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Ramos, Ramos, Ramos! was one thing I recall the headmaster chanting to himself as his gown billowed behind

I was one of 3 brothers at CH

FT Major
FT Minor
and
FT Minimus

Now the Ramos clan were so prolific at CH that the head was consternated (is that one of these invented words?)

And last Saturday the Arts Club was similarly taken over by a veritable STAMPEDE of the fantastic clan

Everywhere you looked there was a Ramos

Every generation of the family was there

And there was a strong contingent of recently departed, but still very much alive OBs who tried to take me on to some dingy hole on the Kings Road at 2 am

I escaped and lived to tell the tale

And even managed to get my family to the bockers and bodgers wood meeting near Lewes today

huntertitus wrote:Ramos, Ramos, Ramos! was one thing I recall the headmaster chanting to himself as his gown billowed behind

I was one of 3 brothers at CH

FT Major
FT Minor
and
FT Minimus

Now the Ramos clan were so prolific at CH that the head was consternated (is that one of these invented words?)

And last Saturday the Arts Club was similarly taken over by a veritable STAMPEDE of the fantastic clan

Everywhere you looked there was a Ramos

Every generation of the family was there

And there was a strong contingent of recently departed, but still very much alive OBs who tried to take me on to some dingy hole on the Kings Road at 2 am

I escaped and lived to tell the tale

And even managed to get my family to the bockers and bodgers wood meeting near Lewes today

Julian Ramos was in Maine A for my squits year.

Then there was <b>Adrian 'Tod' Ramos</b>, two years above me in Hunt B:

http://equestrianfineart.com/basket/CL_ ... ectionID=3

Plus <b>Ben Ramos</b>, one year below:

http://www.benramos.co.uk/pages/welcome.php

I actually managed to go through my entire time at CH without ever seeing a Ramos! Are they really so prevalent

How the hell did you miss them!

They were as prevalent in the 70's as the F-Ts

To be honest, it is really bugging me how I did manage to miss them from all the posts I have seen here. I think I still have one of those books they gave us every year detailing students, houses, forms masters etc. If I can find one I will have a look through it.

How did they name boys beyond three brothers in the school - you had Major, Minor and Minimus did you go into Unos, Duo, Tres, Quattuor (if I can remember the Latin for 1,2,3,4)?

It was not a catholic school

Some of the older teachers like Mr Eagle would call the boys major and minor but in the main they tried to stick to Surname, First initial and then second initial if needed.

huntertitus wrote:It was not a catholic school

I KNOW that!!

No need to get excited

Go and make a cup of tea

I've got one

Does wonders for frayed nerves

btw I was joking

huntertitus wrote:No need to get excited

Go and make a cup of tea

I've got one

Does wonders for frayed nerves

btw I was joking

Hardly excited - just capitals, no size change, no colour! It was a serious question - but perhaps the forum is not the place for that!

The Forum was my way of calming frayed nerves. I had just had the news that a close friend had been diagnosed with kidney cancer - and she was to play a key part in a big function I am organising for next week. I had just had a long phone conversation with her crying that she was letting me down, my replying her health was more important etc etc.

I was trying to gently pull your leg, if you pardon the expression - no offence meant at all and if taken my apologies

Sorry about your friend - that phone call must have been pretty depressing

Rex wrote:Then there was <b>Adrian 'Tod' Ramos</b>, two years above me in Hunt B:

http://equestrianfineart.com/basket/CL_ ... ectionID=3

Plus <b>Ben Ramos</b>, one year below:

http://www.benramos.co.uk/pages/welcome.php

Are you Rex as in Sweeney?

If so I remember you and got an invitation from you to attend a School Plat Re-union, I think for Indians. Unfortunately it arrived after the event

I would have tried to go if I had got the invitation earlier - did you go and did many people turn up?

huntertitus wrote:

Rex wrote:Then there was <b>Adrian 'Tod' Ramos</b>, two years above me in Hunt B:

http://equestrianfineart.com/basket/CL_ ... ectionID=3

Plus <b>Ben Ramos</b>, one year below:

http://www.benramos.co.uk/pages/welcome.php

Are you Rex as in Sweeney?

If so I remember you and got an invitation from you to attend a School Plat Re-union, I think for Indians. Unfortunately it arrived after the event

I would have tried to go if I had got the invitation earlier - did you go and did many people turn up?

Welcome back!

Presumably there have been many photo opportunities of late?