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jtaylor wrote:When I was there is was:-
2nd Form (1st year at the school, age 10/11
3rd Form
Little Erasmus
Upper Fourth
Great Erasmus (GCSE year)
Deputy Grecians
Grecians.

That's what I remember.

sausages_plants_and_goldf wrote:Called 'House Captains'

I was at Hertford from 1981 until the schools merged in 1985 so experienced both schools. Have to say it was a big change for us girls. Things were very different at Horsham - far more relaxed in my opinion. Hertford was very old fashioned in a lot of ways and we had little freedom. There was nowher...

I remember Adrian Matthews car was damaged - remember him coming into English that morning and he just sat there in silence. I was standing there when he came out & saw his car crushed flat - he burst into tears, and we burst into fits of laughter :twisted: :shock: Poor bloke - probably the bes...

I wanted one of the CH puzzles - saw it advertised a while back in a catalogue but then I moved house and lost the catalogue

jtaylor wrote:Yes, you're right.............ages!

How long has the birthday bit been at the bottom of the forum? You're probably going to say ages but I've only just noticed it!

a few sad scandals - a train suicide (desparately sad), and a few pregnancies of pupil-pupil kind - I think that's when they realised that in a newly formed co-ed school they might need to teach sex ed - doh.... :roll: I remember reading about the suicide in the newspaper - i had left by then. From...

We had the major drugs thing happen when I was there - the story was on the front page of the Express as I remember. DRUGS VONNY ?? All went on in the 80's you know! :lol: All I really remember was the whole school being talked to by the temporary head (Can't even remember his name now! :oops: :rol...

We had the major drugs thing happen when I was there - the story was on the front page of the Express as I remember.

Sure we still had the odd film shown when I was there around the mid/late eighties Think they were shown in the theatre then though.

In my early years we used to have a subuteo league that we played on saturday nights. Every few weeks we would have films in Big School as a bit of variety. During the summer terms, when the evenings were light, I remember plenty of informal football or cricket. In Mid A, my senior house, Ron "...

Looks good .......... haven't received any thing in the post yet though.

Richard Ruck wrote: Never suffered anything more than the usual verbals myself, though.

Me neither at Horsham. I do remember being chased by a group of girls from a local secondary school on two occasions whilst at Hertford though. Luckily the two of us being chased were pretty fast runners in those days.

J.R. wrote:

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J.R. wrote: I'll PM you.

Can you pm me too!!!?

I would, but its the wrong time of the month !!