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by baldoldblue
Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:29 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: St Matthew's Day
Replies: 2
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St Matthew's Day

Really do the think the band were superlative today. Fantastic rendition of Sussex by the Sea in Guildhall Yard.
by baldoldblue
Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:38 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Speech Day 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 9649

Re: Speech Day 2011

it was neil flemming - one of the tutors in LHB. I'm sorry I left such a scar!
by baldoldblue
Sun May 29, 2011 7:35 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Speech Day 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 9649

Re: Speech Day 2011

I certainly had a lump in my throat. The one thing that really struck me as odd was that I thought it normal to march into lunch with a band playing! I did meet a good number of people - and there was a fair contingent from the City there as well. I think in the deepest recesses of my mind I still ...
by baldoldblue
Sun May 29, 2011 6:14 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Speech Day 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 9649

Re: Speech Day 2011

I second everything Jo says. The atmosphere was far less feral and far more caring than I remember it. I had a real sense of the mission of the school - and was moved by it as well.

I was however reminded of some rather unfortunate incidents in LHB in 1982 by one master with a very long memory. I ...
by baldoldblue
Thu May 26, 2011 7:46 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Speech Day 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 9649

Re: Speech Day 2011

hope to catch up with adrian bawtree who was on my year and is director of music. already have that feeling that (a) have not done prep and (b) have been caught smoking in the lav ends again!
by baldoldblue
Wed May 25, 2011 9:15 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Speech Day 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 9649

Re: Speech Day 2011

I'm glad to say that it's my colleagues who will be wearing the regalia. I will be in an M and S suit. And have a terrible feeling I will cry when I hear the Foundation Hymn for the first time in 20 years
by baldoldblue
Mon May 23, 2011 7:50 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Speech Day 2011
Replies: 31
Views: 9649

Re: Speech Day 2011

I'm a new member of the Forum. But I will be going to Speech Day - under slightly odd circumstances as I write the Lord Mayor's speeches. My first time back for 20 years. I strongly suspect I will once again be filled with that familiar feeling that I've been caught smoking in those disgusting loos ...