The Grecians' Ball

Share your memories and stories from your days at school, and find out the truth behind the rumours....Remember the teachers and pupils, tell us who you remember and why...

Moderator: Moderators

AshDawson
2nd Former
Posts: 10
Joined: Mon Sep 25, 2006 11:15 am
Real Name: Ashley Dawson
Location: Sunny Sussex

Post by AshDawson »

Don't really recall ours. I think a few of us went for a curry in horsham instead then came back and went to the ball, by which time most people had already left!!!
Ma A 1983 - La B - La A 1991 Long time ago but I can still remember it!!!!!!!!!
Alice83
2nd Former
Posts: 16
Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:09 pm
Real Name: Alice Holdsworth
Location: Lancaster

Post by Alice83 »

I remember shopping for ages for 'The Dress' and by the time I had got to the headmasters garden I couldn't bear my shoes anymore! I stupidly volunteered to help out with the fancy decorations which meant that by the time I had been into town to get my hair done and come back to Ch, blown up some balloons and faffed around for a few hours I was a complete mess! Col A Deps served us champagne - loved being in Col A! The food was horrid but the alcohol was good! Dad came in wearing his shorts at one point to buy me a drink - bless! He caught me outside having a fag as well but I think we said that we were inhaling the helium from the baloons or something!! We had Jazz Harry playing at ours as well and he hit on my friend Rosie afterwards!! I remember being awfully brave and being the first to ask the head to dance - he was busy dancing with his wife at that point! Didn't do the typical walk up sharpenhurst but stayed behind with a few people and Mr Walsh and played songs on the guitar and sang for hours. Was a great night!
User avatar
Great Plum
Button Grecian
Posts: 5282
Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:59 am
Real Name: Matt Holdsworth
Location: Reigate

Post by Great Plum »

Ah yes, Mr Jazz Harry - I remember his saxophonist forlornly walking around the quad at about 3 in the morning looking for him... I found out later that he had found a young lady...
Maine B - 1992-95 Maine A 1995-99
Alice83
2nd Former
Posts: 16
Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:09 pm
Real Name: Alice Holdsworth
Location: Lancaster

Post by Alice83 »

ooo yeah i remember the young lady in question your year! well me and rose took him back to wear he was stayin - somewhere in Maine and he grabbed her into his room!! I legged it - good friend that i am! But she came after me a couple of mins later laughin her head off!!!
User avatar
Great Plum
Button Grecian
Posts: 5282
Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:59 am
Real Name: Matt Holdsworth
Location: Reigate

Post by Great Plum »

If I recall, it was a rather unlikely young lady...
Maine B - 1992-95 Maine A 1995-99
User avatar
99yorkpj
Deputy Grecian
Posts: 207
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:43 am
Real Name: Philippa Yorke
Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada

Post by 99yorkpj »

My Grecians' Ball was amazing!

Luke, Jo and I put our pics on:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukefanthome

There are also pics of this year's beating retreat, and the band and choir trip to paris.
2004-2006, Leigh Hunt B & Grecians' East.
User avatar
J.R.
Forum Moderator
Posts: 15835
Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:53 pm
Real Name: John Rutley
Location: Dorking, Surrey

Post by J.R. »

99yorkpj wrote: My Grecians' Ball was amazing!
Luke, Jo and I put our pics on:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukefanthome

There are also pics of this year's beating retreat, and the band and choir trip to paris.
I daren't comment !!!
John Rutley. Prep B & Coleridge B. 1958-1963.
Vonny
Button Grecian
Posts: 1625
Joined: Sat Dec 11, 2004 7:33 pm
Real Name: Yvonne Payne

Post by Vonny »

J.R. wrote:I daren't comment !!!
Oh go on!
2's 1981-1985 2:12 BaB 1985-1988 BaB 41
User avatar
blondie95
Button Grecian
Posts: 2590
Joined: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:41 pm
Real Name: Amy Leadbeater
Location: Kent
Contact:

Post by blondie95 »

come one JR it would be highly unlikely of you to not! In fact it would ruin the status quo of the forum!
Image
sejintenej
Button Grecian
Posts: 4092
Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:19 pm
Real Name: David Brown ColA '52-'61
Location: Essex

Post by sejintenej »

blondie95 wrote:come one JR it would be highly unlikely of you to not! In fact it would ruin the status quo of the forum!
Image
Don't incite him, Amy - you know what he's like with the blondes.....

and as for the "bestsmileys.com/misbehaving" bit - I don't beleive it - the butter's still hard.
What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
User avatar
99yorkpj
Deputy Grecian
Posts: 207
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2006 9:43 am
Real Name: Philippa Yorke
Location: Edmonton, AB. Canada

Post by 99yorkpj »

Well i'm a little scared, and possibly with reason (regarding the front page really) ... but I am curious! Hmmmmm.... Go on speak up!!!
2004-2006, Leigh Hunt B & Grecians' East.
User avatar
J.R.
Forum Moderator
Posts: 15835
Joined: Wed Mar 09, 2005 4:53 pm
Real Name: John Rutley
Location: Dorking, Surrey

Post by J.R. »

I refer you all to the joke I posted on another forum regarding the 'Prison Officers Ball' !

I'm told that that was magnificent, too !
John Rutley. Prep B & Coleridge B. 1958-1963.
User avatar
blondie95
Button Grecian
Posts: 2590
Joined: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:41 pm
Real Name: Amy Leadbeater
Location: Kent
Contact:

Post by blondie95 »

well at least provide a link to it so i don't spend ages trawling around for it then when finally finding it forget relevance of looking for it!
User avatar
Mrs C.
Button Grecian
Posts: 2300
Joined: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:22 pm
Real Name: Janet Chandler
Location: C.H.

Post by Mrs C. »

Amy, just think about it!
This IS JR after all! :wink:
The best way to forget your troubles is to wear tight shoes.
User avatar
englishangel
Forum Moderator
Posts: 6956
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 12:22 pm
Real Name: Mary Faulkner (Vincett)
Location: Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Post by englishangel »

Amy, the Prison Officer's Ball is not a dance, it's a raffle.

When I was nurse training in Sheffield I was once stopped by a motorcycle cop for speeding. He got off his bike and swaggered over, you know the sort, thinks he's in CHIPS, all tight leather trousers and sunglasses.

"Ma'am you realise you were doing 70 in a 50 mile an hour area?"

My friend leaned over and wondered in a stage whisper if he had any tickets to the policemen's ball.

the cop said

"ma'am, Yorkshire police don't have balls".

Realised what he had said, turned on his heel and walked away. I didn't get a ticket.
"If a man speaks, and there isn't a woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"
Post Reply