Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Did anyone else sign up for any of the CHOBA webinars? I've enjoyed two of them, Bletchley Park and today on the Welchman-Turing Bombe, used to decode Enigma messages. I learnt a lot and may well sign up again if something catches my eye.

At the time I was in the far north of the country, close to the border with Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso. The tribes there were vey fragmented and definitely not Akan.

As to tribal markings, I used to be able to recognise the local ones, they varied a lot in number and depth of cut.

Welcome George. I left Hertford in 1965, in 69 I went to Northern Ghana as a VSO, but I don’t think I can have been as beautiful as the wife in your book title! A chief only offered Four Cows and Seven Goats for me. He had 16 wives and 42 children already, but I’d have become number one wife, or so ...

For some reason I’d always imagined her as a much younger woman when she went to Horsham. I remember my brother talking about her. She is possibly the only one of his teachers whose name and subject I remember!

I agree with you David. In the Book I quoted only one former monastery was quoted and that wasn’t for a school.

While temporarily distracted from work (I have no idea how that happened...), I came across Old and New London vol. 2, by Walter Thornbury (Originally published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London, 1878). Chapter XLVI is devoted, in considerable detail, to CH. I'm sure it's known to many of you...

Thanks for bringing it to our attention. That bit about our founder goes against everything we were ever told. I wonder whether there is any corroboration of the statement?

I’ll check whether it’s referenced in the 1953 book, I have my father’s copy.

A glimmer of hope perhaps but I note the ongoing lack of engagement on this forum from the Brexit enthusiasts. I think that it is fair to say that little or nothing that is currently occurring is unexpected so where are you with your defence of Brexit? Come on - Brexiteers, you voted for this shamb...

Andrew, Can you or anybody else tell me just what is meant by this often much vaunted sovereignty?

Now, let's please have some comments from the Brexiteers of whom there are (were?) a number on this forum. I'd like to know what I have missed and why, in reality, leaving is a good thing, thank you! I would love to know why it is supposed to be a good thing - so far I have seen nothing whatever to...

How one identifies nationally is an interesting question. I consider myself to be British even though I also hold Irish nationality. That’s true for me too, my mother was definitely Irish all her life, having gone to England to train as a nurse in the 30s. She did hold a British passport, I don’t t...

She has just been featured on Radio 4’s Last Word, no mention of her schooling! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rnlk

Thanks for reminding me, I tried to give when I got my email but my iPad ground to a halt, I’ll try again.

Very sorry to read this, I overlapped with her for just one term in 6s, so don’t really remember her.

I could read the Telegraph obituary without being registered.

It was 55 years for me a few days ago, my Leavers Bible says December 24th but I know it wasn’t then! I think it was 21st. I don’t know what went wrong preparing my Bible, it doesn’t have the charge in it!