I've certainly not seen one of these before. Christ's Hospital masonic apron currently for sale on eBay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Masonic-Chris ... 1479020604
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- Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:55 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Freemasons & CH
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11066
- Thu Nov 26, 2015 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: What Keith Douglas got up to at CH
- Replies: 66
- Views: 14925
Re: What Keith Douglas got up to at CH
Clive James is a big fan of Keith Douglas. Here he is reading one of Keith's poems:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo3SjTAUyW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo3SjTAUyW0
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Amicable Society of Blues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3454
Amicable Society of Blues
From the school website: "1629 The Amicable Society of Blues is formed (the oldest dining club in the world still in existence)" I'd never heard of this organisation before a few days ago, certainly not whilst I was a pupil at CH. Anyway, it seems that I'm now the proud owner of a medal pr...
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: photo wanted
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4995
Re: photo wanted
I do hope we see the photo posted on this forum now.
- Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: WHICH OF BRANGWYN’S PAINTINGS WERE YOU OPPOSITE AND IN WHICH YEARS?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3964
Re: WHICH OF BRANGWYN’S PAINTINGS WERE YOU OPPOSITE AND IN WHICH YEARS?
Interesting article about the Brangwyn paintings here:
http://blog.tooveys.com/2014/12/frank-b ... al-school/
http://blog.tooveys.com/2014/12/frank-b ... al-school/
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Revamping of Christ Church Newgate St
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10326
Re: Revamping of Christ Church Newgate St
Thanks for that, very interesting. I have made a mental note to visit the place next time I go to London.
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: old house photo on ebay
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3812
Re: old house photo on ebay
It's just like being back at school.J.R. wrote:Steady Adrian.
Remember that I AM a Moderator !!!!
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: old house photo on ebay
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3812
Re: old house photo on ebay
Can't you remember?J.R. wrote:Hard to say, but looking at the dress etc., of the masters, I'm guessing at just pre-WW1m or during that time.
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:40 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH Wall plaque/crest...previously for sale of ebay...
- Replies: 52
- Views: 16636
Re: CH Wall plaque/crest...previously for sale of ebay...
Just been reading this interesting article about Skellingthorpe in Lincolnshire, where Henry Stone is buried, and the town's links with Christ's Hospital.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellingthorpe
It mentions that a number of buildings there have these plaques on their gables or wall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellingthorpe
It mentions that a number of buildings there have these plaques on their gables or wall.
- Tue Jul 29, 2014 9:38 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Plates
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9509
Re: Plates
There's a guy on eBay trying to sell an RMS badge for £3,000: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Christs-Hospital-Nautical-School-RMS-Badge-Silver-with-wood-presentation-box-/151354523639?pt=Antiques_Silver&hash=item233d6ebff7 He listed it for £5,000 initially. When I've seen these sold on eBay or auctio...
- Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Death of Bomber Nicholson
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11560
Re: Death of Bomber Nicholson
How sad.
I will always remember him extolling the virtues of Wagner, playing it loudly from his Leigh Hunt window, and the speed that he walked around.
I will always remember him extolling the virtues of Wagner, playing it loudly from his Leigh Hunt window, and the speed that he walked around.
- Tue Jul 01, 2014 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: OLD BLUES DAY - 2015.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2597
Re: OLD BLUES DAY - 2015.
Less chance of a nice sunny day I guess.
- Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: The Charge - has it been changed?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 28121
Re: The Charge - has it been changed?
I've got a Bible and a Prayer Book, no boxes. I'm not sure if the Prayer Book was given to me at my Confirmation though or on leaving in 1982. I'm pretty sure the inside of my Bible has a label with the following: I charge you never to forget the great benefits that you have received in this place, ...
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Dr Martens 1461
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7057
Re: Dr Martens 1461
Jo - When did your lads start going to CH?
So parents now have to buy their kid's shoes, and Dr Martens are the recommended style. Since when I wonder?
So parents now have to buy their kid's shoes, and Dr Martens are the recommended style. Since when I wonder?
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Dr Martens 1461
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7057
Re: Dr Martens 1461
The newspaper article contradicts the Wikepdia entry on Dr Martens shoes. Wikepedia states that, “The first Dr. Martens boots in the United Kingdom came out on 1 April 1960”, [my emphasis] which is hardly surprising since they were invented immediately after World War 2, by a German in Germany. Thi...