Wednesday March 10th
We have won another School Match defeating Eton by 5-2. Eton are big enough to run a Football Club as well as their other games hence the match. Anyhow we have won two out of three School Matches this year. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Sport
Monday March 8th
Graham and Marriott received their ‘Pinks’ after the match on Saturday so now we have two ‘pinks’ in the House I am glad to say. I nearly disgraced myself by gurgling out loud with amusement in ‘Hall’ today when I … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, Sport
Tagged Fagging, Fags, Graham, Guy Chapman, Marriott, Pinks, Smurthwaite
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Saturday March 6th
The thaw has come and pouring rain accompanied it. It has rained in sheets almost all day in spite of this over a hundred went down to Charterhouse today. I regret to say the School were beaten 2-1 after getting … Continue reading
Friday March 5th
I returned to civilized life this evening and came back into School. I only went in first hour this morning, however, as I still feel not quite right, nor did I go into School this afternoon but went on an … Continue reading
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Tagged 'flu, Charterhouse, Mrs Smurthwaite, Smurthwaite, Tate Gallery, Troutbeck, Water
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Monday March 1st, St DavidÔÇÖs Day
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
Posted in Local History, School Customs, Sport
Tagged ditch-leaping, Low, William Paley
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Wednesday February 24th
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
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Tagged Scis, The Globe, Vincent Square, Winchester College
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Saturday February 6th
The Doctor (Troutbeck) strongly discouraged my going to Tooting today to have tea with Forbes so in spite of sketches to show me the way which arrived this morning, I wired to say that I couldn’t come. Low wrote me … Continue reading
Posted in Food, School Customs, Sport
Tagged Ashburnham, Dr. Troutbeck, Forbes, Goodall, Ham, Jerrold, Low, Oxley
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Friday February 5th
I am really delighted to say we have won the first cup it was possible for us to win in my year of office. Our Junior Team today defeated College (1-0) and have thus won the Junior Cup. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, Health, Sport
Tagged Cargill, Clarke, College, Geoffrey Dearmer, Gordon Reed, Hobson, Hodgson, Mason, Minchin, Potter, Sargeaunt, Smurthwaite, Sorley, The Professor
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Tuesday January 26th
I stayed in again this morning, as I could quite as well work in the House as over in Library and as I wrote to Ward in sending him the notes of Deb. Soc. for the Elizabethan ‘the prospect of … Continue reading
Posted in Debating Society, Discipline, Health, Literature, Science, Sport
Tagged Barrington-Ward, Colquhoun, Debating Society, Dickson, Fives, Forbes, Gilman, Graham, Hobson, Literary Society, Milton, Minchin, Mrs Thresher, Natural History Society, Pemberton, Rawson, Shakespeare Society, The Elizabethan, The Professor, Whitmore
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Monday January 25th
My cold continuing bad I stayed in this morning and did not go out until 1:30… Later went to Forbes this afternoon who made us take lengthy notes all the afternoon which saved me from going to sleep. The rest … Continue reading
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Tagged Barrington-Ward, Forbes, Gordon Reed, Gow, Gow jnr, Guy Chapman, Hallward, Hobson, Minchin, The Professor, Whitmore, Wood
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