Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

It is a great shame that those senior leaders and other perpetrators were never held to account. I guess that those who are still alive will see out their days with their mouths closed and their pens down. Sadly there is one such person who cheerfully tweets on a daily basis and seems to be persona...

I remember for a short while in the 90s they brought in a system in certain areas (e.g. the library and certain rooms in the boarding house) where you had to scan a fob for the door to open. They withdrew it after a few weeks when it became clear that anyone could simply pull hard on the door to for...

We never had yellow cards and red cards in my day (1950s). What for? Two-footed tackles? Abusing the ref? Last defender taking out the striker? I guess now pupils who are punished can request a VAR review. I’m pretty sure we have covered this subject before. See “Questions re the PunishBook”? I did...

95% of the CVs offered to us breached some, often many of our specifications I think it's quite normal to apply to a job where you don't meet every single bullet-point requirement, as long as you tick the majority of them. The interview should be the opportunity for the employer to assess whether t...

In my day (1950s and 60s) the Benevolent Society of Blues might have found her a a job. What happened to them? Not so benevolent perhaps these days. I was quite disappointed when I applied to them for some help paying for my master's degree. I was working in a warehouse most nights for about £3 an ...

Career advice at housey was frankly appalling Takes me back to a careers session on my GE. The careers advisor, whose name escapes me, asked one boy what he wanted to do as a career. When the boy said he didn't know yet (I think a perfectly normal and respectable answer at age 15?), the careers adv...

When you lived in Norway ( I think you did ) presumably you were registered to live there. In which case you enjoyed first class health care to a minimal cost. So you did rather enjoy the fruits of a system where everyone chips in. Your comment about shopping for health care or seeking a job that p...

Hi Duncan, I belatedly came across this. Thanks for this excellent video. I really related to your description of acting as a curtain. I didn't have to do this exact thing, but it's how you described the low-level, almost trivial stuff that a teacher, matron or tutor would laugh at if you raised con...

There was often an explicit magazine tear-out to be found stuck onto the inside of the same downstairs toilet door in Pe B. Glad I didn't really think at the time how many might have "made use" of the sight. If it was taken down, another picture would reappear a day or two later in a const...

Hopefully she has managed to find another job in the 17 years since she wrote that post.

So is Taio Cruz an Old Blue or not? Judging by the extent of the Talk contributions to Cruz's Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Taio_Cruz), there's ongoing dispute about basic facts - such as Cruz's birth name and birth date - let alone where he was educated, so it seems unlikely t...

A new recent article on the legend from Sussex Live: The prestigious West Sussex boarding school that's educated celebrities such as Taio Cruz and Jason Flemyng https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/christs-hospital-school-celebrities-cruz-7271591 This saga is up there with Elvis being alive...

Anyone else remember the Horsham Pass? From the UF and above we could go to Horsham on a free afternoon once a week if we wanted, subject to obtaining a pass from your housemaster. A confession 30 years later - on the Deps and Grecians on summer afternoons my group of friends would use a Horsham Pas...

I have now found one of these, for the summer term of 1960. Click this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16rORDFdHB_hRa559PuErKf5-O0VwnWQP/view?usp=sharing Yes, brilliant find! A couple of observations: - No half-term week around late May or early June? - The calendar days/dates are the same as...

There is a staggered approach to dining, but those not scheduled to eat, just return to their houses via the back door. I would certainly recommend a visit to the cafeteria. The servers are pleasant, there is a choice and the food is sumptuous. At one stage in the 90s about half of the canteen empl...