Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Out of fairness to Canon Porteous, this is the Facebook of the erstwhile CH chaplain who describes himself as a former priest. ABOUT MICHAEL Not a lot. Went to Bathurst Teachers College, about 1956, taught Cranbrook, Sydney for a couple of years, then Highate School, London. Greycoat Hospital (schoo...

A nice tribute to Baker in the Old Leysian.

The last of the Headmaster Dons.

Ken Naylor who taught music, played the organ and was a talented arranger, also gets a mention.

https://issuu.com/leyscambridge/docs/on ... pring-2016

It's not a perfect system but it's better than the alternative of a panel of suitably qualified and sufficiently educated wise persons. I don't disagree with this statement at all, but I would not be so fast to dismiss the idea that implicit biases affect jury decisions. There are voluminous quanti...

Thank you FourEyes for your generous and considered comments.

You are absolutely right to draw attention to the importance of giving lay persons the final say rather than leaving it to Judges who sometimes do not follow the advice they impart to a jury during summing up.

I have done jury service three times. I wonder if Golfer has ever been called? The vast majority.of jurors fulfil their public duty diligently and conscientiously. On one occasion a young unemployed woman refused to engage in our deliberations as she was indignant at having to give up her valuable t...

We were often allowed to use The Tube when it was raining to go to Dining Hall. There's no way it extended to Sharpenhurst! I didn't know about all the other passageways though. Hopefully someone can set up the occasional tour, it would be very interesting Highly unlikely though that would be good....

Corbyn is Stalin lite.

We were often allowed to use The Tube when it was raining to go to Dining Hall.

There's no way it extended to Sharpenhurst!

I didn't know about all the other passageways though.

Hopefully someone can set up the occasional tour, it would be very interesting

His only misdemeanour was that he left to become Head of History at The Enemy.

You were mentioned in dispatches if you managed to hit a Rolls Royce parked on the boundary during an away game of cricket.

I had no personal dealings, but she exuded energy, enthusiasm and sincerity

Died in harness: Archbold (after a skiing accident), Bullard (after being suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital), Fryer, suicide after an interview with headmaster Derek Baker apparently concerning his pension arrangements. Archbold was succeed as housemaster of LaB not by Barker, as someone st...

Clearly a balance needs to be drawn and hopefully this is an evolving process.

Delivery is key, and this is dependent upon training and the teachers

" I couldn't give a fig about the odd spelling mistake or grammatical error. If those are your priorities then go back to your cave ." I feel very sad that an attempt at lightheartedness is treated with such rudeness. I was only attempting to show that I have actually read them, line by l...

I really am very heartened by these policies. I couldn't give a fig about the odd spelling mistake or grammatical error. If those are your priorities then go back to your cave. I particularly like the policy on Standards of Pupil Behaviour which states that respect for others and their property must...

http://www.thelawpages.com/court-hearings- lists/Lewes-Crown-Court.php. Gary Dobbie T20170536 back in court 4 Sept 2018. Causelist ... Can anyone confirm the veracity of this Google search result? Returns nothing and it's not possible to go back that far on the court listings page, unless it refers ...