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West Ham won the cup twice while I was at CH, it's been a long wait to reach another final........

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Fru T. Bunn wrote:there's hope for everyone....i got two D's and got an unconditional at a top 30 uni.

top 30? are there ranking tables published somewhere?

QUOTE: Nearly all Grecian (Yr13) leavers win places at their chosen university......oh :oops: Oh dear, where did you want to go? :wink: Don't worry, there's a university in just about every town or village of over 500 people these days. Makes life a bit easier for the less academically inclined to ...

Sad news.......I think I have a Lamb B house photo featuring D O'M....I'll post soon.

Rory wrote:Didn't stop me working in finance tho.....

The charts detailing parental income and where the pupils come from are quite interesting! I see the West Country still supplies a decent percentage, compared to the Midlands / East Anglia etc. Glad to see that! do parents of children who are presented by Governors contribute to fees, or is it all ...

petard249 wrote:In my day (groans from all readers) - ............. biscuits and milk in the mid-morning break.

I seem to remember the biscuits and milk.......and also lugging a milk churn from the farm on at least one occasion.....was that on a Sunday I wonder?

the gandhi quote which someone nearly got right is: 'an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind'. it is one of my favourites... Hendrik 1: you obvioulsy never listend to you RE lessons, or you would have realised that an eye for an eye comes from the OLD TESTAMENT, not a Ghandi film quote. In He...

I also remember Mrs Olive Peto who I believe may have taught German. Although she never taught me (and perhaps because of that fact) I believe she survived at Housey for many years. Indeed, were it not for the fact that I would certainly be made to look foolish, I would say that she taught until co...

And an interview some of us may be able to relate to in part. http://www.unesco.org/courier/1999_05/uk/dires/txt1.htm he wins a scholarship as part of the “deserving poor” to study at an elite school in Sussex. The snub of upper class students :roll: is partially offset by the wisdom of a drama...

yep, I should have said night-time insomniac!

Richard Ruck wrote:Was he a bit subversive in Col.B, then?

they were subversive times!

and, IMO, not really....

I remember him saying that not getting his buttons was a big deal, until he left and then it meant nothing anyway of course, it doesn't really......but realistically, I can't see how he would have ever remotely expected his buttons at the time...... One of my year thought it would be funny to play ...

yes, MT was a year below myself in Col B.

I can understand his "mates" comment too.