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Disorganised1
Coventry
526 of 1450  Fri 11th Sep 2015 2:07pm  

On 10th Sep 2015 3:29pm, Midland Red said:
On 10th Sep 2015 1:46pm, Disorganised1 said: Hales was Sir John Hales, an early benefactor of the school and the man who made the bet with King Henry upon which the school was founded.
Roll eyes Not sure John Hales was ever knighted, or that the school came about as the result of a bet Oh my
Oh dear MR ~ do you not know what the school badge represents ? Hales and King Henry were out on a hunt. Hales was trying to convince Henry to provide funding for the school, and vain though Henry was he wouldn't agree. Just then a deer appeared from out of the woods, and Hales said that he could hit the deer with a thrown arrow. Henry said that if he could then he would fund the school. Hales threw and missed, threw again and missed, but then hit the deer with the thrown arrow. Thus the badge which depicts 3 arrows and the arm at the top to show they were thrown. (You may be right about the knighthood.)
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Midland Red

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527 of 1450  Fri 11th Sep 2015 2:54pm  

Nope! Not heard that before Oh my
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bohica
528 of 1450  Fri 11th Sep 2015 4:52pm  
Off-topic / chat  

heathite
Coventry
529 of 1450  Fri 11th Sep 2015 6:01pm  

Wikipedia says; Religioni et reipublicae. (For religion and for public affairs)
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MisterD-Di
Sutton Coldfield
530 of 1450  Fri 11th Sep 2015 7:19pm  

On 11th Sep 2015 2:07pm, Disorganised1 said: Hales and King Henry were out on a hunt....
I have certainly heard that story before. I'm sure it was told when I was at school and I've heard it comparatively recently too. Possibly even on this forum. No idea if it was true or just a tale though.
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Slim
Another Coventry kid
531 of 1450  Sat 12th Sep 2015 2:15pm  

An elderly neighbour of mine, who attended at least two schoolboy generations before I did, can still sing the words of Coventria: "Henry the king, John Hales the clerk..." I believe they all had to learn it, as we later had to with "let us now praise famous men". I bumped into JBV a few months before he died. I was (re)introduced by name, and he immediately responded with "you were in Whites". He could remember every boy's house, even if nothing else, after several decades. Amazing.
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bohica
coventry
532 of 1450  Sat 12th Sep 2015 5:04pm  

I don't ever remember a school song either. I really wonder if I was asleep all the time, totally disinterested, or that these things had stopped by the late 60s?
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Roger T
Torksey
533 of 1450  Sat 12th Sep 2015 9:02pm  

On 12th Sep 2015 2:15pm, Slim said: An elderly neighbour of mine, who attended at least two schoolboy generations before I did, can still sing the words of Coventria: ....
I`m what`s supposed to be called "elderly" - what`s this "Coventria" stuff School song? I was singing. "We are the school at the top of the hill that Henry the king did will" Cannot remember how the rest went!! Us at the back sang "We are the dump at the top of the hump that Henry the chump did will" Incidentally re "Houses" somebody on TV the other day said he was a housemaster and the comment was "Oh! he`s Posh"
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MisterD-Di
Sutton Coldfield
534 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 12:14am  

On 12th Sep 2015 5:04pm, bohica said: I don't ever remember a school song either. I really wonder if I was asleep all the time, totally disinterested, or that these things had stopped by the late 60s?
I was there in the 60s and we were certainly forced to learn the school song, probably in the first year. I think we were even tested on the words. I promptly forgot it afterwards. I'm sure it was sung on Founder's Day, but I only attended that once and gave it a swerve in subsequent years. The school song never seemed to crop up again at any point.
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Bags
Saltash
535 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 8:10am  

I was there from '69 to '75 and there was definitely no school song then. In fact I'd never even heard of until it came up on here.
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Midland Red

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536 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 8:30am  

Left in '63 - definitely made to learn it Only recall attending one Founders Day service, in Old Cathedral - probably sang it there, but don't really remember
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bohica
coventry
537 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 11:57am  

Ernie Shaw, 'Pope' Harris and Herbie Walker are the only ones I remember 'teaching' RE. Joe Soap used to make us read from the bible during our Friday morning form meeting IIRC.
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Midland Red

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538 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 1:03pm  

I recall the "Holy Joe" epithet, and I would say it referred to Ernie Shaw, who took us for RE in Room 14 Oh my Didn't he play the piano in assembly?
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Beesman
Cornwall
539 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 1:42pm  

You're correct MR, Ernie Shaw did tinkle the ivories during assembly. He also taught German 'A' Level as well as 'Scripture'.
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Midland Red

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540 of 1450  Sun 13th Sep 2015 1:45pm  

Of course! It was never "RE", always known as "Scripture" Roll eyes
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