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by jdshippen
Thu May 07, 2009 9:22 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Esther Green RIP
Replies: 7
Views: 2706

Esther Green RIP

You will be sad to hear that Esther Green died on Tuesday. Esther was a long-standing matron of Barnes and, in semi-retirement, of most other blocks. She also served in the tuck shop. She helped IHT with the annual u13 cricket tour to Devon. She was in Guernsey with her family and she will be buried...
by jdshippen
Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:12 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: James Hooper And Rob Gauntlett
Replies: 33
Views: 8833

Re: James Hooper And Rob Gauntlett

Allowing for the time zones - they are very close together near the poles (!) - I think they made it on St George's Day. jds
by jdshippen
Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
Topic: Neil Paknadel
Replies: 6
Views: 3331

Re: Neil Paknadel

Good to hear from you Julian. Does anyone else remember Neil Paknadel in the very first stage preformance of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - in the Prep Hall about 1970? Appropriately, as the only jewish member of the cast, Neil played the Pharoah! - very well indeed. I must add thoug...
by jdshippen
Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:08 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Christ's Hospital Chain Quiz
Replies: 60
Views: 13092

Chain Quiz

I was close then! :) I knew that being a Verrio Guide would give me some pointless knowledge! Rushworth and Dreaper have (or has) dogged my footsteps (or pedalling feet ) for my whole career. My own school (I am not an Old Blue) had a modest 3-manual R and D organ in its Memorial Hall which I payed...
by jdshippen
Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:18 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Barclay Hankin RIP
Replies: 4
Views: 2107

Barclay Hankin RIP

I have just heard from Mrs Lucy Foukes (Barclay's cousin) of his recent death. The funeral is to be at St Paul's Church, Chichester at 2.30 on Tuesday 13th March. Barclay was a great stalwart who in addition to looking after Bill Kirby for many years, produced a series of splendidly straightforward ...
by jdshippen
Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:36 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 182
Views: 35058

Wonderful words ! Thomas Traherne - who wrote Wordsworth poetry 200 years before Wordsworth was born. 'How like an angel came I down: How bright were all things here' : original innocence, a belief in which is an essential pre-requisite to teaching at CH. The tune is not so good - a poor thing, but ...
by jdshippen
Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:06 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 182
Views: 35058

You might get a nasty surprise if you look
by jdshippen
Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:20 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 182
Views: 35058

Don't turn back to 104
by jdshippen
Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:00 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Police Cadets
Replies: 217
Views: 34198

Re: Police Cadets

As I remember, Peter Burr (PPdeWB) was master i/c at first followed by David O'Meara (DJO'M). The main attraction was that you got free driving lessons from a police driving instructor. If JDs is truly Mr Shippen I remember your extraordinary performances on the big school organ I was usually the l...
by jdshippen
Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:48 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Old Blues who have worked at CH
Replies: 188
Views: 37076

Thanks for the memories to Great Plum and Debbie G-P. Off-hand I can remember a couple more OBs in Common Room - Paul Deller (twice!) adn Jenny Barwise (now left). A bit of research should produce a few more.
by jdshippen
Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:31 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Coincidence
Replies: 182
Views: 35058

coincidence

Ken Naylor's tune Coe Fen has made it into the latest CofE hymn book, Common Praise, which effectively replaces Hymns A&M. Ken wrote a descant to the tune for a meeting of the Music Masters Assocation hed at CH when Peter Allwood was its president. asik the descant has yet to be published outsid...
by jdshippen
Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:57 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Police Cadets
Replies: 217
Views: 34198

Hello again James: David O'Meara rose through the 'ranks' of CCK officers becoming Contingent commander evetually at first with the rank of Major and finally as Lt-Col. He retired from the CCF some years ago (whilst I kept on as Group Scout Leader) and he retired from CH last term. As appreciation o...
by jdshippen
Sat Oct 08, 2005 2:49 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Has anyone seen the Rock School ad on C4?
Replies: 139
Views: 32398

Hello James: I have a few photos in my scrapbook of the original All the King's Men. My next major project is to put non-Scout CH photos onto my gallery site. Many hours of scanning ahead but it will be done over this winter. I am just e-mailing some MaA/LaB House photos to Julian who will presumabl...
by jdshippen
Thu Oct 06, 2005 11:21 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Has anyone seen the Rock School ad on C4?
Replies: 139
Views: 32398

Thank you all for your comments on publishing photos of children. I am not aware that the Internet has any legislation in addition to that which governs, for instance, school magazines. When I set up my gallery I used the same criteria I had used for 12 years as Editor of The Blue. Indeed most of th...
by jdshippen
Thu Oct 06, 2005 12:55 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Has anyone seen the Rock School ad on C4?
Replies: 139
Views: 32398

I discover that I can't post photos directly. The picture of Josh reciting Elvish is however on my gallery site: http://gallery.shippen.org.uk under the Album title Summer Camps 1999-2005 and on page 2 of that. [Comment added by JTaylor:- If you have the direct browser path to the photo, you can pos...