Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I admit to being somewhat puzzled that David has mentioned boarding schools in France when we re discussing schools independent of the state . There is one building I know in Soreze which was an independent school until it was closed by the state and the buildings seized. That one had a long history...

Puns For the Slightly Higher IQ! Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine. A man’s home is his castle, in a manor of speaking. Dijon vu - the same mustard as before. Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death. A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy. A hangover is the wrath of grap...

For those interested in the sums involved, in those halcyon days of the late 50s when all university expenses were paid, the university’s fees were paid directly by the central government. This covered all tuition and the costs of living in residence. The incidental other expenses, paid to the stud...

One of the things I like about this forum is the way topics are allowed to veer off track, however I can't help feeling we've had this conversation about charity status numerous times on other threads over the last decade and more. Does anyone know how much Roger Allam's parents paid towards his fe...

I was just about to say much the same thing! Equally irrelevant, but John Gower, at the time chairman of CHA, and I, met the CHA manager in London to go over some stuff related to the Blue. At one stage the CHA manager remonstrated with us, saying that she had noticed with Old Blues, their tendency...

Whilst I cannot remember any career advice at CH, we were all aware of UCAS?, and that one could go to university if you got the right grades at "A" level. Sorry, John but a capital sized NO. Where did you get the information about UCAS from? Certainly did not seem to be common knowledge. Tuition f...

Those figures ring a bell, but at university my parents contributed nothing as I had to get a job so that they didn't have to pay. In fact I got a student apprenticeship and the company gave me an annual grant of £100. This is something that puzzles me. The only thing I heard at CH about universiti...

Like most members of this forum I have severe reservations about Christ's Hospital having any full fee payers - full stop. There are plenty of schools for those who can afford it and it would be much better if CH concentrated on those who couldn't as it has always done in the past. Unfortunately, e...

But more importantly he insisted on far more spoken French in the class than was then usual. There were two results. Progress initially was a bit slower than with other teachers. However his pupils ended up far more fluent than those taught elsewhere. Today’s most modern techniques of foreign langu...

Andrew. I do appreciate your thoughts on current education. I am minded of a gentleman who was brought up in France, spoke French fluently (I went to France with him and could listen to him talking to the locals there) and who taught agents at SOE. I have mentioned his contempt for the ability of my...

Of course these days you need a degree just to get onto the lowest rung of a profession. But even Barnaby Lenon, ex-head of the Independent Schools Council, questions whether all these university degrees are of use when graduates may come out to a crowded jobs marketplace and possible disillusion. ...

Lamb B (and CH as a whole) was indeed a very tolerant community of diversity in ability, religion, origins but one soon was teased out of one's regional accent (mine strong northern) towards a "PS" accent - For hose of us who joined at 9 years of age the tests seemed to push whether we were suffici...

As for the weather - it was July and boiling hot one day and absolutely bucketing the next; I've never been so wet and had to use my spare teabag, the only dry thing I had as it lived in a sealed compartment on top of my issue thermos, to try and dry my glasses. Still, allowed us to spend the eveni...

I'm intrigued by the statement that Pullin was a literalist and Whitfeld [not WhitfIeld, I think?] a rationalist ... I remember having Divinity classes with Pullin on the Old Testament, where he was very clear that it was NOT to be all taken literally - an understanding that I have been very gratef...

Twelve of the finest (unintentional) double-entendres ever aired on British TV and radio: 1. Ted Walsh - Horse Racing Commentator - “This is really a lovely horse. I once rode her mother.” 2. New Zealand Rugby Commentator - “Andrew Mehrtens loves it when Daryl Gibson comes inside of him.” 3. Pat Gle...