Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

My first year in Peele A (1946-1947) I was a member of the Life-Saving Club and managed to secure the Intermediate Certificate. We had theory classes on Mondays at 12:15 and practical classes in the Swimming Baths on Sunday afternoons. The next year, Headmaster HLO Flecker decreed that there were to ...

In the late 1940s and early 1950s, you became a 'Red Bather' when you swam two lengths without stopping, and a 'Blue Bather' when you swam five lengths. As indicated, the blue bather covering was two triangles, one front and one back. There was no requirement to dive although most boys started with ...