Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

If I remember correctly, Sgt Guest used to run the school post office with his wife. He also taught judo and fencing, again if memory serves me. During my time (73-80) the RSM wasn't an RSM at all but a former Royal Naval Fleet Chief Petty Officer (E H 'Ted' Bradley) universally known as 'Chief.' He...

There is absolutely nothing character-building about bullying which is why I'm pleased that there was so little of it when I was there. Undoubtedly some boys were bullied, probably most at some time or another, and some were bullies but it was definitely the exception rather than the rule. CH during...

If I remember correctly, it was Dr Newsome who was pushed out over a disagreement with the Governors. He went to Wellington where he was, as I understand it, equally successful as HM. He was replaced by Derek Baker who was not universally popular when he started so, if this is the same Baker, then i...

What makes you think I regularly talk to my wife about CH? She has been there once on a visit and was sufficiently impressed that she is willing to contemplate CH for our daughter's education. As a routine subject of conversation, however, it probably comes up about once or twice a year, and probabl...

In or around 1998, CWN was featured on Radio 4 on a series entitled (something like) 'The Nation's Best Teachers.' I think the lesson they recorded was produced especially for the show but absolutely nothing in his style and enthusiasm had changed since he taught me second form mathematics in 1973/4...