Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

ZeroDeConduite wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 3:18 pmOne summer camp was held at Shorncliffe near Folkstone. The whole school CCF had the mission to march to Canterbury to 'capture the Red Dean'...

…little dreaming that his daughter, Kezia Noël-Paton, would one day become the last resident Medical Officer at CH Horsham.

An Old Blue (Coleridge A 1971-78) takes charge of the Edinburgh Tattoo:

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/major- ... tattoo?top

After he retired in 1970, Clarence Seaman (Thornton A & Barnes B 1920-27, Headmaster 1955-70, Governor) began writing a history of the Foundation from the mid-1850s up to his own times. When he died suddenly in 1974 he had completed only four chapters, which were published by Ian Allan Ltd in 19...

Theo on his painful convalescence: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/covid-19-has-left-shadow-former-self-lies-store-boris/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-onward-journey This report too is behind a paywall, but opening a Telegraph account (as distinct from a subscription) is fr...

I am led to beleive that whilst principal at Wells Cathderal School subsequently, she was in the habit of sending children who had homesickness or other vunerabilities to stay for a little while with the late Peter Ball, sometime Bishop of Gloucester who was subsequently jailed for a string of pred...

Nice to see he qualified for an obituary in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/202 ... y-obituary

Sorry to see the political editor of LBC, Theo Usherwood (Thornton B & Middleton B 1992-99), has been diagnosed with pneumonia and is suspected of having Covid-19:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... monia.html

Great Plum wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2019 10:48 pm A friend of mine’s brother passed away in this car crash sadly.

I'm sorry to hear that, Matt.

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/EF3F/production/_109474216_miranda-peterharris.jpg Saddened and surprised to see no mention here of the terrible road accident in South Africa last month in which Peter Harris (Horsham Staff 1975-78) was seriously injured and his wife Miranda was killed. ...

John Mason joined the Horsham Staff in 1973 straight from Cambridge and stayed until 1977. He was a tutor in Peele B, taught me French and was very much as Spoonbill describes him. He did indeed write the book and lyrics for CAIN!!! and I have to agree with Loringa that they were disappointing, but ...

Oddly, although he appears to be after my time, the name is ringing a bell from way way back. Could he have started at CH as a young master in the mid-60's ?? Seems unlikely though. I would think he was there at the tail end of your time John. According to Who's Blue 1997, Neil Simms arrived at CH ...

Newsome's appointment was, by modern standards, eccentric. He had no schoolteaching experience... Not so, Michael. Before becoming a Cambridge don he spent five years teaching at Wellington, latterly as Head of History. (And of course he subsequently returned to Wellington as Master, not that that'...

An update on the high-flying Steve Hilton (Maine A 1981-83, Lamb A 1983-86):

https://www.newsli.com/2018/11/01/steve ... o-america/

CodFlabAndMuck wrote: ↑Fri Jul 20, 2018 9:34 pm Beyruth, apologies, wrong spelling but you know where i mean

Reminds me of an incident in Inspector Morse.

Chief Superintendent Strange is banging on about something that happened "while you were away sunning yourself in Beirut!"

Morse, wearily annoyed, replies: "Bayreuth."

One CH Lodge (Votum), two Chapters (Royal Arch and Rose Croix) - no idea of the difference between a Lodge and a Chapter, but they used to be listed in the back of The Blue in the 70s with David McLean (Head of the Royal Mathematical School) listed as one of the contacts. Sillett still listed as an...