Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

My second son was born at home - in Islamabad (!) It was considered safer than hospital delivery. The first labour had been short and sweet in Leeds so I did not have any fears. When I went into labour we called the doctor and midwife - eventually the doctor arrived, examined me said 'At least anoth...

Just out of curiosity, was synchronised leaping about in tutus part of the Hertford experience? NO!!! We used to do country dancing in the gym on wet afternoons when games were cancelled. Miss King and a few select girls played the fiddle for that (I'm sure it should be fiddle there not violin!) On...

Just a cautionary tale - today I have received news of the sad death of a colleague while on holiday abroad. Foolishly she had not taken out travel insurance, and as she was in hospital for more than two weeks mostly in intensive care it has been very expensive. Foreign nationals cannot be cremated ...

I'm not sure I appreciate these arts myself - being just about tone deaf. I have enjoyed a few evenings at classical ballet as a spectacle but certainly would never think of paying over the top prices for it. Opera does not do much for me either - even though I live in the village where Bryn Terfel ...

Today's word comes from that strange universe in which blokes wear tights and girls shimmy around on tip-toe, punters pay hundreds of pounds to get dressed up, sit behind a pillar and drink warm champagne, and in which ancient Eastern European women who wear more paint than the Forth Road Bridge an...

Bit late in the day I admit, but why did you call her DR? Presuming she wasn't a doctor :shock: They are her initials Dorothy Ruth West, every notice she ever put up anywhere in the school was either initialled DRW or had her name as D R West on it, always in blue ink - not blue black or black but ...

Well Katherine if you will maintain a hale and hearty body - what do you expect???!!!! Jude, please take care with the spelling of my name - I am particular about it. When I was in the VI form I was told there was a list of names up in the staff room telling staff to be careful when writing reports...

I was anaemic - spent two weeks in the infirmary (having decent food and visitors and fun!!) having injections and awful dreadful iron pills... but the quietness and single room in the annex was such a luxury! However, when we all had the flu (every February like clockwork) we started off in the do...

She was my aunt, Alex not my Great Aunt. The story gets better, her father (my grandfather) ran away to sea from his wicked stepmother. In a storm vowed that if he survived he would become a monk. Between his first vows and his final ones he met, Ellen, the lady always described to me as 'your flame...

I remember Miss Mercer arriving. Before her there was a tiny little woman Miss Page who taught History. What did you young people do to the staff to shrink them? First the picture of a tiny DR, and now a tiny Miss Page. If that was the same Frances Page who terrified me and was the reason I dropped...

buntal • noun [mass noun] [often as modifier] the straw from a talipot palm used for making hats: a buntal hat. — origin early 20th cent.: from Tagalog. And, for those who were wondering, Tagalog is a language of the Philippines! Buntal - Happy memories. I had not realised what the word meant b...

have you come across Every Click? It raises money for charity by its searches - perhaps we should get one of the CH charities listed?

I now use Every Click first but will readily admit it does not have the depth of Google.

I remember Miss Mercer arriving. Before her there was a tiny little woman Miss Page who taught History. Miss Mercer was a breath of fresh air from the start, unfortunately I did not do History - then it clashed with Physics. I was the only one in my year in 6s not doing History and felt really depri...

sixes must have been the 'weird' house. I remember something being found on the field and whispers about 'devil worship'. That must have been 6's I think. We definitely had 'all out'. Our side of the square (1s to 4s) hung out by the gardens behind the classroom and science blocks, did 5s-8s hang o...

Just checked my Marmite pot (I had it on toast for breakfast) and 100g contains 500% RDA of thiamine. The smallest pot contains 120g so I suppose about 1g per serving. What is a serving of Marmite? I have often wondered when reading labels of that and other things. Have you tried it under scrambled...