Davebythesea is closing in

Ruthie-Baby(old a/c) · Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:54 am

Scone Lover wrote:I turned up at CH, a shy only child who was frighteningly innocent to the ways of the world. My mum had covered me in cotton wool since my father died (Iwas 6 months old) and so I thought that everything that happened to me was unique.
Imagine my shock when I found that there were other people who shared my birthday and that one of them was my nurse-maid!
Add to that the fact that at CH everyone gets to punch you the same number of times that is your house number on your birthday. How charming is that! Thank the Gods of fortune that I was Maine B 7.

I think I was sent to CH because I was a shy only child.

Like you I learned fast...

Lucky Col B didn't have the same punching routine because I was Col B 49!

blondie95 · Post by **blondie95** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:37 pm

I went as a very niave girl who didnt think she was much to look at or talk to.....now look what happpend-you cant shut me up

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:26 pm

In my day the shyest of the kids often seemed to have the hardest time

I was totally ignorant of the facts of life as was my poor brother and in those days someone would inevitably come up to you on your first day and ask if you are a prostitute

My bro said yes and had to endure people screaming "Prosty Thomson Tuppence-a-go!" at him during rugger matches. For some reason I gave the correct answer. It was a 50-50 chance for both of us.

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:34 pm

When I was there you spent the first 3 years in junior houses

Leigh Hunt A / B
Maine A / B
Barnes A / B

Then you went up to senior houses

Lamb A / B
Coleridge A / B
Middleton A / B
Thornton A / B
Peele A / B

Luckily birthday punching didn't continue in senior end, I was Mid B 32

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:01 pm

Same for me and my 2 brothers

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:06 pm

How far apart in age are you and your brothers?

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:08 pm

Scone Lover wrote:When I was there you spent the first 3 years in junior houses

Leigh Hunt A / B
Maine A / B
Barnes A / B

Then you went up to senior houses

A strange aberration in the school's educational thinking that lasted even a shorter time than sending the girls off to Hertford for a bit.

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:11 pm

what was the score when you were there?

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:17 pm

Scone Lover wrote:what was the score when you were there?

thirty-six nil.

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:23 pm

I thought you said you don't make jokes

DavebytheSea · Post by **DavebytheSea** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:29 pm

Scone Lover wrote:I thought you said you don't make jokes

I don't. I have this on the highest authority from Warren Mitchell (Alf Garnett) himself:

viewtopic.php?p=14718&highlight=jokes#14718

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:54 pm

Scone Lover wrote:How far apart in age are you and your brothers?

Oldest Nov 5 1955
Me Sep 15 1958
Youngest Sep 15 1960

Scone Lover · Post by **Scone Lover** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:55 pm

that puts your youngest brother on my year then! I was at CH with your brother?

cj · Post by cj » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:00 pm

huntertitus wrote:Oldest Nov 5 1955
Me Sep 15 1958
Youngest Sep 15 1960

Was it a pain having to share a birthday with your youngest brother?

huntertitus · Post by **huntertitus** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:00 pm

Go to memberlist at the top of the page

Click on total posts

Look at number 21

That's my little brother

Theres a sort of corpse there too

Your first incarnation

And you will not tell why you are in your second one now, will you!