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by DavebytheSea
Mon Apr 01, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH ARMS AND THE SWORD
Replies: 26
Views: 8467

CH ARMS AND THE SWORD

Moving this topic to here to give it more prominence and hopefully get a reply. Do these changes need to be communicated to the College of Heralds?
by DavebytheSea
Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:00 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta
Replies: 7
Views: 2868

Re: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta

Dear John - glad you've confirmed. I will contact Mark with the good news.
:)
by DavebytheSea
Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:37 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta
Replies: 7
Views: 2868

Re: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta

Sorry not to have replied sooner - been on the boat all day. Judith spent 3 hours at the top of the mast fixing a new aerial and lights etc. She is no chicken, but feels none the worse after a whisky. Just done what you said and looked out of the window; there is a bit of a chop in the roads, but th...
by DavebytheSea
Fri Mar 22, 2013 8:54 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta
Replies: 7
Views: 2868

Re: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta

Maybe, maybe ..... but with less bottom, methinks. .... and I speak as one who has successfully navigated around the 75th milestone.
by DavebytheSea
Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:25 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta
Replies: 7
Views: 2868

Re: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta

Come on CH Forum people - an opportunity of a lifetime. 60 views, no replies, no takers. Posted this simultaneously here and on Facebook; so far, response on facebook much more active with 2 takers already booking up!
by DavebytheSea
Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta
Replies: 7
Views: 2868

Sailing to Cornwall for the OB Regatta

A great opportunity to sail aboard Mark Stevenson's magnificent yacht Outrageous from Gosport to Falmouth (and back again). The Head Master, John Franklin, will address Old Blues resident in the West Country (or visiting) and will inspect the yachts on on June 8th following luncheon at the shoreside...
by DavebytheSea
Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:30 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Our man at the Eastleigh by-election
Replies: 7
Views: 3056

Re: Our man at the Eastleigh by-election

As always, Mid A 15 writes calmly, objectively and sensibly. My own view (and I am a Moderator) is that, as Andy says, the non CH section of the forum is a good place for political debate. However in the case of the Eastliegh by-election, there is real Housey interest and therefore political observa...
by DavebytheSea
Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:29 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "The Blue 2012" - Oh Dear...
Replies: 60
Views: 17604

Re: "The Blue 2012" - Oh Dear...

It is good to see that Ian has focused on the magazine as a whole rather than just the position of the Broadie buckle as worn on the cover picture. We may all cavill at some detail (he refers to a missing full-stop and I have heard of an improper use of "it's" - thankfully not in a section...
by DavebytheSea
Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:24 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Any Questions?
Replies: 39
Views: 13749

Re: Any Questions?

I am sure you have heard about the 6 A's rule. Where if I don't get 6 A's at GCSE's then I have to leave the school. Well, not so very long before my time, the school seemed to recognise only two universities. Becoming a Grecian or Dep was a privilege reserved purely for those who were likely to ma...
by DavebytheSea
Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:08 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "The Blue 2012" - Oh Dear...
Replies: 60
Views: 17604

Re: "The Blue 2012" - Oh Dear...

While Jonathan was at CH (05-07), he tried to institute a new fashion requiring broadies worn with buckles to the fore - it had some support at the time, but the aft placement seems once again to be totally dominant. Incidentally, Jonathan has received his Blue - his opening comment was that the mag...
by DavebytheSea
Sun Feb 24, 2013 10:04 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: "The Blue 2012" - Oh Dear...
Replies: 60
Views: 17604

Re: "The Blue 2012" - Oh Dear...

I vaguely remember being told around the time of the merger that the higher up the school a boy was the lower he wore his belt, but as a mere Hertfordite what would I know. I only relay hearsay. True - but they are girdles not belts! ... and why is it that, while Hertfordites may comment on boys' b...
by DavebytheSea
Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Old Blues on You Tube...
Replies: 34
Views: 14791

Re: Old Blues on You Tube...

There are, of course, countless embarrassing videos of Old Blues recorded while they were still at school and which they would probably now like to forget! As it is a lifelong parental duty always to embarrass one's offspring, I offer up this: Jonathan with Tom Reinhold as deps in Peele A. http://ww...
by DavebytheSea
Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:50 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH and the Armed Services
Replies: 50
Views: 17443

Re: CH and the Armed Services

I should add that, initially, back in 1948 when I was a squit aged 8 in Prep B, relations between myself and Bawtree seem to have been a trifle strained. My 'Housey Alphabet' of February that year and sent home to my parents, went something like: 'A is for Art School where we sometimes work, and B i...
by DavebytheSea
Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:43 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH and the Armed Services
Replies: 50
Views: 17443

Re: CH and the Armed Services

In the long and distinguished lists above, no mention is made of Rear-Admiral David Bawtree CB DL BSc (Eng) CEng FIMechE FIET FRSA. David retired from the Royal Navy in 1993 from his appointment as Flag Officer and Naval Base Commander Portsmouth, where he was particularly responsible for the repair...
by DavebytheSea
Wed Feb 13, 2013 5:08 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: John Franklin in Cornwall
Replies: 0
Views: 2261

John Franklin in Cornwall

The Head Master will be visiting Flushing on June 8 to meet Cornwall and Devon OBs over lunch. As we all know, Flushing is the unspoiled jewel of the Cornish coast and OBs from elsewhere looking for a few days in this marvellous area surrounded by the gentle waters of the Fal estuary and within sigh...