. What would Edward VI say? This is an open forum - anyone from anywhere can read the posts. It doesn't have to be an Old Blue who takes objection to a...

3. Why are so many members, whether regular posters or not, cautious about revealing their names? If it's an internet thing (sorry, but I'm not an experienced "webber"...), then I want to know if I'm being daft putting my real name and general whereabouts on here, if it's not - why be coy...

A boy in Col A in my time (Weeks perhaps) collected loo paper from any possible source including the sheets neatly printed Civil Service. I think he might also havew had some broad arrow specimens which suggests armed forces and prisons. All neatly put in albums with details of source, perforations ...