Latest CH items on Ebay

cj · Post by cj » Fri Jan 12, 2007 3:55 pm

It looks rather charming. Are you going to bid for it, Kerren? I'm quite tempted.

sport! · Post by **sport!** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:53 pm

I thought so too - good luck cj!

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:27 pm

Hmmmm
There's this facility called 'auctionsniper' where one's maximum bid is hidden and only applied automatically at the last moment.. if one wins, one gets the item.
You might deduce my position from the fact that I have found out a little about this item.....
Though what sort of pendant, who knows. I have not got that far... Maybe this benefactor's presentees wore them (but he is not likely to have had 48 presentees...)

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:38 pm

Have just found out a bit more :-

It is a leave token (described as â€˜as at Hertfordâ€™) which beadles would issue to children when leaving the premises (presumably the children leaving). That would account for the number mark perhaps, on the edge.

And I do collect Hertford memorabilia!

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:11 pm

Do I understand that it is already in Littlehampton? Is that where you are Kerren? (I know you are bidding not selling)

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:31 pm

Yes it is in Littlehampton, Katharine!
So if perchance the successful bidder is also in Littlehampton, maybe they can save postage and collect.....

Watch this space!

sport! · Post by **sport!** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:25 am

Â£129.99

that fetched a good price!

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:42 am

Out of my range!
The successful bidder also paid a lot of money recently for an Edmund Blunden book.

sport! · Post by **sport!** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:31 pm

kerrensimmonds wrote:Out of my range!
The successful bidder also paid a lot of money recently for an Edmund Blunden book.

oh yes....and this history of CH Hertford ....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0057534761

kerrensimmonds · Post by **kerrensimmonds** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:38 pm

What he/she paid for that was a reasonable price - though the book itself is not rare or hard to find anyway. I have had a copy for 40 years and more.
There are many copies of the Blunden book in the Museum at Horsham.
I wonder if he/she knows exactly what the 'pendant' really is? Again its not particularly rare (there are at least four in the Museum) and I would not have thought warranted Â£129 (though I found myself getting silly and bidding at Â£100!). eBaying is a compulsive game if one is not careful...

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:08 pm

Anyone fancy a CH desk?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHRISTS-HOSPITAL- ... dZViewItem

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:38 pm

Did our desks have the CH logo? I really don't remember that, but otherwise it looks just like ours - except I don't think the seats folded.

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:15 am

It does say it was from Horsham

Our desks were all wood IIRC

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:00 am

Arr ! What memories.

Those desks were certainly in use during my time at school. Ink well, top right hand corner. We were allowed our own fountain pens, but Biro's were DEFINITELY a No-No !

I can't recall a school logo. Some of the seats folded up, and some didn't if memory serves.

Â£10 seems a bargain to me

Katharine · Post by **Katharine** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:55 pm

englishangel wrote:Our desks were all wood IIRC

AFAIR, ours had a similar metal frame.