Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Likewise, I never heard a bad word about Tom Jeffers. A thoroughly decent cove, was Tom. He taught me German for a year and French for two years and was always fair-minded, never moody. The only time I can recall his getting annoyed was when his young daughter was ill at home and he emerged from mor...

I'm your nextdoor neighbour, Alan. Just glance out of your window and you'll see me waving.

Re. the concept of School Beatings, I remember Alan O'Neal (Ma.A/Col.A, 1970s) telling me that when his uncle was at the school (1950s?) there was a big outbreak of thievery amongst the pupils and when the guilty parties were finally identified they were caned in the Quad in front of the entire sch...

I must admit I absolutely loved the place. I used to do stage crewing there and front of house too, which meant that I saw many, many performances for free and the standard of touring productions etc. was high, not least because there weren't all that many arts centres around in those days, let alon...

I think it'd make abundant sense now for Julian to delete the inexcusably large number of needlessly unpleasant posts on this thread and then to lock it until the end of time. Justifiable posts should stay, while petty and downright unjustifiable posts should go. Vilified had every right to raise hi...

Those were the days spoken of with nostalgia by many now when a policeman would give an errant youngster 'a clip around the ear'. Such discipline was sanctioned in usage if not in law. It was not regarded then as disproportionate. I entered teaching direct from university, as you could then, with n...

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Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:38 pm

I now enjoy playing the viola.

Do your neighbours and your family-members enjoy your playing the viola?

The fact that he had a problem and was in close quarters with young boys for so many years suggests that he might have caused more damage both at CH and perhaps elsewhere (Kenya?). The horrors of anything he might have done in Kenya may never be known. As for anything that may or may not have occur...

I'm finding this the most difficult conviction of all to deal with. Up until now, those found guilty have ranged from the not especially likeable to the downright creepy. But lots of former Barnes A boys will remember Roger Martin with very great fondness, both as a good housemaster (broadly speakin...

A few days ago I was watching a YouTube video of the band taking part in 2018's Lord Mayor's Show and was staggered to see a row of bassoon players towards the rear of the squad. I was staggered not because I'm an ignoramus who doesn't know that bassoons are allowable in military bands, but because ...

Or perhaps RM, at 82, is now in extremely poor health after all the pressure he's been under since last July. Or is he 83 now?

Simple enough to find out all the facts, surely? If anyone has sufficient motivation, that is.

This here's a link to the Historic Royal Palaces online enquiries form. They promise to respond within three days.

https://www.hrp.org.uk/contact-us/#gs.4kt0Q9w

Go for it.

Probably a few of us will recall Paul Trill, a 1970s pupil who by the early 1980s was serving in the US Navy. It appears he passed away in September 2017 in Minnesota. I found a remembrance page for him at https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/paul-trill-obituary?pid=186773847 His former Facebook i...

Personally I'm wondering whether the school authorities ever even made a note of the occasion on which the two boys from Barnes A went to Newsome to complain about RM's antics on behalf of the house. Newsome obviously had words with RM or the behaviour in question wouldn't have come to an immediate ...

Meanwhile, deep in the woods..... https://vgy.me/Pbn0P7.jpg So it seems we added an 'S' to it, in much the same way that the ignorant and the mentally challenged insist on calling their local supermarket Tesco's . Mind you, I could swear I once saw it marked on an old OS map with the caption 'Eastla...