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- Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: History in the fifties?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 912
Re: History in the fifties?
I too was at CH and studied history there in the 1950s, not as a speciality, for I ‘majored’ in science. My most impressive history teacher was the superb Mr Edward Malins, so I suspect I was unusually fortunate. With him teaching me in the GE I studied the French Revolution, the Chartist and other ...
- Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: When did masters become teachers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 749
Re: When did masters become teachers?
During the 1940s and 50s only the term ‘Masters’ was used, not ‘Teachers.’ To include another period in this thread - during the 40s and very early 50s there were a few female teachers, relics of the many war time female replacements of males, who were then in short supply. They taught only the lowe...
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:11 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Two OB punsters
- Replies: 1
- Views: 553
Two OB punsters
In a recent article published in The Paris Review , on the value of puns (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/11/15/in-defense-of-puns/) there are the following two passages. Charles Lamb once remarked that, when the time came for him to leave this earth, his fondest wish would be to draw his l...
- Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:04 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Congratulations to this year's Grecians and their new Headmaster
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2826
Re: Congratulations to this year's Grecians and their new Headmaster
Is there anywhere else in developed Europe where all this entry gymnastics cobblers exists? People seem to deal with secondary and tertiary education and get their uni places in a reasonably straightforward manner. And do they do any worse than us as a country? Perhaps someone with personal knowled...
- Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:44 pm
- Forum: Historical Abuse and related discussions
- Topic: Should the forum be behind a registration wall?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3723
Re: Should the forum be behind a registration wall?
Question – What does “scraped” mean here?… it's my understanding that member-only groups don't tend to get scraped by Google etc. and thus provide a minor level of privacy compared to completely open groups.
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:21 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Hello! I'm back! Is there anybody here?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5505
Re: Hello! I'm back! Is there anybody here?
It seems highly, highly unlikely, but one never knows.
Was the Peter Knight mentioned above, Peter Luke Knight, Barnes A, 1948-54, who left CH for a distinguished career in the services?
Was the Peter Knight mentioned above, Peter Luke Knight, Barnes A, 1948-54, who left CH for a distinguished career in the services?
- Sat Jun 09, 2018 5:09 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Damian Le Bas, Radio 4 Book of the Week
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1392
Re: Damian Le Bas, Radio 4 Book of the Week
In the late 40s and the 50s the ‘swill bins’ were simply called ‘pig bins’ where I lived and they mainly contained potato peelings. These bins were emptied by the usual garbage collectors (called ‘dustmen’ then, in a less elegant town than Farnham, Surrey), for behind their lorry there was an open t...
- Wed Dec 27, 2017 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: UK’s Top Schools - where’s CH?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1637
UK’s Top Schools - where’s CH?
Friends have chosen Tonbridge School for their son, assuring me that it is an old and excellent school. (I was surprised to learn it’s one year younger than Housey with the same founder.) Together we looked up one of the (many) internet sites which rate UK schools. These sites use different criteria...
- Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Did You Learn to Swear at CH? And Do You Still Eff It Today?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4719
Re: Did You Learn to Swear at CH? And Do You Still Eff It Today?
Thanks for this informative posting. For those interested in Occitan there are films in that language; most recently a 2017 film with French subtitles. It is entitled, “Dins la votz dels segles” or in French, “Dans la voix des siècles.”
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Did You Learn to Swear at CH? And Do You Still Eff It Today?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4719
Re: Did You Learn to Swear at CH? And Do You Still Eff It Today?
The above sort of language divergence also occurred between French-French and Canadian-French. Both languages were identical in the 18th century, when “catin“ (= poupée) meant a child’s female doll in both countries. But their forms of language diverged until radio, films, TV, etc slowed such drifti...
- Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:50 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CH, Assisted Boarders and the TES
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2436
CH, Assisted Boarders and the TES
There is an article of interest to forum members in the Times Educational Supplement (TES), published on 9 June 2017, available at https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/when-exclusive-inclusive Don’t read the article for nostalgic reasons only, but to learn that CH is a pioneer in this...
- Sun May 28, 2017 8:28 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Michael Cherniavsky
- Replies: 86
- Views: 20475
Re: Michael Cherniavsky
I’m pleased, Katharine, your software could understand the three dots and got straight to the correct web page. I presume this is true for all other forum readers, for there have been no further comments. However I have tried many times, always with the same result. Using the abbreviated (3 dots) ve...
- Tue May 23, 2017 6:34 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Michael Cherniavsky
- Replies: 86
- Views: 20475
Re: Michael Cherniavsky
Thanks Michael, for your diligent research and informing us of its results. I was wrong and clearly the Michael Cherniavsky of the book review (named simply Michael Cherniavsky and not Michael Theodore Cherniavsky) was not ours. They do look alike and have similar glasses. Perhaps they are related. ...
- Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:28 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Michael Cherniavsky
- Replies: 86
- Views: 20475
Re: Michael Cherniavsky
Although I haven’t read the Kantorowicz book, nor even the extracts on the internet, I am sure the photo is of our MTC. Also Cherniavsky is a very unusual name and I have never come across it (apart from MTC, his father and his brother, a few years younger who was also at Oxford). The MTC of the rev...
- Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:17 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Michael Cherniavsky
- Replies: 86
- Views: 20475
Re: Michael Cherniavsky
In the Times Literary Supplement of 24 Feb 2017 there is a book review containing a prominent photo of a young Michael Cherniavsky, with another medieval historian. However don’t rush to read it to learn more about the Chern, for the review is of Ernest Kantorowicz: a Life, (by Robert E Lerner and p...