Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

But then again there is my fake-imaginary glass of wine...

Anticipating this I have passed on my recipe for imaginary beans on toast to DD

lonelymom maybe the tissues are a good idea as my joy will be unbounded that one set of fees will be no more...perhaps two slices of toast with the beans by way of a celebration?

Yes you can watch the band parade. If you are there early enough you can watch the Lord Mayor et al going into chapel. If you arrive when they are in chapel you can hear the uplifting singing from outside and imagine how you will feel when it is your child's turn. Oh dear, have gone all cheesy. Perh...

How fantastic. Well done !

You seesejintenej that is where you are such a 'man' .Girls will sort and pack the rubbish two days in advance. The recyclables will be uninteresting to the foxes and so an be put out the night before. The biodegradable is in a separate fox proof container and so can be put out the night before. Men...

I understand that there is planning permission for a bridge across the public right of way on the railway track though I could be wrong. But even so it could be applied for given the three identified deaths on this particular piece of track. I also know that the Grecians have already considered that...

I ask my girls and bit to take it in turns to put the rubbish out in the holdays. It is collected at 7.30 am. The girls consider that the best time to do this is the night before. The boy considers 7.30 is the best time as if they don't collect it, it would have been a waste of time putting it out t...

Then be amazed as it is true x2 for me . Number three child doesn't have one.Perhaps that is why they give them one when they leave as they forgot to tell them to use the one they asked them to bring in the first place...

Mimaos - To suggest that the school is in any way lacking in pastoral care is outrageous. You have no idea about this boy and have suggested on a public forum that the school did not know him.I can assure they did and the entire school from the youngest to the oldest is absolutely devastated.Everyth...

"Presumably with computers / iphones etc these days ar completly the opposite. Does letter writing (emailing) ones parents still happen on sunday morning ?" Think you'll find it's completely different now, thank goodness. Communication between parents and children is completely seemless.Un...

About the music lessons. They are expensive although subsidised. Music lessons atre expensive anywhere but ther are afew things you can try if your DDis really keen. There are soem minority instruments such as the oboe and the viola whih are difficult and rare. I think these might be free if you ask...

I think they are in a Sock Graveyard like an elephant one where all the tusks end up.

To save yourself the trouble of sewing on a name tape and a tie you can write the name with a marker on the bit of the tie that is inside the sock. I am not sure if this makes sense ... perhaps I have been driven mad mad mad by the interminable sewing on of sock ties.