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Jumping Generations

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:10 pm
by John Saunders
Over 60 years ago c.1950 I was returning home at the end of term from Liverpool Street when an elderly lady began to ask about CH. She told me that her father had been a pupil in London and that one of the favourite occupations of some pupils was to get a good vantage point within the school premises to watch the hangings in Newgate prison. I put the date to be about 1840/50. John Saunders

Re: Jumping Generations

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 12:31 pm
by Avon
That reminds me. What's the status of the legal case against some alleged generation jumping at CH in the 1990s?

Re: Jumping Generations

Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2017 1:01 pm
by J.R.
John Saunders wrote:Over 60 years ago c.1950 I was returning home at the end of term from Liverpool Street when an elderly lady began to ask about CH. She told me that her father had been a pupil in London and that one of the favourite occupations of some pupils was to get a good vantage point within the school premises to watch the hangings in Newgate prison. I put the date to be about 1840/50. John Saunders
The last PUBLIC hanging at Newgate was 26 May 1868, so more than possible John.

Re: Jumping Generations

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:14 pm
by Foureyes
That reminds me. What's the status of the legal case against some alleged generation jumping at CH in the 1990s?
Can anyone explain what "Generation jumping" means in this context, please, and why it shouild have possible legal implications for C.H.???
David :shock:

Re: Jumping Generations

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 4:30 pm
by sejintenej
Foureyes wrote:
That reminds me. What's the status of the legal case against some alleged generation jumping at CH in the 1990s?
Can anyone explain what "Generation jumping" means in this context, please, and why it shouild have possible legal implications for C.H.???
David :shock:
At a guess it is about pupils following a grandparent but no parent to CH

Re: Jumping Generations

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:08 pm
by Foureyes
Thinking about it a bit more I feel it may have been a rather clever euphemism - nice one, Avon!! If I am correct, there was supposed to be a court hearing in December, but I have never seen any reports.
David :shock:

Re: Jumping Generations

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:43 pm
by Avon
Foureyes wrote:Thinking about it a bit more I feel it may have been a rather clever euphemism - nice one, Avon!! If I am correct, there was supposed to be a court hearing in December, but I have never seen any reports.
David :shock:
Sorry, I was being a bit scurrilous. I must admit to a morbid fascination with the case; I know who two of the three accused are.