by Brian Gumm (1940-45) Brian Gumm (1940-45) writes: Looking back over some sixty years or more, my recollection of the COHS in war time was surprise that the process of education proceeded in a more or less orderly fashion with few interruptions due to the war raging across Europe. This I am sure was not… Continue reading COHS in Wartime 1940-45
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Three Memories
from Jim Fleetwood (1946-51) Jim Fleetwood (1946-51) writes: “I was just looking, quickly, over the COSA website and thought I would pass on a few memories from my schooldays. These are, in fact, culled from correspondence with Mike (Jeff) Jeffery. The vague “We” is used to protect the not-so-innocent. 1) In Form 1A(? – we… Continue reading Three Memories
Harry Jacques
by John Stockford (left 1944) John Stockford of Redwood City, California writes: “Thanks for the Update …all very interesting. I didn’t recognise the refurbished Chemistry lecture lab where I once saw Harry Jacques set fire to himself after dropping some phosphorus on the floor and then scuffing it with his shoe. The flames shot up… Continue reading Harry Jacques
Mr McCready
by Bryan Beames (1945-50) Bryan Beames (1945-50) of Fielding, New Zealand 5600, writes: “Thanks for the update on the web. I had hoped to see a reference to Mr. McCready at some stage and also to the student teachers about whom I wrote some time ago. As I said at the time, one of the… Continue reading Mr McCready
COHS in the late 1940s
by Bryan Beames (1945-50) Bryan Beames (1945-50), now living in New Zealand, reminisces: Living in Cowley (I knew Alan Trinder who lived in the next street) I attended St. Christopher’s School and passed the scholarship exam, the last time it was held I believe before it became the 11 plus exam. My parents duly received… Continue reading COHS in the late 1940s
The Wilson Boys
by Chris Wilson (1951-57) Chris Wilson (1951-57) writes: “I am particularly pleased to read the list of School Officers 1958-59 on page 11 of N1 featuring my younger brother, Peter Gradwell Wilson, as School Captain and House Captain of Lawrence House. Peter and I were born in India and set sail with our parents from… Continue reading The Wilson Boys
The COHS Double Bass
by Philip Gammage (1947-54) Philip Gammage (1947-54) writes: “Does anyone know what happened to the COHS Double bass? I played it (on loan from school) until 1954, when I left school. It was a plain ‘German style” four string bass, with sloping shoulders and a flat back…no provenance inside. It had been played before me… Continue reading The COHS Double Bass
George ‘George’ Wright
COHS in Wartime 40-45 Brian Gumm writes: “It is strange the things that stick in one’s memory after sixty years. Not so much to do with the school curricula but the extra topics such as George Wright’s lectures on poison gases. How many of you remember the effects of phosgene or chlorine? Obviously for me,… Continue reading George ‘George’ Wright