A heavy fall of snow has rendered all the labour of preparing the slide useless! Everything is so buried in snow one wonders whether it will ever come out again. We also had one of the blackest fogs I remember … Continue reading
One of those stupid little difficulties arose today which are so annoying and hard to deal with. Rigaud’s use in their yard a very superior leather ball which is not inexpensive and which they kicked on to our roof. Cowie, … Continue reading
Except perhaps Low, I back I was the only Westminster boy who gave a thought to St David’s Day and yet 50 years ago it was a red-letter day at Westminster. The day on which ditch-leaping was indulged in and … Continue reading
An entirely uneventful day for I stayed in all day and nobody came. We have thick snow here tonight and quite a bad snow-storm this afternoon. I feel coldified so I shall write no more.
The cold continues, Hobson, Pemberton and Graham made a slide down Yard this morning before breakfast on which they amused themselves. How great a thing is fame; Tomlinson received a request from an unknown correspondent for his autograph today as … Continue reading
An even bleaker day. Barrington-Ward retired ‘out-of-school’ this morning apparently with ‘flu. Our patients are better; Hodgson, Shore and Smurthwaite went out today and came down Hall for lunch and tea. We all but finished ‘The Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in … Continue reading
A bleak and miserable day, bitterly cold and inclined to snow. Nothing of any interest has happened today, Brown has joined the majority with ‘flu.
At last we have broken the run of ill-luck and won a School Match, defeating Winchester this afternoon by 3-2. It was good to be alive and see the enthusiasm, we yelled, we bawled, we waved out hats and shrieked … Continue reading
We had Prep at 7.30 today instead of 7.15, no fresh cases this morning… A much shortened 3rd hour owing to the Pancake, the bell going at 12.30 and for once in a way I had a good view of … Continue reading
‘The School is completely decimated scarcely a man remaining’ to quote a pleasing misuse of words. In 9 years’ experience I never remember so few people in Abbey as there were this morning. While saying the long Creed one could … Continue reading