GRAMMAR SCHOOL MUSINGS When I arrived at the Grammar School in September 1963, there were many colorful characters at the school one of them was Richard Stephenson (aka. Kinky) In later years we might have referred to him as a bit of a "nutter". He was full of energy...

(My recollections from my personal blog posts) Midhurst 1962-63 Marjorie and Jim Norton were my Guardians when my parents decided to send me to England to get a good British education. They had moved to Hong Kong in 1959. I attended the Primary School in Midhurst in...

RUGBY PART OF THE 1ST XV 1968-69 Left to Right- David Rusbridge, Mark Davis, Chris Matthews, Ray Chell, Chris Smith, Andy McCarthy and some unknown small boy. Incidentally this is the only pic I have of me in school, thanks to Tilly Vacher (Wynn-Tyson) RANDOM RUGBY...

Tom Mocek  . This post is dedicated to a man who I spent some time with at Midhurst Grammar School and about whom I realized in later life that I knew very little about. He was a year older than myself  and I spent a year age 11/12 in the same dormitory as him, my...

Benedict LeVay . This post is dedicated to a man who I spent some time with at Midhurst Grammar School and about whom I realized in later life that I knew very little about. He was a year younger than myself and while we chatted about politics and I probably spent a...

Hello! I am Chris Matthews, a former Boarder at Midhurst Grammar School from 1963-65 and then again from 1967 -1970. Some of the happier years of my childhood and certainly less troublesome than some of my adult years. This is my attempt at reinvigorating the Midhurst...