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Thanks for your advice (elsewhere) on including quotes. My name's Phil Underwood. I can't remember if I entered Ma A in 67 or 68, but Howard Holdsworth was Senior Monitor. "Potty Burr" was a junior house master, along with another (much nicer) guy whose name escapes me, who taught in the ...

First time on this website, and the nostalgia is killing me! This particular string will run and run. John Hall Matthews : junior house master Maine A and asst chaplain - I remember watching the first moon landing in his front room, and I will never forget his efforts to stamp out the more invidiou...

Well, that didn't come out as intended! How do I get the little box-quote-thingy into my response?

Thinks. Thinks... If it were originally an English expression, it could mean either inevitability (If I fumble about in a box of, say, Maltesers, I know what I will withdraw) or luck-of-the-draw (If I fumble about in a box of Dairy Milk, I could withdraw a sickly chocolate of an unknown variety). P...

I may be bilingual, but this one has me stumped .. can you tell us what the english expression was supposd to mean ? might give me clue to the french ! B. Underwood's Dictionary of Oddities gives the following meaning: to dob (around) v. intr. : to fumble clumsily. Of course, I'm only guessing... B...

And where on earth did he get the nickname "Killer"? I can't claim to have had much to do with him other than the resounding echo of his gavel acting as a cue to read grace, but he always seemed to me to be a gentleman.

Noel Thingy-Wotsit was of course Duncan Noel-Payton. How could I forget?

First time on this website, and the nostalgia is killing me! This particular string will run and run. John Hall Matthews : junior house master Maine A and asst chaplain - I remember watching the first moon landing in his front room, and I will never forget his efforts to stamp out the more invidious...

I was at CH 69-75. From about 72 there was a French French teacher (if you get my dreeft) called Louis Bardou. His English was technically much better than mine will ever be, but his accent was, well, French I suppose, and his grasp of idiomatic English was occasionally bizarre. I remember him sayin...