Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Rex,
I have only just come across your sad post as i had wondered why "Spoony" had gone quiet.

In 2005 your brother and I started communicating after he posted the following to Dick RUCK in this Forum.

" Did you name your dog 'Eric' after Eric Swatridge, by the way? (Whatever became of him ...

Well done SPOON BALL. Your memory and brain seems to be still in good working order. I doubt you played against him though ! Part 2: I have just found out SPOONBILL ( AKA in real life Ben SWEENY) died last year. Farewell my anon friend, I enjoyed our comunications ! See you in the next life Marra ...

Sad news Neill lived in Broadstone

Another BARNES A "corker " found under the floor boards.
We always had a competitive edge with BARNES B but can we please have some photos of BB in the early 1970's .
Surely mr Cullen , Cuff and Hall have some ! Come on guys search for those photos !!!!

http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g336 ...

Not long after the theatre was built and the arrival of Duncan Noel Paton, our last lesson on a saturday morning was drama.
Some kids loved it but not me and my mates,it was a bit too much for us "manly " types.

For several weeks we would skive off down doctors lake , far better smoking and ...

lonelymom wrote:Oh 5h17shoveller, where are youuuuuu?

I'm here in the snowy north.

Just realised why the housey coats appeared to me to be that colour.

All my photos are in black and white.



I WILL JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE YOU !

Duplicated message of above and I cannot work out why it happened or how to delete it !

At CH I Felt I had no connection with the outside world.
My knowledge of ongoing matters during the 70's is very poor except for rock music and sport.
Firstly I would like to thank the following boys for their musical tastes .
Tony Price (Supertramp) , Guy Bohane ( Stevie Wonder) and Steve Barrett ...

michael scuffil wrote:I must admit I was surprised by the blackness of the coats when I first arrived at CH station all those years ago. But blue they were...

crickey, opticians for me after xmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I PRESUME I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT THAT THE HOUSEY COATS WERE BLACK ,SO WHY IS IT A BLUE COAT SCHOOL ?

The two housey coats I've got in my house at the moment are definitely navy blue.

Maybe I am colour blind , but all my photos look like black,and wearing them for 6 years I would bet ...

If you were around in 1975 then it might be you !

I don't care now, but it must have been someone on the staff list or perhaps a jealous teacher's offspring ( weird phrase) who fancied it.
If I had it back now, it would be highly unlikely it would be ridden by anyone ,so if you still have it forget ...

Does anyone remember going to tea with the headmaster ? and his lovely wife ?

A very formal ocassion where about a dozen of us turned up on a sunday afternoon on our "squits" year to be officially welcomed to CH by DHN and his better half.
Afterwards we were allowed to "play" in his garden which ...

I think everyone turns their nose up at the uniform when first trying it on , but personally it was probably the clothing I was most comfortable in,even now 30 years later ! AS LONG AS THE SCHOOL IS ALIVE THE UNIFORM SHOULD NEVER CHANGE.
I loved the britches, so comfortable and easy to wear,the ...

I cannot remember either ,it was either cressell or cresswell but they could not be sepearted as they were both in Leigh Hunt A and then Lamb B . posted a picture on Lamb PHOTOS.mmm

TOAST ????????????

TELEVISION ???????????????

RADIO ?????????????????????

The nearest we came to any of these luxuries was around 1962, when the mini transistor came on sale. About a tenner if memory serves, (a lot of money in them days !)

In Col B we'd smuggle 'em in, with the standard ear ...