Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I don't know about anyone else, but all I get is a wide green band!!

Now 28 offers and stil rising. It would seem that an extraordinary number of Old Blues have Dutch spouses - there is clearly an opportunity for a post-graduate sociological thesis here!
Again, many thanks to all who responded.

In answer to my request on this forum and the CHA e-Newsletter, I have received a dozen* offers of help, including one from Cyprus! Many thanks to all concerned - all is now solved.

PS *Now 23!!!

Neill the Notorious wrote: "An old rumour (In my time) alleged that the School Captain could be Married, and on at least one occasion WAS !!! (This would be in the early 19th C)" I suggest you ask Ken Mansell, Old Blue, about this. He has done/is doing an immense amount of work on CH/Old B...

I am doing research on Old Blues who died in World War Two. I have obtained a book IN DUTCH which appears to contain references to the death of one of them in Sumatra. The section concerned is about 700 words long. I can get the general gist but need an accurate translation to ensure that I do not m...

"[ i]their view --- almost unanimous-- was that it was a total "Cock-up."Poor intelligence, about the disposition and strength of the German forces in the area, insufficient Troops to achieve the objectives --- etc.etc. !"[/ i] Most battles are cock-ups -it's just that the side t...

There was discussion in The Blue some years ago concerning whether the name "Operation Bluecoat" could have been chosen by an Old Blue, or the operation could have had some other (undisclosed) link with Housie. This is extremely unlikely. The system for codenames is that there is a masterl...

My recollection is that in the early 1950s the term "bokker" referred not only to school groundsmen and maintenance staff, but also to any agricutural worker; ie, farmhands. I can remember travelling on the CH-Guildford line and four of us shouting at every farmworker we saw in the fields,...

Unfortunately, it is correct. What I find so insulting is that there was not even a pretence of seeking to consult members of the association as to what they thought of the proposal. After all, what is the rush? What is the rationale - if any? It is well accepted in modern management that an organis...

Richard Ruck says:

"Could I just point out that this is Neill being quoted, not me. Thanks."

I apologise - slip of the keyboard. Doesn't change what I had to say, though.

Richard Ruck said: "The School is NOT poor, nor do I believe is the Association, and if it is pleading poverty, what happened to the Club Funds ?" I was involved with the Club Committee at the time of the Club's demise. At that time, the Club had some 4,900 members who happily paid £15 a ...

J Hopgood says: "Please also bear in mind that this year the CHA manager resigned.."
But, like Old Blues' Day, that has become an annual event - Sara, Zoe, Michelle, one year each!

John,
I thought that I recognised you in the front rank of the second house - without a beard, of course!

On Internet go to "British Pathe News"
On Search type in "Christ's Hospital"
Click on "Speech Day 1932"
Wonderfull

PS Make sure sound is switched on

The Tissot painting was used on a C.H. Christmas card a few years back