Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

The delights of going to CH as foreseen by a future pupil. having breakfast made for me every day getting lost in the school grounds not always being at the top of the class using the huge library adding the whole of horsham to Yellowikis not having enough time to write lists going to chapel will be...

huntertitus wrote:This is becoming a grumpy old men post

And being one myself, I thoroughly approve.

at 47 you can speak for yourself; at a bit more I don't consider myself old - just a little more experienced .....

His acceptance of risk was nearly his undoing on other occasions; when we were in Australia he was out of commission with some injury.

This accident is hardly surprising despite his knowledge but nevertheless a sad loss.

Roll on next year ! My tame spy in the Home Office tells me there are alread 15,000 applications pending from the Ukraine and Romania. Bulgaria , Absolutely, dear boy, Makes little difference. They're all freeloading, scrounging, ex communist States that see us a damn good meal ticket. Hardly, just...

Bill, I sent you a private message (pm) - after your reference to Salcombe. Did you notice at the top of your screen on Sunday it telling you that you had a new message? If you click there you should be able to read the message.

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englishangel wrote:We watch ClassicFM all the time, and lay bets on which track will be next.

Hope it's Brands Hatch. One of the best ever !

Home from home

I felt that at the beginning, but I have since got to know Josh quite well, and I can assure you that he found the experience both enriching and exciting. His mother also feels that it has given him confidence and a wonderful opportunity to experience all manner of things for which he would never o...

But would you have enjoyed it quite so much if you didn`t have a CH background?!? I don`t think we as a family would have been at all interested if it hadn`t been filmed here - and the fact that at least one of the 2 daughters would be on tv sooner or later!! No, Mrs C; we may have a television but...

We got the form for this today. I was surprised to see that as there was no change I HAD to go online, or phone (freephone) to register. The envelope provided should only be used if there was a change. I seriously wonder whether I should even bother. If you have an unlisted telephone number (for ex...

OK - I don't like sports - I think that they are dangerous - so if you break your leg playing football, or break your neck playing rugby, then UNLUCKY - you chose to play a dangerous game - its your fault so we wont treat you. 20 years ago A & E were refusing to treat people who had injuries ca...

That boil on my arse is really killing me this morning. Absolute murder, it is. I blame that weird waxy-tasting porridge they used to give us at CH - or maybe it was to do with getting my bum pinched in the tiny gap between two abutting dayroom benches whilst watching TV on a saturday evening. (The...

I don't remember ever having a fire drill at CH Horsham !! Perhaps Health & Safety didn't exist in those days. I recall fire practices - for the school fire brigade but not for the boys. The "fire brigade" always struck me as a bit under-equipped; a cart with a pump and short ladder o...

englishangel wrote:My son in Army cadets had a Sergeant Major.

My cousin's wife rang and asked for Lieutenant Commander Major (her RN husband). The switchboard at the US naval station where he was posted answered that there is no such rank as Major and slammed the phone down.

Blimey, take aspirin and bleed to death eh? and no under-19 should take aspirin. http://www.reyessyndrome.org/aspirin.htm The 8 year old had no feeling or movement below the hips (so why should she need it?); there are far better and safer means of dealing with pain for the average intelligent pers...

One of the directors where I once worked was a Brian Quick; we were forbidden to use his initial!