Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

During the night the memory clanked into action a bit. I think our 1st A level year we were called 3rd parting (?) grecians (this was the deps year) 2nd A level year 2nd parting grecians and those who stayed on for a term to do Oxbridge exams were. 1st parting grecians. The verbose nature of the te...

I heard it too, I only learnt this morning from the article in The Times that he is an OB. How old is he? When was he there?

Surely most of us had mixed experiences of school - any school not just ours?

I assume that you must work for the Festiniogg (or however it is spelt...) Was Diana Scott the one that made a fortune when she sold Thomas and co to who ever a few years ago? Correct in your assumption, but wrong doubling of letters. It is the Ffestiniog Railway Company, my husband is a very keen ...

They do still have an engine then?? Yes but not an 'engine' as in 'Thomas the Tank Engine' (Can I get myself out of this? ;) ) Some of our trains have the wondrous double Fairlie engines - double ended steam locomotives. Now if they go into Thomas mode and you put a face on one end - what goes at t...

Ruthie-Baby wrote:BTW It's Railway station as opposed to Train station, isn't it, guys?

That's one misuse of English I really can't bear! Ok, all the pedants are here on this topic!

I get annoyed by those who cannot tell the difference between a train and an engine. I do work for a Railway Company!

Reading the article in last Saturday's Times Colour Supplement about CH reminded me of my Mum expressing her distress at taking my brother to Prep A. Peter was only just 9 when he went, and my parents had forgotten to take anything with them to bring back his home clothes. She had to sit on the bus ...

Great Plum wrote:

Mrs C. wrote:Scone?

Either/ neither?

Subsidence?

Scone as in Skon not Scoane

I'll agree with you, once more. I want to get into the Deps in less than 2 months - which until recently I thought was quite fast!! Not having had that rank in Hertford, is it just Deps or the Deps?

Great Plum wrote:

Mid A 15 wrote:

J.R. wrote:With the emphasise on ERvsy, ControVERsY

or Oversey, ConTROVERSY ?

My preference is conTROVersy

and mine too - which is correct?

Agree once again, Great Plum, this is getting too much! It must be our upbringing - oh no that applies to most members of this forum!

Great Plum wrote:SHedule,

I believe the other pronunciation is American...

As with marmite, I'll go along with Great Plum!!

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englishangel wrote:

Katharine wrote:Back to Marmite, you have got to start them young - then they love it. Both sons do but husband doesn't. Scrambled eggs on plain toast do nothing for me but marmite toast

I must try that, it sounds lovely.

corr, me too ! never thought of that before...

Hope you both enjoy it!!

I like this one : Godwottery • noun [mass noun] Brit. humorous - an affected quality of archaism, excessive fussiness, and sentimentality. — origin 1930s: from the line ‘A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!’, in T. E. Brown's poem My Garden (1876). I like it, and I bet many wouldn't think...

Great Plum wrote:Beans, cheese and marmite on toast!

I'll go with that too!!

Got a Geography O' level did you John? Lyon is hardly a French Channel port. 'And it's the English Channel, the French call it La Manche, 'The Sleeve' what's that all about? The shape is everything - as I sometimes think!! Just don't ask what kind of sleeve, don't think it resembles any sleeve patt...

Back to Marmite, you have got to start them young - then they love it. Both sons do but husband doesn't. Scrambled eggs on plain toast do nothing for me but marmite toast

englishangel wrote: Students got a good grant in those days. I feel really sorry for them nowadays.

Too true, Mary. My father could not believe how much less Hertfordshire asked him to contribute than CH had. One year it was £6.00, he solemnly insisted on giving me the £2.00 at the start of each term!