Yes can you remember the partially warmed rolls, filled with a slab of butter?  And what about those terrifying thin sausages.  Cold wheatabix?  YAK.

This is a place where I will put anything you write about the school.  (No matter that it is)

On the left are some articles to poke you into remembering.  Here is an article by me.

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I remember the chess.  On sundays you were allowed to take one of the chess sets to the library to play against someone.  (Those weird plastic ones that all fit together to make a tube)

Remember what happened if you lost a bit?

I bet you do, if you did lose a piece.

Hurt didn't it.

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Assembly, remember it?  Remember having to polish your shoes to a shine on a morning before line up?  Remember what happened if they weren't shiny enough?  (Sigh)

They did the BIG punishments in assembly.  In you were in big trouble, Manifold would go and get you about half way though, and you would be flogged in front of the entire school.  I imagine that it was quite psychologically damaging.  Imagine if they did that to YOUR kids in their schools today.  What would you have to say about that?

Do you remember what you got flogged with?  I can list several by teacher.

Patrick Manifold:

A rubber plimsol

A training shoe

A rugby boot

Mr Burton:

A running shoe, a plimsol and a boat oar (honestly).

Mr Boswell:

A split cane

I bet you remember now eh.

When did you get your first flogging?

I was 7.  How old were you?  Probably the same if you were there as a junior.

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This is a good one:

I remember being in the boys Dorm one night, and we were talking (MASSIVE CRIME) after lights out.  Manifold appeared, and demanded a slipped to give 6 of the best to everyone.  The first one to deliver a slipper only got 4. 

There were no friends when you were in that situation.  I remember that was the day that I first heard 'Video Killed the Radio Star' on a radio.

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How old were you when you did your first Cross Country?  Probably about 6 or 7?  I bet you were.

I bet you couldn't do it now either.

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Do you remember standing outside the staffroom waiting for punishment? 

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Have you noticed there were a lot of punishments at DHS.  I wonder why that was?

Oh the naughty things we did. 

What did YOU do on pranks day, apart from cry with relief at the thought of being able to finally go home?

Do you remember when a boy was nailed to the floor of a dorm with darts through his hands and feet?

Do you remember underage smoking?  I remember seeing one of my mates, aged about 8, smoking fag dumps from behind the cricket shed.