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A junior school teacher in Liverpool asked her pupils to use the word "fascinate" in a sentence. Mary put up her hand and said, "My family went to my grand-dad's farm, and we all saw his pet sheep. It was fascinating." The teacher said, "That was good, but I wanted you to us...

Whilst we are on the subject of insect bites. Did anyone else suffer from horse-fly bites whilst at Horsham ? I remember the summer of 59, I was CONSTANTLY covered in HUGE lumps caused by those dreaded insects. Oddly, they don't bother me now, but one of our Grand-Daughters seems to suffer from then...

I saw on the local TV news last night that a school in Essex has had to shut as over 50% of pupils and staff are 'off' with the vomiting/cold bug.

Must be the same thing.

AKAP wrote:Also fudge bands, even more dangerous if you were caught.

......... especially if the safety-pin sprang open ! Happened to me once.

Is this a 'full-bloodied' flu eperdemic ??? Why doesn't the school vaccinate all the pupils in November ?? - No money in the coffers, I suppose ! I can't believe everything stops just for a sniffle. What wimps ! You had to have diptheria or polio with one leg hanging off to get in the sicker in my d...

The short-tem fix was to get a button and affix it to the coat with a twig or match-stick until one could sew it back on. I recall a missing button could be deemed a capital offence to some monitors. Was called a "fudge button" Your memory is better than mine AKAP, but then, you are young...

Great Plum wrote:All lessons, breakfast, lunch and chapel services plus any formal occasions...

'Part-Time' then, Matt ??

I Needlework was a school tradition going right back,I think to 1553 when the girls were taught to sew and to mend the boys uniforms or some such tale. Do the girls ( or boys) still sew at Horsham?? Have just asked my daughter that one - apparently the only time "textiles" is "taught...

No - Nothing to do with the Rolling Stones. I discovered a packet of soft dark brown sugar in the kitchen cabinet yesterday, and had a sudden urge to make some porridge. More memories of Horsham in the early 60's came flooding back. That lumpy stuff we were served at breakfast with a big dollop of t...

When I was there, it was 'Full-Housey' at all times apart from the summer term in the afternoons, when flannels and blazer could be worn.

On a recent visit to the school, uniform appeared to be optional !

An elderly couple had been dating for some time. Finally they decided it might be time for marriage. But before tying the knot, they went out for a heart to heart talk over dinner about whether it would really work out. They discussed finances, living arrangements, snoring, and so on. Finally, the g...

'Britain has a number of 'bluecoat schools', the name deriving from the quaint costume formerly worn by the pupils. Nowadays most of these establishments are bluecoat schools in name only, having long ago abandoned the cassock-like bluecoats, knee breeches and stockings in favour of a more up to da...

jtaylor wrote:

Great Plum wrote:I already posted that Julian!

Just doing as I'm told!!

J

THAT makes a change !

(How do I lose 25 years plus ?)

Saw Mike Chapman at Arundel three years ago. Still the world's most amazing guitarist and as gruff as ever. Talked for a while with him about the gig in Big School c.1970 (we have Roger Allam to thank for that, I think). He said he remembered it vividly for he and his wife Andru were on the way to ...