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- Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:41 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Leave Days in Horsham
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3138
Re: Leave Days in Horsham
Are Leave Days a renamed ‘Whole Holiday’ that forced us off the grounds with a brown paper bag containing a fish paste sandwich and a shriveled apple? Those with money went boating at Amberley, the broke but brave hitchhiked to Brighton and the rest huddled outside the school fence until it was time...
- Mon May 11, 2020 9:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: CCF alternative
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1855
CCF alternative
Sometime in the 50s you could opt out of the CCF and do odd jobs around the grounds. Do any members have additional information about this?
- Sun Apr 26, 2020 11:05 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Dining hall dimensions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1838
Dining hall dimensions
Getting away from the current doom and gloom, and the political diatribes: does anyone know the dimensions of the dining hall? I can find how much it costs to rent, along with other unwanted information, but not its size.
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: WATER TOWER
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3805
Re: WATER TOWER
In my day it was clearly known as being 120 feet high. In a Maths class with I R McConnell we once did some trig exercises and surveyed the tower with some rudimentary surveyor's tools, so I remember the 'official' height clearly. Not sure whether the quoted height of 120 feet was to the peak of th...
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: WATER TOWER
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3805
Re: WATER TOWER
In my day it was clearly known as being 120 feet high. In a Maths class with I R McConnell we once did some trig exercises and surveyed the tower with some rudimentary surveyor's tools, so I remember the 'official' height clearly. Not sure whether the quoted height of 120 feet was to the peak of th...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 9:53 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: COVID19
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6191
Re: COVID19
“ EDIT: just seen some figures. These suggest that of those tested for the virus 3.7% died.”
So, obviously the safe thing is to not get tested!
So, obviously the safe thing is to not get tested!

- Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: COVID19
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6191
Re: COVID19
Since we are planning a visit to England next month, we are keeping a careful eye on things. We recognize that, both being in our 70s, we are in a potential high-risk group. On the other hand we are both in excellent health and neither even catch colds most years, so are fairly optimistic. One good ...
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 11:16 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Cross-country runs
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9042
Re: Cross-country runs
I could deal with those, but mine are for D cup swimwear!
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Tuck parcels
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2108
Re: Tuck parcels
I fondly remember tuck parcels. When I missed a family birthday, I would get a parcel in the form of an empty plastic butter container containing a slice of birthday cake. I would also get the occasional refill of Pengiuns, Wagon Wheels, biscuits, etc. I am relieved to read this. I was beginning to...
- Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:05 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Tuck parcels
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2108
Tuck parcels
Katherine’s comment about a box of grapes triggered memories of the arrival of a tuck parcel, always a momentous occasion for the individual and closest friends. Ones from my aunt Margaret were always special. Not only did she include the best items (Rum/raisin Toblerone, dark chocolate digestive, c...
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 1:26 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Writing letters home
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2415
Re: Writing letters home
My memory is that it was after morning chapel, but this may have varied by house. I have none of my letters (a great loss to my biographers) but suspect they were all simply variations on “I am alive, please send food”. I can’t say the repetition paid off, I don’t think I wrote once a term at univer...
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: An interesting date today !
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2616
Re: An interesting date today !
Certainly capicua will join my “Do we really need a word for this?” list. My current favorite is a pair of words with exactly the same meaning. Carphology and floccilation both mean “A nervous plucking at the sheet or blanket “
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Cross-country runs
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9042
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 1:45 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Cross-country runs
- Replies: 45
- Views: 9042
Cross-country runs
I have vivid memories of slogging across clay fields, even swimming across a river, always with the temperature under 5 and with rain falling at a 45 degree angle. They seemed to last forever, but does anyone have an idea of how long they really were?
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:32 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Milk
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5307
Re: Milk
, ..............because it was said to be good for us and the growth of our bodies (calcium, good for bones etc). .............., I'm inclined to accept that the little bit of brainwashing about "good for you" was probably justified and did me some good. Interesting that I am hearing the ...