Old Blues VE Day INFORMATION & ACTIVITIES - 16 May 2020 10.00 16.00 - Christ's Hospital
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Old Blues VE Day
16 May 2020
10.00 - 16.00
INFORMATION & ACTIVITIES
Welcome Old Blues, families and friends to Christ’s Hospital for Old Blues ‘VE’
Day 2020, where we will be continuing the National 75th anniversary celebrations of
VE Day.
Old Blues Day gives you an opportunity to visit the School, walk the grounds, and
catch up with old friends, whilst having the chance to enjoy lots of other activities.
This year you can join our VE Day Celebration Street Party, have a Great Escape
up Sharpenhurst Hill, take on the challenge of the giant lawn games, join our new
Chaplain for an Old Blues Chapel service, and look back at CH on the Home Front
in WWII in the Museum plus lots more.
We hope you have a fabulous day!
Gina Skillings, CHOBA Manager
Programme for the day
From 10.00 Arrival (please note, we will be unable to
accommodate guests before this time).
Members of the CHOBA Board will be on
hand on Coleridge Front Lawn to provide
you with information, maps and programmes.
10.00 - 15.00 Old Blues’ Market
Various stalls selling items for charity and
Old Blue themed merchandise will be on
Coleridge Front Lawn. Come and try your
luck at our raffle!
10.00 - 16.00 CH Museum
New showcases for this year’s Old Blues Day
– ‘CH on the Home Front in WWII’ and
‘Marvellous Medicine at the Infirmary’.
Come and attempt to pass the 1899 entrance exam
sitting at an original desk!
10.00 - 15.00 Giant Lawn Games
Challenge friends and family to a game of Giant
Chess, Giant Connect Four, Noughts and Crosses
or Croquet on Lamb Front Lawn.10.15 and Air Raid Alert! Tube Tours
11.15 The Tube, which runs the length of the Avenue, was used as an Air Raid shelter on
numerous occasions during war time. It now provides us with the access to run all of
the utilities needed for a 21st century school to function.This is a pre-booked activity –
ticket holders only please. Meet at Peele main door.
10.30 - 12.30 VE Day ‘Street Party’ Celebrations
Party Like its 1945! Join the VE Day celebrations
at our Street party in Court Room where there
will be complimentary tea and coffee. Bucks-
fizz, Prosecco and a fine selection of homemade
cakes will also be available to purchase.
Hear Churchill give his address announcing the
end of hostilities in Europe and King George VI
address the people, along with some classic 40’s
tunes!
11.00 - 16.00 Levi and Grandad’s Model Railway
Current pupils have restored the old CH Model Railway
Club trains – come and watch them in action in the
Museum!
10.00 - 15.00 Ice Cream and Pizza Vans
Our own ‘Italian Campaign’ will be back on the Avenue
offering pizza, snacks and ice cream to purchase on the
day. Find them outside Art School.
11.50 - 12.00 Head Teacher’s Welcome
Head Teacher Simon Reid welcomes Old Blues and
their families to Horsham for Old Blues Day, in Chapel.
12.00 - 12.30 Chapel Service
A commemorative Chapel service remembering Old
Blues lost to War, led by our Senior Chaplain, The
Reverend Craig Huxley-Jones.
From 12.00 Picknicking
Picknickers are welcome on Big Side.12.45 Band Parade
A CH staple, watch Band
Parade, outside Dining Hall in
the Quad.
13.00 - 14.00 Sandwich Lunch
A buffet lunch will be served in Court Room.
Please note, this is for those who have pre-booked
only. Please arrive no later than 13.20.
13.15 - 15.00 30 Years on Reunion Lunch
A special lunch for leavers of 1989 and 1990 will
be served in the LARC Balcony Area. Please note,
this is only for those who have pre-booked.
From 13.30 CH Sports Fixtures
Pupils will be playing sport on Big Side. Further
details on what matches will be taking place can be
found at the Welcome Desk.
14.00 - 14.45 and Nightingales Harmony Group
15.15 - 16.00 Joining us to provide some live vintage music for you
to Jive and Lindy Hop to will be vocal harmony duo
‘The Nightingales’. Find them outside in the Quad, or
in the Court Room in wet weather.
14.15 - 15.00 Boarding House Tours
Select houses will be open for a tour with House
Parents and pupils. Houses to be confirmed.
14.00 - 16.00 ‘Dambusters - Revealed’
Barnes Wallis Foundation exhibition
An exhibition about Old Blue, Barnes Wallis, will be in
the Mellstrom Centre. Members of the Barnes Wallis
Foundation will be on hand for questions.
Also showing will be ‘Dambusters – Revealed’, a
documentary uncovering the history behind Operation
Chastise, an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17
May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron (the
“Dambusters”) using a specially developed “bouncing
bomb” invented and developed by Sir Barnes Wallis.14.15 - 16.00 A ‘Great Escape’ (to Sharpenhurst Hill!)
Led by current member of staff Christy
Hawkins, this walk will take approx.1hr 45
going up the hill through Shelley’s Wood.
This year’s Grecians Gift of a Peace Pole
will be planted to commemorate the end of
WWII and honour all Old Blues who have
sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. The
peace pole features the words ‘May Peace
Prevail on Earth’ in 8 languages, representing
a selection of our current Grecian year’s
nationalities.
Please note, this is only for those who have
pre-booked. Meet outside Grecians West.
14.30 - 16.00 Drinks and snacks
available to purchase from the Hertford Centre.
14.30 - 15.15 Poetry Recital
Old Blue poet Lizzie Ballagher will be giving a
poetry recital in Chapel.
Poems to include:
‘Beginnings and Endings’, Hertford, 1964
‘Marching in Our Sleep’, Edmund Blunden in
1916
‘Doodlebug’, Horsham, 1944
‘In Jeopardy of Their Lives’, The RAF Foundation
Trust, 1951-5
‘Sunday at the Cenotaph’, London, 2018
FIND OUT MORE
Old Blue activities - www.choba.org
Christ’s Hospital School - www.christs-hospital.org.uk
Donating to Christ’s Hospital - www.christs-hospital.org.uk/support-us
Contact CHOBA
T: 01403 247619
E: oldblues@christs-hospital.org.uk,
Christ’s Hospital Old Blues Association, The Counting House,
Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, RH13 0YPExtra Information
The site will be open for Old Blues from 10.00. For security purposes, we kindly request that visitors do not
arrive earlier than this time, and leave the site no later than 16.30.
Please note, programme times and venues are subject to change, and some activities may be weather
dependent.
Please place all rubbish in the bins around the site, or take it home with you.
Christ’s Hospital is a non-smoking site and we ask you to please observe our no smoking policy.
You are welcome to bring dogs on site, but please keep them on a lead at all times and clean up after
them. We kindly request they are not taken into buildings, unless they are a designated assistance
dog.
Safeguarding and child protection: Christ’s Hospital is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and visitors to share in this commitment.
In the unfortunate event that you suffer or observe an accident, incident or illness, please report it to your host
or to Reception for their assistance.
If you hear the fire alarm, please evacuate the building and follow the instructions of a member of staff.
Photographs are permitted to be taken for private use, however please refrain from photographing individual
pupils. Professional standard photography is prohibited without prior approval.
Visitors should not seek to enter a Boarding House or other school building other than those that make up
part of the organised event programme and accompanied by a member of CH staff at the designated time.Timetable
Time Activity Location
From 10.00 Information Desk Coleridge Front Lawn
Coleridge Front Lawns
10.00 - 15.00 Old Blues Market
& Front of Chapel
10.00 - 16.00 Museum Open Museum
10.00 - 15.00 Giant Lawn Games Lamb Front Lawn
10.15 & 11.15 Air Raid Alert - Tube Tours *pre-booked only* Peele Main Door
10.30 - 12.30 VE Day ‘Street Party’ Court Room
11.00 - 16.00 Levi and Grandad’s Model Railway Museum
11.00 - 15.00 Ice Cream Van Outside Art School
11.30 - 14.00 Pizza Van Outside Art School
11.50 - 12.00 Head Teacher’s Welcome Chapel
12.00 - 12.30 Chapel Service Chapel
From 12.00 Picknicking Big Side
12.45 Band Parade Quad
13.00 - 14.00 Sandwich Lunch *pre booked only* Court Room
13.15 - 15.00 30 Years on Reunion Lunch *pre-booked only* LARC Balcony Area
13.30 Sports Fixtures Big Side
14.00 - 14.45 & Quad, or Court Room
Nightingales Harmony Group
15.15 - 16.00 in wet weather
14.15 - 15.00 Boarding House Tours TBC
‘Dambusters Revealed’ Barnes Wallis
From 14.00 Mellstrom Centre
Foundation exhibition
The Great Escape - Old Blues Ramble
14.15 - 16.00 Grecians West
*pre-booked only*
14.30 - 16.00 Drinks and Snacks to Purchase Hertford Centre
14.30 - 15.15 Poetry Reading Chapel
16.00 DepartureYou can also read
