Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

Of course, as attitudes at boarding schools have rapidly changed over the years, then perhaps the divorce rates would also change accordingly...

going back to the matter orignally at hand, when I was at the school (1992-1999), there was only one openly gay girl and no boys... A number of my contemporaries have since 'come out'...

Hi

Going back to Dawn French....

It should be remembered that Dawn was a "Forces Brat"!!! I left Hertford at 14 and went to a large co-ed BFES school in Germany, on a barracks, with breaktimes often enhanced by views of fit young squaddies drilling, playing sports, or just topping up their tans on the playing field perimeter.

HUGE culture shock! but great fun once I got into the swing of things a little.

I have to say that my fellow pupils were 500 times less inhibited than I was, and before too long nothing surprised me as the swinging Sixties came to an end

Luckily we girls didn't need to practise kissing skills on one another, as there was no shortage of members of the opposite sex willing to lend a hand with any such studies!

Liz

Liz Jay wrote:Hi

Going back to Dawn French....

It should be remembered that Dawn was a "Forces Brat"!!! I left Hertford at 14 and went to a large co-ed BFES school in Germany, on a barracks, with breaktimes often enhanced by views of fit young squaddies drilling, playing sports, or just topping up their tans on the playing field perimeter.

HUGE culture shock! but great fun once I got into the swing of things a little.

I have to say that my fellow pupils were 500 times less inhibited than I was, and before too long nothing surprised me as the swinging Sixties came to an end

Luckily we girls didn't need to practise kissing skills on one another, as there was no shortage of members of the opposite sex willing to lend a hand with any such studies!

Liz

Perhaps a bad choice of words, Liz !!

OH JR !!!------

JR - To the pure all things ....etc etc

At the tender and grumpy age of 63, I don't think PURE enters the equation !

J.R. wrote:At the tender and grumpy age of 63, I don't think PURE enters the equation !

John, somehow your age and CH dates don't seem to tie up; I left 2 years before you and I feel well on my way to (I can't mention it )

JR left after O levels and I believe his birthday is July or thereabouts so he would have only just been 16, born in 1947.

now...a lady should never divulge a gentleman's age (or have I that the wrong way round???)

Back to my wicked self!!

Talking of being behind.....I've just listened to Abba's Andante Andante (which I've listened to many times) and got a totally different meaning to the words
after all these years!!

OH CHRISTOPHER!!!

I'll say no more or I'll

englishangel wrote:JR left after O levels and I believe his birthday is July or thereabouts so he would have only just been 16, born in 1947.

Born 9th June 1947.

Entered Prep B January 1958.

Took 'O' Levels in 1963, and then ran like hell, straight into the Surrey 'Plod' , (for employment purposes, I hasten to add) !!

I trust this will settle any dispute.

I was only a month out!

JR - I am shocked!! From some of your 'curmudgeonly' responses, I had believed you to be much older!! My husband was born in 1942 and he is VERY youthful in his outlook!!

Kim2s70-77 wrote:JR - I am shocked!! From some of your 'curmudgeonly' responses, I had believed you to be much older!! My husband was born in 1942 and he is VERY youthful in his outlook!!

It's called irony !

I probably get on better with my Grand-Childrens friends better than people of my own generation.

However, Peter Pan, I am NOT !!

I don't think that's uncommon - teenagers seem to understand me better than anyone!!!
I've been described as a 'legend' and 'really really cool' and they often say 'why cant my parents be like you'!
I privately reckon that they think if they are ice to me then they can have one over on me......wrong!!