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Memories of Brighton College
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Correspondence -
Memories of Brighton College
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Written by Malcolm Faber (S 1975-80)
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
 This photo was recently found in the Faber archives! This is the CCF at RAF Waddington (home to the Vulcan bombers) in 1978 for a weeks camp! It may well be of interest to some. My memory is somewhat hazy, but as far as I can remember (please fill in the gaps), names as follows:
Top: Tony Whitestone, Chris Browne, ?, ?, Guy Cordery, Mr Allen
Middle: Kevin Roddy, Chris Bean, Richard Bacon,?,?, Steve Squibb
Bottom: ?, Simon Kaner, ?Eaton?, Malcolm Faber, Richard Nye
I remember it being extremely cold in the wilds of Lincolnshire, freezing on night exercises. There was some Girls Venture Corps up there at the same time who provided some light entertainment – one of them fainted with the cold at morning parade! |
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Correspondence -
Memories of Brighton College
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Written by Andrew "Tigger" Gray (BCJS. 1968-72, B.1972-75)
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Thursday, 18 June 2009 |
 I have just been led down memory lane by Martin D.J.Buss! I, too, went to BCJS 1968-72. The uncanny thing about reading his article is that many of the same teachers / Head Master were there when I arrived!
I have often thought that there was a lack of interest in the JS yet the Senior School would have been NOTHING without us Junior School graduates!
Inspired by Buss, in the near future, I will write my own memoirs of the BCJS. I'd also like to encourage Fiona to create a BCJS forum /corner / emailcenter type spot on the Pelican website. That way we can develop some more contacts and share the memories.
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Correspondence -
Memories of Brighton College
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Written by Tom Churcher (H. 1943-48)
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Monday, 19 June 2006 |
 In November 1942 an appointment had been made by my parents for me to be interviewed by the then Headmaster, Walter Hett. A daunting prospect for a 12 year old. We lived on the other side of Hove so Kemp Town was unknown to me but I did manage to get off the bus at the bottom of College Road. My first contact at the College was the then porter, Smart. On hearing that my appointment was at 11 o’clock he looked at the hall clock; it was ten past eleven! I can still see the look on Smart’s face. I don’t remember ever being late at school again in all of my 5½ years there.
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Correspondence -
Memories of Brighton College
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Written by Ernest L French (C. 1939-44)
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Monday, 01 January 2007 |
In August 1939 I had already got my uniform to go to King's College, Wimbledon, when my parents decided that war was imminent and that I should become a boarder at a school not close to London.
I arrived at Chichester House, Brighton College, a very few days after war was declared. Apart from drawing thick 'black out' curtains at dusk things were pretty much normal. I had to 'fag' for a couple of senior boys who had a study called 'hell', just inside the door from the quad. This entailed lighting their fire, running messages, dubbing their football boots, blancoing and cleaning the brass on their OTC uniforms. Prefects could beat with a slipper for minor offences.
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Correspondence -
Memories of Brighton College
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Written by (Rev) Richard Thornburgh (son of Mike "Spike" Thornburgh, geography master, BCJS)
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Sunday, 18 June 2006 |
 I have just come across the article by Martin Buss regarding his memories of the old Junior School on the south side of Eastern Road. He asks what became of the handbell that used to be rung. As far as I know it was still in use in the "next generation" Junior School in the old Convent of the Blessed Sacrament in Walpole Road up until the time my father retired from teaching in the early 1980's.
However, I do have another bell that used to hang in the corridor of the old Junior School, as well as a diamond-shaped piece of glass from the old leaded-light front door, as well as the brass door handle, all obtained by my father when the school moved. I also have some photographs that show parts of the exterior of the building, but not all of it.
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