Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

John, If you are the chap with gout, we actually spoke on Saturday, because you told me about it.

I also recal that we had a conversation about Bisley and how ex-Army types tried to boss everyone around. You also listened to me talking on WW2 for about 30 minutes.

"rock hard cubes of Lifebuoy soap" Actually, it was not Lifebuoy, but was made ay Housie, I believe in the laundry which was besdie the gymn/swimming pool, but I do not know how. You have forgotten "Sprim," flab, and button-sticks for protecting the cloth when polishing brasses ...

The proposed petition includes the following: The creation of a truly democratic Pupil Council, free to make decisions on behalf of the pupils and put them forward to the Headmaster directly, without any intervention or veto powers being exercised by staff in the process. Those of you who have signe...

Kerren, so you met Foureyes... I have been trying to figure out who he is ever since he joined..

John, If you are the chap with gout, we actually spoke on Saturday, because you told me about it.

PS. My initials are not DPR!

In the days of steam, the Southern Railway built a class of locmotives named after great schools, one of which was, of course, Christ's Hospital. Each loco bore its name on two large, curved brass plates, one either side of the boiler. One of the Christ's Hospital plates is in the Museum - does anyo...

Josh, Thanks for the explanation. I accept that there were many other things going on, which could have kept other Blues from attending the Chapel service - and the thought of keeping the juniors from their lunch is too awful to contemplate! Nevertheless, I think that the midday (or thereabouts) slo...

The Chapel service was good and the singing excellent, with the first and last hymns particularly strong. Concerning attendance by current Blues, I did notice one who sat in the balcony throughout. I wonder whether the current Blues were instructed to stay away? Their attendance would, I am sure, be...

Sign in a Newton Abbot car park.
"Beware rising barriers."
The chance of being above them when they rise is infinitesimally small; the problem comes if you are underneath them when they descend.

Here's one for JR's birthday.

Question: What do you doi if you miss your mother-in-law?
Answer: Reload and shoot again

I wouldn't have paid to join the club, but now I am aware of the CHA and receive regular communications, I have started a monthly donation. If I might say so, that seems a bit contradictory. There was no joining fee for the Club. The ANNUAL fee/subscription was £18 per year, and I would be most su...

May I be really provocative?, and suggest that if Finances are short, then how about fewer Pupils, The trouble is that it ain't so easy. A very large proportion of the costs of running the school are fixed, such as maintenance of the estate, heating, lighting, etc. Thus, reducing the number of pupi...

I seem to vaguely remember being dosed with malt just once - threw up and never had to have it again. What a sensitive soul (or palate) JR! I had no problem with a dessert-spoon of malt, nor with a teaspoon of neat cod liver oil, although I did not enjoy the latter particularly (I see CLO is making...

They (Matrons) occupied a very strange social niche. They were not allowed in the Common Room, or on the dais. Not strictly to do with Matrons, but leading on from the above, there were some curious social rules in the late 40s/early 50s. RSM Carter of the CCF was allowed to lunch on the dais at a ...

I used to look after a large number of government-owned tunnels (a.k.a. "holes in the ground"), most of which have been sold off now. One of the problems was that the vast majority of these tunnels were classified as "secret" (at least) and in both WW2 and the Cold War secrecy wa...

I concur with every word from Neill except that I was in Lamb B (49-55) and our Matron was Miss Hull. Matrons did not have Christian names or nicknames, and their word was LAW.