Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

I supposei should have beene grateful for any recognitition, even if my "knocks" inadvetantly triggered a horrific blast from the past!
Cheers mate it was good to meet such a venerable contributor to this forum
We'll make sure we catch up next time

Dear KOBs I am presenting here an account of our third meeting held at the White Rabbit, Maidstone on the Wednesday 9th of March 2011. The format was the same as before and the meeting was well attended by 19 OBs and I had received 8 apologies for absence. Unfortunately I heard the sad news that Ton...

Annabelle,
Thanks for posting the update on the Poland siblings. Sorry it has ended so sadly for both of them. at least you had a catch up opportunity will Gill. Makes one count ones blessings.

I am pleased to announce that our first meeting, was held at The White Rabbit, Maidstone, between 12:00 (noon) and 3.00pm on Tuesday 27th July 2010 and it was a great success. There were in total 35 attendees 27 from Kent, 7 from East Sussex and Margaret Wadman from the CHA. At the venue we were all...

Call for a Meeting Dear COBs Firstly I must apologise for not being anything like as proactive as I had originally intended, however my best laid plans were thrown into disarray by a number of events culminating in my being made redundant at the end of May. However there is an up-side, as I am no lo...

J.R. wrote:Did anyone else see his London concert on television last night ?

WHAT a performer.

I can't believe I've never listened to his music before.

I'M SOLD !!!!!!!!!

"Ditto"
Thanks JR, for the pointer - just watched it on BBC I player - fantastic!!

I don't think Clarence was at Newgate Street, although he did write a book called "Christ's Hospital, the last years in London" Someone somewhere said that Clarence and Kirby were contemporaries, or have I got that wrong? The only Old Blue I remember seeing who had been in London was Barn...

Yes Robin Case was an OB and was my House Tutor in LHA in 1978-1980. He left to become a Housemaster at Shrewesbury but may have retired by now... Good cricketer. First X1 captain if I remember rightly. Grandad Plum will confirm as he would have been playing in the first X1 at that time. I can cofi...

Dear Kent Old Blues COBs I am writing to you as the new organiser of the Kent Section of the CHA (COBS). I have agreed to take up the baton passed to me by my predecessor Geoffrey Tillotson. I hope that with your approval and help, together we can revive this section of the CHA. This news has now be...

I know there are a few of us in the Kent area and more specfically the Maidstone part! I know there is a Kent OB's but I thought maybe us forum members in Kent if you were up for it could have a little get together-put faces (and for those of us with faces on our profiles here...bodies). What do yo...

This recession whilst possibly the worst since the great crash of 1929, is showing the same signs as all the other recessions within the last 40 years, companies are using it as an excuse to dump staff and impose unreasonable working consditions on those who remain employed. The company I work for h...

WARNING My wife and I got our 10 year reminders through in late December 08 We submitted our completed forms along with new colour passport photos on 12 Jan 09 On 19 Jan 09 we received our new photo ID licences along with the paper counterparts The quality of the douments was so bad that we returne...

Again and again we see "Helf an Saifty" being pilliaried as a result of over cautious, risk averse goody two shoes types who seem totally detached from the real world. Health and Safety is extremely important and should be implemented effectively and efficiently. Unfortunately it is very e...

Such tragic news. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this very painful time. Robs' achievements, to date, far exceeded his years, a legacy which few could emulate.

The injustices highlighted by this system of public recognition should not be used to denegrate the efforts of some of the recipients. I agree that that there seems to be an inversion of values when assessing the contribution of award recipients. Chris Hoy and co deserve our praise and thanks for pe...