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In my last major job it might have been difficult for a female; there were competence qualifications, a language skill requirement and the need to travel - I reckoned on 500,000 miles in the air per year. Yes, one girl did fit but they were exceptionally rare. Which of those would have been difficu...

sejintenej wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:32 pm

Otter wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:24 am . He was South African, an accountant with a PhD, and he earned more serving food at CH than as an accountant in South Africa.

My guess is that he was white in a country which has become anti-white.

Not in the mid-80s when Otter was at CH.

Given that you were at CH I think it very likely that any such accent was forceably removed. Mr Jones, housemaster in Prep A was very down on regional dialects as my ass found out. I think you'll find some things have changed since the 1950s... Who will decide? perhaps the BBC who were doing a reas...

Yes, matches came in very handy for a fire to warm you up half way round the course...

Alex wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:18 pm ... the weekly Grecians’ ballroom dancing classes,

Sadly gone by the 70s, how useful they would have been to me in later life!

As for this "Black Lives" palaver, I accept that black people, Asian (?yellow) foreign and British people all have exactly the same rights to life. I do object to picking out one group as being better than others which is what the present movement implies. This is not what the Black Lives...

AMP wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 1:59 pm I recall a contemporary who was a Chemistry Button and had a proclivity for keeping nitroglycerine in his study, actually jumping from the train as it passed through CH.

Tom Cruise is an Old Blue? He kept that quiet!

Tell me about it... and not just Brits by any means. I've spent a fair bit of my life overseas; most recently 14 years in Thailand until I returned to the UK 3 years ago. They say travel broadens the mind, but I've seen precious little evidence of that. This really surprises me. Surely YOU can acce...

To be fair on David, he was only posting something which he hoped would amuse us; I don't think that makes him a racist, sexist or homophobe. I agree, though I think the original author has some questions to answer... To be honest, when I saw David's post I raised an eyebrow (actually I raised both...

... I have come across just as many undesirable white Brits as foreigners Tell me about it... and not just Brits by any means. I've spent a fair bit of my life overseas; most recently 14 years in Thailand until I returned to the UK 3 years ago. They say travel broadens the mind, but I've seen preci...

Consciously or unconsciously (it was never discussed AFAIR), some Grecians in my time obviously felt it to be 'uncool' to read Grace too clearly, resulting in something of a rushed mumble, though I don't remember Killer ever telling anyone to read it again. As a natural performer I couldn't bring my...

Roger Allam?

The CH San thread in Oct 2017: https://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5069&p=139049&hilit=bomb#p139049 Re: CH San Unread post by Kit Bartlett » Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:05 pm There is a reference to the flying bomb incident on Page 2 of The Blue Volume LXXII November-December 1944. ...

why the school these days has to employ what seem to be dedicated staff in sports, arts, drama, etc. There are multiple reasons why and I think that one of the biggest drivers is to keep up with parental expectations these days. This isn't just a CH-specific thing, but a UK-wide issue. A belief tha...

MrEd wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:41 pm ..., I recently enquired about an M.Sc in Marine Biology at Aberystwyth, I have to say that I was delighted to have been offered a plaice.