Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I see that British Resistance Archive is asking for possible bunkers used by the 'Resistance Army.' I can recall seeing a possible candidate at C.H., but would welcome confirmation before I contact them. The place I remember was at approx 51 degrees 03 min North, 0 degrees 09 min West.In other words...

Ahem! Did you mean paraprosdokians?
David
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There has been some discussion on this site as to why Eric Littlefield was nicknamed 'Pongo', an appellation normally used by the RN and RAF to refer to men and women in the Army, when Eric was demonstrably RAF. There has been speculation that at sometime in his past he served with the Army, but thi...

rockfreak writes: "Many years out of journalism. I'd have picked that one up years ago, or a colleague would have picked it up and said "what the hell are you talking about?"

As one ex-journo to another, apology accepted. We've all been there!

David

Let me ask the Remainers a question. Suppose in 2-3 years time there is a second Referendum in Scotland on Scottish independence and the results are: For Independence - 52%, Against - 48%. Would you then argue that it should NOT be granted, for the reasons you have deployed for disregarding the UK-w...

Rockfreak says: " Foureyes, while you regale us with tales of your cultural Grand Tour of Europe you neglect to say why you are opposed to Brexit ?" I must be missing something here, because I thought that I had been quite clear that I voted for (repeat FOR) Brexit, so why that has changed...

Avon says: "I do like to think that somewhere there is indeed a record of who voted what. In future years it can be used to pillory the ignorant, racist, sheeple who voted leave, and perhaps to ensure them lesser degrees of citizenship. No forgiveness, just a permanent record to ensure I know w...

Katherine says: " They need to bring their election systems up to date..." That's as maybe, Katherine, but we in the UK are scarcely in a position to preach. For over one hundred years people have been saying that 'something must be done' about the House of Lords. There has been a little t...

loringa wrote: " Except, of course, these are just a highly visible minority. Most Americans who voted for Trump, this election as much as the last, are not wide-eyed loons any more than most Brexiteers are; they are ordinary, decent people who see the American dream slipping away from them and...

sejintenej says: "I admit to being somewhat puzzled that David has mentioned boarding schools in France... " I draw attention to my original caveat: " ...Of course, more research would be needed to ensure that one was comparing like with like..." This really boils down to the que...

OK, I admit to a bit of sloppy writing - by 'independent schools' I mean independent boarding schools and just to clarify that - NOT independent day schools and NOT state-funded boarding schools. It struck me that this cannot be just a UK problem, so I have done a bit of research and find that there...

The merits (or otherwise) of independent (i.e. 'public') schools has been discussed off-and-on across this Forum, usually under totally unrelated headings. I would like to draw attention to the recently published book 'Public Schools and the Second World War," by David Walsh and Anthony Seldon....

".. .Sorry but you have lost me with the word "foundationers" ." In olden times, the term 'foundationers' was applied to those admitted to C.H. under the terms of the original 'foundation' (i.e., charter.) This covered something like 97-98 percent of those at the school whose par...

" Surely this is not entirely correct. I certainly remember boys who went to the RN College at Dartmouth throughout the 1950s, who left CH at the usual leaving age (eg Robert Griffiths of Col B who was a button grecian and often contributed to this Forum). " Perhaps I was a few years out. ...

"...he complained that there had been a growth in parents wanting to live their lives through their children and pushing them on." I am not criticizing rockfreak, but is that new? I think that there have always been parents who seek to ensure that their children progress in life. Maybe, n...