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by Foureyes
Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:36 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Pongo - Eric Littlefield
Replies: 34
Views: 18521

Re: Pongo - Eric Littlefield

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...
by Foureyes
Thu Dec 10, 2020 8:09 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 83
Views: 25563

Re: Brexit

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 :shock:
by Foureyes
Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:47 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 83
Views: 25563

Re: Brexit

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...
by Foureyes
Tue Dec 08, 2020 10:27 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 83
Views: 25563

Re: Brexit

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...
by Foureyes
Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:08 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Brexit
Replies: 83
Views: 25563

Re: Brexit

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...
by Foureyes
Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:36 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Trump - I don't wanna go!
Replies: 28
Views: 14415

Re: Trump - I don't wanna go!

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...
by Foureyes
Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:13 pm
Forum: General Chat - Non CH
Topic: Trump - I don't wanna go!
Replies: 28
Views: 14415

Re: Trump - I don't wanna go!

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...
by Foureyes
Tue Oct 27, 2020 8:36 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Replies: 10
Views: 3627

Re: INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

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...
by Foureyes
Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Replies: 10
Views: 3627

Re: INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

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...
by Foureyes
Thu Oct 22, 2020 7:34 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Replies: 10
Views: 3627

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

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....
by Foureyes
Tue Oct 20, 2020 4:57 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Roger Allam in Radio Times
Replies: 62
Views: 32136

Re: Roger Allam in Radio Times

".. .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...
by Foureyes
Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:59 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Going nuts at CH
Replies: 25
Views: 11052

Re: Going nuts at CH

" 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. ...
by Foureyes
Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:49 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Going nuts at CH
Replies: 25
Views: 11052

Re: Going nuts at CH

"...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...
by Foureyes
Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:12 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Disabilities 50s, 60s
Replies: 10
Views: 2879

Re: Disabilities 50s, 60s

There was a boy in the same house as me with a deformed hand. He was a very nice guy and, to the best of my recollection, his disability was never an issue, nor indeed a subject for discussion, for any reason. In fact, there was one matter for which we envied him, because he had a watch as the strap...
by Foureyes
Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:36 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Article about the Tube
Replies: 12
Views: 4694

Re: Article about the Tube

Many years ago and in a different existence I was the official keeper of the list of 'holes-in-the-ground.' From that I learnt two things. The first was that there were many more such holes than the public knew about, although most have since been declassified. The second was that there could be man...