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- Wed Sep 29, 2021 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat - Non CH
- Topic: Brexit
- Replies: 117
- Views: 275284
Re: Brexit
Never brought Marmite etc from the UK, but at the time of writing, PG Tips, my Costa Rican wife's favourite tea, is still available on the shelves of the local Carrefour etc, here in the Valencian community. If I've got my geography right, Valencia is a fairly big city and has a busy port, so it sh...
- Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: Roger Allam in Radio Times
- Replies: 62
- Views: 32534
Re: Roger Allam in Radio Times
These don't appear to be the interview in question, but are quite interesting nevertheless: https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/roger-allam-on-his-doctor-who-ambitions-and-why-hes-sick-of-background-music-on-tv/ https://all-allam.com/endeavour-series-viii/ Oh, here it is on Roger's website: https:/...
- Fri Aug 27, 2021 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: What Doesn't Happen At CH These Days?
- Replies: 118
- Views: 53522
Re: What Doesn't Happen At CH These Days?
I found the Brangwyn paintings distracting... I found Chapel distracting. We were lucky enough to be in the gallery and I used to read Tolkien during services. But I still had to stand up occasionally and mime hymns. From the gallery you’re spared most of the awfulness of the murals. What was awful...
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 2:03 am
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: What Doesn't Happen At CH These Days?
- Replies: 118
- Views: 53522
Re: What Doesn't Happen At CH These Days?
Yes, getting on for two centuries after Darwin and then Dawkins in recent times, how does faith religion hang on in there for the modern age? We've covered some of this on other threads about school chaplains. I used to enjoy bellowing out the old hymns with their wonderful chord changes but I didn...
- Thu Aug 26, 2021 1:56 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
So, what is right or wrong for corporal punishment is defined by place and time, rather like grooming, as you explained here: https://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?p=149627#p149627 So where and when would you prefer to send your children to school from a corporal punishment point of view? This...
- Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:55 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
What specific date? The specific date that it was banned, i suppose... So, what is right or wrong for corporal punishment is defined by place and time, rather like grooming, as you explained here: https://www.chforum.info/php/viewtopic.php?p=149627#p149627 Let's be clear, the only difference betwee...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:29 pm
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Ben Breakwell convicted of abuse
- Replies: 109
- Views: 231741
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:08 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 7:33 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
Do corporal punishment enthusiasts, practitioners, and apologists generally think that their own children should be beaten by strangers? Do they use corporal punishment themselves to this day? Were you beaten as a child, or just dropped on your head...? So - no problems having your children beaten ...
- Tue Aug 24, 2021 4:33 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
I once received 3 'cracks' from him for something I undoubtedly fully deserved Do corporal punishment enthusiasts, practitioners, and apologists generally think that there own children should be beaten by strangers? Do they use corporal punishment themselves to this day? Were you beaten as a child,...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 6:56 am
- Forum: Abuse cases and related discussions
- Topic: Who would you Shop?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 20372
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 3:27 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
This has descended into a fairly unsavoury slanging match which perhaps should be concluded. As far as I am concerned, Ken Grimshaw was one of the good guys, an excellent teacher and a good bloke all round. He was also a married man and strangely enough there is nothing wrong or odd about a straigh...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
- Topic: March 1990
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2120
Re: March 1990
Reading the farewell notes for R Rae, in the Summer 1990 Blue, RCP (trying to work out who he may have been), writes that Rae was Acting Head in March 1990 at a very dark hour in the School's history. Can anyone elucidate? RCP was Poulton. The dark hour would have been this: https://www.chforum.inf...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
Hi Ken, Thank you for posting here. A few questions which may be of general interest and helpful to some ex-pupils follow. Ken, were you acquainted with McCall at CH? I ask because you both went to Thailand at some point - McCall left CH suddenly after 'after being caught trying to lure a boy up to...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:09 am
- Forum: Stories, Reminiscing & Teacher/Pupil Memories
- Topic: Ken Grimshaw
- Replies: 57
- Views: 128841
Re: Ken Grimshaw
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREING...!!!!! I think that you mean: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORING...!!!!! This is the elongated form of boring. Do not feel bad, your English master probably departed at an inopportune moment, or failed to administer the correct amount of corporal punishment, for you to retain this in...