Imagine misspelling that...MKM wrote:Also, was there a history teacher called Mrs Topliss who had a daughter Fiona at the school?
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That does ring a very vague bell. I don't think the mother taught history to the seniors because Miss Mercer did that. Did she teach second and third forms?MKM wrote:Also, was there a history teacher called Mrs Topliss who had a daughter Fiona at the school?
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Mrs Topliss taught us Roman history in my first year (the third form), starting with Romulus and Remus. We drew lots of maps and diagrams with little stick figures: red for the Romans, blue for the Britons.Katharine wrote:That does ring a very vague bell. I don't think the mother taught history to the seniors because Miss Mercer did that. Did she teach second and third forms?MKM wrote:Also, was there a history teacher called Mrs Topliss who had a daughter Fiona at the school?
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Topliss is an unusual name.MKM wrote:Mrs Topliss taught us Roman history in my first year (the third form), starting with Romulus and Remus. We drew lots of maps and diagrams with little stick figures: red for the Romans, blue for the Britons.Katharine wrote:That does ring a very vague bell. I don't think the mother taught history to the seniors because Miss Mercer did that. Did she teach second and third forms?MKM wrote:Also, was there a history teacher called Mrs Topliss who had a daughter Fiona at the school?
There were two brothers called Topliss at Horsham in my time one of whom, Sean, was a demon fast bowler and not a bad inside centre either.
Did Mrs Topliss have any other children do you know? Apart from your friend Fiona of course!
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Not as far as I know, I also think she only had one s, as in Toplis.
I am surprised you cannot remember Mary, I thought Fiona was in 6's. Where is Alex when you need her?
I am surprised you cannot remember Mary, I thought Fiona was in 6's. Where is Alex when you need her?
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during 75-80 at Hertford we had 1 DAY pupil - her mother taught something (I can't remember) she was put in 1's and went home to do her prep - I can't remember her name - but I do remember thinking it very odd to be a DAY girl in a school that ONLY did BOARDING!
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But we didn't play lacrosse! (Hockey was bad enough...)MKM wrote:icomefromalanddownunder wrote:Hi Katharine
During my time we had someone join 6s for the 6th form. I can't remember her name, but can visualise her sitting opposite me in the Day Room - short blond hair and a very competent lacrosse player. Have no idea how or why she ended up at CH, but I have a feeling that she didn't see out the two years.
Alex, Liz, Mary, Munch - do you remember?
Also, was there a history teacher called Mrs Topliss who had a daughter Fiona at the school?
In I's, Mrs Toplis's daughter Fiona (Flea) was in the Second Form when I was new in the Third Form. Fiona Toplis was professionally naughty, fazed by nothing, not even Millie. Terrific fun. I believe she left after that year! What a loss.
I was the last left in my two V1 Form years. I felt lonely. Alison Stilliard, Josephine Maude and Janessa Fletcher all left at the end of the UV, but then they didn't like me because I'd been in the "A" form... No new V1 former in 6s, definitely. 5s were over populated in the Study, and Frances Holmes expressed a wish to join me in 6s - but it wasn't allowed.
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Angela Woodford wrote:But we didn't play lacrosse! (Hockey was bad enough...)
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We didn't (as in, the school didn't) but the person I referred to did - at perhaps county level. I can't remember whether she was allowed 'out' to continue playing during her time at CH.
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When we began in the LV a new girl was admitted - Mary Bailey, who went into 1s to join Carolynn. She became a great mate, settled in fast and took up the way of life as if she'd always been with us.
It must have been really strange taking up an enclosed life well into her teens!
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When we began in the LV a new girl was admitted - Mary Bailey, who went into 1s to join Carolynn. She became a great mate, settled in fast and took up the way of life as if she'd always been with us.
It must have been really strange taking up an enclosed life well into her teens!
(Caroline, I've checked out your banana passionflower in a reference book - it's fantastic - as you say, a beautiful red.)
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She could swim five lengths then ........Eruresto wrote:Imagine misspelling that...MKM wrote:Also, was there a history teacher called Mrs Topliss who had a daughter Fiona at the school?
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