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Something about physics teachers and bicycles, because Ping (alias Instant-Smith) was renowned for approaching the speed of light on his.
I think CVS had something of a breakdown at one point - I know he put his all and then some into his design and creation of the lighting system for the theatre ...

I've just spent a few hours wallowing on the forum and it's triggered a desire to see who and what I can or can't recall. I still have my school reports, and while I don't recognise the (almost) paragon of virtue that they describe, decyphering the master's initials proved interesting.

I recall a ...

I remember Gerald saying that the masters v boys game was one of his toughest - his was the scalp that everyone wanted (and didn't get). I can still see his nearly try - he refused to score, and waited for the next master (Carrington?) to appear purple-faced, handed him the ball to let him collapse ...

I don't know when it appeared in the repertoire, but I remember Swing March being played, and someone jiving in the doorway to Dining Hall which caused some mirth in the band and subsequent faltering and reduction in volume until they controlled the grins...

I also recall James from Barnes A. Initially we didn't see eye to eye - more eyeball to eyeball due to an incident in the lav ends where I objected to him throwing a glass of cold water over me in the bath. This resulted in a formally arranged duel of fisticuffs the following morning, when I ...

Wishing to make some allusion to HMS Troutbridge (The Navy Lark) re the Navy's latest headline-grabbing stunt, I was suprised to find that Leading Seaman Goldstein was one of our finest!

My sympathy to you, Rex, and all your family for this sad news.
I didn't know him personally but he obviously took on your mantle for contributing to all things CH, and our lives are diminished by his absence.
It's good to see you back on the forum but sad that it is in such circumstances.
Regards ...

J.R. wrote: Wed May 15, 2013 12:31 pm Am I allowed to print it in these days of P.C. ??

Oh - What the heck.

Guy Gibson's black labrador was named Nigger.

It was suggested that a defence against Scampton's proposed use as an immigrant centre could be that the ghost of Guy calling his dog could cause severe distress...

MrEd wrote: Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:07 pm 'some of the cleaning staff certainly had an amazingly strong local accent.

I think it was some descriptive prose in a house magazine that referred to 'the gentle gurking of the Bokkers' (ground staff) as in the greeting ''Marnin'!

I recall the sausages - I suspect boiled rather than grilled (no browning) and nicknamed 'pregnant mice'. They were actually nice, and I agree, unique. The peeled tinned tomatoes that went with it had an even more distastefull alliterative nickname referring to monkeys...

Jabod, a quibble: There ain't no such thing as 'accentless'. What you presumably mean is that your accent is that of your social surroundings, so it doesn't stand out as 'different'.

What I mean is lack of recognisable specific regional accent. You can tell where I'm not from. I would describe ...

Certainly in the '70s I could cycle to Horsham library (I would start to read one book on my way back - cycling no handed...), and walk to Horsham via the tobacconists (served with Old Holborn or Golden Virginia in Housey uniform). I also hitched a lift to a girls school in Petworth following them ...

Rustication - sent home for a period of time - very, very rare I think.


The one occasion I know that this was applied resulted in the miscreant being sent to a monastery for a few days. It was not 'sent home' as I understood it. However, given the later furore with the Bishop of Sussex this ...

Pe.A wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 11:50 am You certainly seem to have encyclopaedic knowledge of old girlie mags...

No 'Health and Efficiency'?