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by loringa
Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Favourite story from your time?
Replies: 2
Views: 210

Re: Favourite story from your time?

Leo The most chaotic lessons during my time there were Chemistry with a certain Mr Mathews. He had been on the staff for a very, very long time and was a highly ineffective teacher to be honest who only once bothered to mark our work. This was in the Lower Fourth, which equates to what is nowadays t...
by loringa
Sun Oct 15, 2023 7:40 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Death of Ben Sweeny alias Spoonbill
Replies: 8
Views: 16750

Re: Death of Ben Sweeny alias Spoonbill

I deeply regret to report that my brother Adrian Francis Sweeny , who was in Leigh Hunt B and Coleridge A between 1972 and 1978 and was generally known at CH as Ben, has been found dead at his home. He had been in poor health for many years. He was a longstanding and at times controversial contribu...
by loringa
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Ken Grimshaw
Replies: 57
Views: 119534

Re: Ken Grimshaw

In my time, late 1970s, the great three of the Manual School were Mr Wyncoll, who made a valiant effort at teaching me woodwork, I know I exasperated him with my abysmal lack of skill, but he hid it fairly well. Poor chap suffered from the stress of the job later IIRC, he was also a CCF Major. Mr S...
by loringa
Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:27 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
Replies: 13
Views: 67915

Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?

4. When looking at both private health care, and private schools - they both take load and costs off the state, reducing the costs of education and the NHS. Whilst it absolutely creates a haves-and-have-nots divide in society, it does reduce costs to the state and thus (in a small way) increase the...
by loringa
Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?
Replies: 13
Views: 67915

Re: % of full fee paying pupils - any update available?

We are delighted to announce that for this academic year Christ’s Hospital is committing a record £24 million in means-tested bursary support. This means that of the 876 students at CH, 672 (77%) students will receive a bursary, averaging 85% remission of school fees. I have seen this too. In my op...
by loringa
Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape
Replies: 5
Views: 16938

Re: Photographs that shaped the urban landscape

Perhaps it's to reflect that rural Christ's Hospital Horsham was build to replace the inner city Christ's Hospital Newgate Street? The Horsham site is the is certainly the consequence of a change to the urban landscape.

Just a thought ...
by loringa
Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Replies: 21
Views: 113540

Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years

I went from Aston Webb’s CH to Aston Webb’s BRNC and they were spookily similar, except that at the time BRNC (Hawke Division at least) was quite well looked after whereas I vividly remember how tired and jury-rigged the boarding houses at Horsham were. Now it’s Dartmouth hitting the news for being...
by loringa
Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:25 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years
Replies: 21
Views: 113540

Re: Amelia White (in the Daily Mail) deplores her CH years

From what I have read elsewhere on this forum, the 80s were an exceptionally difficult time at Christ's Hospital. The reports of bullying, avoidance of responsibility or intervening by staff and, of course, the widely reported sexual abuse of pupils seem all to have been much worse in the 80s than i...
by loringa
Thu Jun 15, 2023 8:12 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Miss Gracie, Matron in Maine in the 1960s?
Replies: 9
Views: 21575

Re: Miss Gracie, Matron in Maine in the 1960s?

I am pretty sure there is another thread somewhere that refers to her. Miss Gracie was a very nice women and I remember her well from my time in Coleridge A from 76 to 80. I cannot recall her Christian name; not something I would ever have had cause to use! :-)
by loringa
Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 117
Views: 265995

Re: Brexit

I had a reminder today why it is useful still having a UK passport. As my 76th birthday is approaching I had the three yearly letter from DVLA asking me to renew my driving licence. I applied online, which needed my UK passport number. Is that sufficient reason to keep the passport? I believe that ...
by loringa
Mon May 22, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: AI the future or the end?
Replies: 7
Views: 17817

Re: AI the future or the end?

In time, AI-derived art will probably be indistinguishable from mediocre human endeavours, but despite the hyping of its cheerleaders, I don't think it'll be there for many years. That rather sums it up, AI-derived art, literature, music or anything creative will always be mediocre. It's the genius...
by loringa
Sat May 20, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH and slavery
Replies: 15
Views: 48911

Re: CH and slavery

Most of the current debate on slavery seems to me to be somewhat misunderstanding of history. Clearly the whole concept is utterly appalling and unacceptable to us but the simple fact remains that ever since humanity ceased to be hunters and gatherers and started to settle down, dominant forces have...
by loringa
Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:19 am
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 117
Views: 265995

Re: Brexit

I remain uncertain whether to bother. Both parents were from Ireland - one north, one south so I am technically an Irish (Republic) citizen but not registered as such. Apparently the registration (I have al the documents) can take two years and to get a first republic passport another year. Are tho...
by loringa
Wed Mar 22, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Sausages!
Replies: 8
Views: 8787

Re: Sausages!

I enjoyed the sausages in the early 70s. Think they were probably steamed rather than grilled. I did actually like the peeled plum tomatoes and when the rest of the table were rejecting them, someone noticed I was quite happily piling my plate with them; so they started collecting from other tables...
by loringa
Tue Jan 17, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: teaching relevance in later life
Replies: 24
Views: 47142

Re: teaching relevance in later life

Jabod2 wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 1:17 pm Many similarities to loringa's comment (what years, Andrew?).
I was in LHA as a junior house 1973 to 1976 (2nd form to LF), and Col A as my senior house from 1976 to 1980 (UF to Sci Grecians). I was not on the fast stream!