Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Continuing: the school at least in the 60s and 70s was full of " damaged children " children who grew up with one or more parents who suffered during WW2. Certainly there were other pupils who came from backgrounds not damaged by a war but a host of other difficulties . A lot of these if ...

The present system is an invitation to the mega rich to park their money in property and the result is house price (and rent) inflation and more expensive housing for the rest of us. I suggested in my letter that this was a good way to raise money because the wealthy FT readers who would be affecte...

" I never met nor knew the name of "my" governor until the Office told me long after her death. From what they told me I have worked out how she was "found" and where the money came from ." I was 'presented' by the RMS (father in RN) so cannot speak from personal exper...

I think I may have stated 100 cases sometime back. I am afraid to say if we take pupils rather than court counts I can say that at least 249 pupils were abused between 1949 and 2017. There are more. It is over a 1000 counts (thus I had two counts brought forward against Burr and one set aside). I a...

What you are referring to is the governor's presentations. In outline, each governor pays into a fund (I think ca £20K) as a result of which he/she can 'present' two children to the Foundation. Parents have to apply to the governor and there may well be face-to-face meetings. The child still has to...

many people who have been abused do not feel confident enough to go public about their experiences until a bit later in life. Either when they feel more confident in themselves as adults or when they have their own children coming up to boarding school age. So that accusations might not emerge unti...

"We know about Barnes Wallis and the Royal Mathematical School, but can CH match any of these other schools for Bizarre Bursaries?" Second, Barnes Wallis gave all the money he received for all his wartime inventions (not just the bouncing bombs) to initiate the RAF Foundation for the chil...

I think my comments are going to send one contributor to the looney bin so be warned. In France, the middle classes tend to drive old bangers(no road tax for cars over 15 years old) and instead spend their money on education. Not quite. There is a punitive wealth tax in France. Houses are AFAIR val...

I think my comments are going to send one contributor to the looney bin so be warned. In France, the middle classes tend to drive old bangers(no road tax for cars over 15 years old) and instead spend their money on education. Not quite. There is a punitive wealth tax in France. Houses are AFAIR val...

Rockfreak does it again! Trying to wind people up. Well I'll bite. I disliked my time at CH I was not suited to the school and perhaps the school was not suited to me ( bit pompous but still...). The day Newsome suggested that I should leave felt that now my life is starting. I had a job abroad as ...

Agreed. Not only will working directly and unsupervised with young people require an enhanced DBS check, but there is also the "Sarah's law" scheme whereby the parent or guardian (or in Scotland, anyone at all) can ask the police for background/criminal info on someone who has close conta...

My concern is will he be able to carry on with young people in say the Scouts (his affiliation at and post CH)? Will they check? . Just noticed this which is old The answer is a very definite YES, they will check. In addition a person is generally introduced by a neighbour etc. so his or her neighb...

I found the Brangwyn paintings distracting... I found Chapel distracting. We were lucky enough to be in the gallery and I used to read Tolkien during services. But I still had to stand up occasionally and mime hymns. From the gallery you’re spared most of the awfulness of the murals. The worst frig...

I was a long time advocate of a slide rule! Still have mine. For a long time I opposed the use of calculators in schools as GIGO. If you have no idea of the answer, how do you know if the calculator is correct? I taught my children long division as their primary school teacher in Amsterdam advocate...

The basic medals awarded to members of the armed forces on active service and those of the merchant marine were the same: the British War Medal (BWM) and the Victory Medal, the Squeak and Wilfred of the Pip, Squeak and Wilfred triumvirate. The Pip was the 1914 or 1914 / 15 Star, only awarded to tho...