Star jumps?sejintenej wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 7:27 pm At 76 I am still doing some of those exercises but properly (under medical advice).
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- Thu Nov 28, 2019 2:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Neil Simms
- Replies: 21
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Re: Neil Simms
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
- Replies: 19
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Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
Well, yes, I remember that there was some sort of harness involved, but to the bystander it still looked pretty death-defying and almost certainly it was all rather primitive by today's rigorous standards, which would probably involve the wearing of a crash helmet and a foam rubber suit, with the st...
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
- Replies: 19
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Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
Bring on the Whore Bring on the Whore Bring on the Whore of Babylon. And Ian Cook/Edgar Newman (?) taking it in turns to play Cain on alternate nights and climbing up a rope almost to the ceiling of the auditorium, spotlit, then swivelling around in the air like trapeze artistes. I've a sneaking fe...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7470
Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
Paul If the guy in the white suit is definitely the John Mason of Fruup, then to my mind there's no resemblance at all and I don't think that's just to do with my powers of memory. Our John Mason looked rather refined and a bit like he'd just stepped out of a stained glass window; this other John Ma...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7470
Re: John Mason, teacher, circa 1976
He had surprisingly long hair for a CH master of that time. Longish dark hair. And I remember him carrying his guitar case, very smartly dressed. In fact he always looked immaculate. Very handsome in a rather ethereal way. I think perhaps he and Tom Jeffers performed on classical guitar together on ...
- Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:41 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Question for former band members
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3421
Re: Question for former band members
It's probably worth mentioning that there's also a so-called 'marching' version of the baritone horn, which tends to be seen in the US rather than in the UK. It's horizontal like a cornet, rather than vertical like a tuba, tenor horn or euphonium. It's highly likely that that's what Katherine's frie...
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Question for former band members
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3421
Re: Question for former band members
In the UK, baritones are more the preserve of brass bands rather than military bands and are played alongside tenor horns. In the US, they're definitely used in marching bands, along with almost every other instrument known to mankind except (possibly) harps. US marching bands tend to be everything ...
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Question for former band members
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3421
Re: Question for former band members
It's like a tenor horn, but with a deeper voice. As for the CH band, try this, pasted from https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Military_band.html Christ's Hospital Band Formation Format Drum Majors (who do not conduct the band but are there purely to direct march...
- Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:19 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Photograph of Ernest Richard McCall
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7073
Re: Photograph of Ernest Richard McCall
Looks like I've missed something, then. Whoops.
I figured that ERM hadn't been accused of anything, or why wouldn't this thread be in the Historical Abuse & Related Discussions section?
I figured that ERM hadn't been accused of anything, or why wouldn't this thread be in the Historical Abuse & Related Discussions section?
- Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:01 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Photograph of Ernest Richard McCall
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7073
Re: Photograph of Ernest Richard McCall
It remains unclear to me just what alleged offence this person is believed to have committed. Isn't he merely a man about whom there were rumours and nothing more? Until such time as someone actually goes to the police about something solid relating to ERM, it doesn't quite seem right to tar him wit...
- Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:38 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Roger Martin - trial
- Replies: 320
- Views: 224070
Re: Roger Martin - trial
If justice has been done, one has no choice but to approve, because justice is of paramount importance. But let’s not forget that in many ways Roger Martin was a very sound man who had a positive impact on many young lives over several decades. That can never be erased. Every word of the ‘Roger Mart...
- Wed May 01, 2019 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Do You Tell People That You Went To Public School?
- Replies: 15
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Do You Tell People That You Went To Public School?
I generally don't mention to anyone at all that I went to any sort of public school and that's pretty much how it's been since I left education. Perhaps it's partly because I worry slightly about other people's ill-informed preconceptions about private schools and the people who've been to them, but...
- Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:41 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Visiting the Tower in uniform
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8862
- Sun Nov 11, 2018 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: The band leading the People’s Procession at the Cenotaph tomorrow
- Replies: 16
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Re: The band leading the People’s Procession at the Cenotaph tomorrow
Did the band bother going back to Horsham overnight?
Or did they sleep rough with their instruments under railway arches in King's Cross?
The school's not made of money, you know.
Or did they sleep rough with their instruments under railway arches in King's Cross?
The school's not made of money, you know.
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:18 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Freemasons and questions to answer
- Replies: 81
- Views: 31468
Re: Freemasons and questions to answer
I bet you still wear your orange sash and your Union Jack underpants though.