Some History
On my ceaseless ferreting for information about G S Reade and Holbrook history I re-found the following extract, which I post for your information. The original can be found at...
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And a bit more for you from:www.nmm.ac.uk/site/reques...500300f007How was the Hospital funded?A Royal Commission was set up to carry out Wren's plans. The diarist, John Evelyn was appointed Treasurer,...
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Logan I think it is blatantly obvious why we named you the researcher. Well done mate.Mickoff.
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Just for fun, you could look at this weird American site, everything2.com See if you can spot the non-deliberate mistake (it ain't difficult!). No prizes as I've run out of Goosegog-jam-inna-tube.'No...
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Stew very informative, though I was surprised to read that it was De Rigeur, to join the navy from the school, this must be a part of my life that has slipped my memory. I know I am in the early...
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You found the mistake then, Mike!I found it interesting that the CCf now consists of services other than just the Naval contingent. Can you imagine what the Naval Instrutors would have made of little...
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Stew,Alas the Seamanship room has long gone, its now full of cookers and things for Home Economics type lessons. TD block is still there but now used for pottery? type lessons. Wood and metal work...
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Stew.Very interesting American site. L.S.G.B.(RIP) will be saying "not one of my boys wrote that!!"On a point, the school's CCF (Combined Cadet Force) is exactly that. It has not been, to my knowledge...
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Ray -I wasn't being thick (for a change!). In this 'inclusive' age, I doubt that the school has much choice but to offer it's pupils access to all branches. But the CCF at RHS in my time, and no doubt...
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Hi, Stew.I don't recall a CCF in my time 47 - 51. I have just looked up my copy of the book by D.R.Morris. It says that the CCF was raised in 1960 by 3 assistant masters and 4 naval instructors as...
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Gentlemen.The building of Greenwich Royal Hospital took 15 years and King William III paid 2,000 per year towards the cost.King William's Court and Queen Anne's Court were made from bricks donated by...
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Hi Stew.Source for this particular bit of trivia is the video of the Tercentenary Parade & March Past at Greenwich.That was a great day with the whole School and two divisions of Old Boys (and one...
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Andycoincidentally I watched the video again this weekendDorothy didn't recognise me!It was a great day out(sorry folks, Dorothy's my wife!)
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Svelte as yourself old manand as for the looks, some of us mature with the keeping . . .Chin upand the other one!
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Hi Guys.An interesting, if not widely known fact;William of Orange faced an apparently insoluble legal dilemma when he sought the English crown in 1689 after the flight of James 2nd. Only Parliament...
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As I recall it, the CCF started in the early 1960s. Many of us wore khaki battledress with hobnail boots, but with naval berets for headgear, the badge was a crown and anchor design. I was told at the...
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Quote:I was told at the time that the deck crew on aircraftcarriers wore such a badge.Hi Rob,Good to see you are well and (likely) enjoying your retirement.You are right about the beret and badge,...
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