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Share your memories and stories from the Hertford Christ's Hospital School, which closed in 1985, when the two schools integrated to the Horsham site....
AKAP wrote:Having played and enjoyed both rugby and hockey, it was hockey that gave me my only real injury. Fractured ribs, elbow and a memory of looking up at a ring of faces and the realisation that youv'e stopped breathing and no concious effort would start the breathing off again.
Police rugby was an eye opener, everyone wanted to have a dig at you (I wonder why).
Having played rugby against a lot of police sides as a student I can confirm that police sides dished it out too.
I do remember Chemi T (Mary Thompson) turning out for the staff versus school hockey match wearing brogues, a tweed skirt and brandishing a hurley (hurling?) stick well above shoulder height. Now SHE would have put the fear of God into Haileybury boys.
Would have made a good fast bowler too if her speed and aim with the board rubber was anything to go by.
When I played rugby we had the Kent County prop in our team. We played an annual "friendly" hockey match against the ladies hockey club.
My mate John, the prop, bore down on this tall willowy centre half and I closed my eyes wondering what would happen to her. When I opened them John was poleaxed on the ground surrounded by concerned players from both teams!
This was a guy that could carry almost a whole rugby pack over the try line on the charge from short range.
Mid A 15 wrote:Having played rugby against a lot of police sides as a student I can confirm that police sides dished it out too.
I did play with a second row forward who always seemed to be in a fight.
He was a mounted policeman and I met him at a football match. His horse broke wind whilst I was talking to him and started to head-butt passing football fans.
What do they say about dogs and their masters.
Sorry, Euterpe13, we'll let you have your bit of the forum back soon.
Euterpe13 wrote:Were you at Hertford when Jo Sutton was there ? She was an amazing spin bowler, deadly to face , and I can remember at one of the Fathers's match in the summer when the F.Captain asked Aunty Dot if Jo could bowl underarm because they were getting a bit nervous....
I well remember Jo. She was pretty good at all sports - but I don't think she swam. Our champion swimmer was called Delphine - some form of prescience by her parents if it really does mean Dolphin.
Incidentally I don't remember 6s saying Aunty Dot, it was always just DR. The only part of her confirmation classes I remember is her saying that she washed out her kit on Sundays after International matches. It obviously didn't count as work if it had been an international!!!
Katharine wrote:Incidentally I don't remember 6s saying Aunty Dot, it was always just DR. The only part of her confirmation classes I remember is her saying that she washed out her kit on Sundays after International matches. It obviously didn't count as work if it had been an international!!!
When did the name Aunty Dot start?
DR played a pretty fierce game of hockey in my time-I was glad I wasa no good at games when I saw her with a hockey stick in her hands.
I did however have the misfortune to umpire (twice) for Miss Blench in the staff v school tennis match. I can't remember who had the bad luck to partner her, or how the opposing school pair kept from laughing, but har swooping underarm serve was like something from ancient history book.
