Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Remember it?

Firstly the Chapel or Big School bell was rung by someone ( ? ) at about 7:10 am and then rung again with the fire bell at 7:30 am. Now this was a job allocated to Col B as we were nearest Big School where the button for the fire bell was. Actually during my time there I was allocated ...

Can't we boys do anything in private nowadays?

After several months of deep thought:

After rereading the comments I do not think that anyone has come up with a good reply. Build a place and throw in 800 teenage boys and you know what is going to happen. Why were there no doors in toilets, why mass showers, why open baths etc etc ?
Well I ...

I believe that LSD was being used in Col B around 1973. I even bought some myself or so I thought. Turned out it was just an aspirin. Spent the whole sunday afternoon waiting for something to happen.

In the cases where being "asked to leave" is because of the poor disclipline of a pupil, I believe that the difference between being asked to leave and being expelled is that when you are asked to leave, you are given the chance to go and find a new school, and if you oblige you won't have to have ...

Must be Bob Hailey. Probably one of the few people at CH ( when I was there ) who had time to listen to us and respect us.

I'll reply for him then !

Just why where there no doors on some of the toilets ? Why no privacy in the bath in the lavends? Why huge showers?

And if you wanted to become a grecian or senior grecian the easiest way of getting there was to be " gay" and get caught! Strange indeed.

Well during my time at CH 69-74 there was certainly a fair amount of drugs being taken. I remember that somebody got expelled from Col B around 72/73.

Thank you Spoonbill for making a dull afternoon a lot more entertaining.

And just to prove your point: http://www.geocities.com/devilantsrugby/indexENG.html

Click on " discograpy "
Click " Skylarking " about half way down
Roll down to trivia.

I remember it so well 1969. Had somehow passed the exams much to everyones astonishment. Been granted a place due to a " Distinguished Service Award ". Went up to London and got groped by a doctor. And then went home for the summer.
September, arrived at the school. Given my uniform and a pair of ...

Found this where they are said to be " Quaker Costumes "

http://www.xtcidearecords.co.uk/discs/discs_1.htm

I remember that the start of a new term was made a little easier by having a few things from home with you. In my case it was:
Tins of beans and sausages.
Sweets.
Biscuits.
Little extra money.
Civilian clothes. God how I hated being looked at at Victoria. It was just great having ordinary clothes ...

Actually even though it was a long time ago the scars are still there. Not that I think about it everyday, however what type of person would I have been IF life at CH had been somewhat easier? Not that I was a model pupil...far from it. I think that the school turned me into a fairly hard person who ...

A reply to sejintenej:

Could I ever forgive those who bullied me? No
Do I care about them? No
Have I done something with my life? Yes

And the question of who was to blame is still not adressed. Whas it the pupils was it the masters was it me or was it the school?

Thank you for your post I ...