And I recall being in conversation with the newly-shorn Keith at the start of the next term, when the chaplain (Pullin) walked by and congratulated Keith on his haircut, whereupon Keith said 'Funeral in the family.' To which Chain replied, 'I suppose I ought not to wish you too many of those.'keibat wrote:Re:I remember when in 1962 – so in the CMES Era – I was either Demetrius or Lysander (-dum and -dee!) in A Midsummer Night's Dream, which we then took on tour in the Netherlands (Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Den Helder), that I grew my hair out in a somewhat long pudding-bowlish-pageboy style, and this was permitted on grounds of theatrical activity. Arriving back home (not at school) from the NL tour, I was told that my grandfather had died, that the funeral had been held back till the next day so I could attend, and was sent by my mother double-quick-smart to the barber's.Of course, after I left and after the demise of C.M.E.S., the fashion became the norm for long hair as seen in many later house photos. It would never have happened under Clarence's reign.
It seems to me that in those dizzy almost-beatle days of the early sixties, CMES or no, hair was getting longer even within the Gulag.
As it happens, I don't think CMES was too bothered. The opposition to long (i.e. normal) hair came from Arthur Rider and Kirby. Though if you go to St Cath's pavilion in Cambridge, you will see pics of a very long-haired Arthur.