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Were you a contemporary of Eric?!Chapeau - the rowers during my time were utter masochists! Although I suppose that in their defence all that college port was never going to sweat itself out.
Sadly not. Whilst appearances may indicate otherwise, we are not of the same vintage.Were you a contemporary of Eric?!
Organ and choral scholarships are still a practise at pretty much all Oxbridge colleges. Organ scholarships are particularly good ways of getting in as competition is not exactly fierce!I can't speak for Oxford, but in Cambridge that was the case until the late sixties or very early seventies. This too had ceased to be operative by 1975.
But they still have to get decent A-level grades, right? I suspect it does effectively avoid the "not getting an offer" challenge. I'll check with Joanna....Organ and choral scholarships are still a practise at pretty much all Oxbridge colleges. Organ scholarships are particularly good ways of getting in as competition is not exactly fierce!
No not necessarily. Unconditional offers are more common for these scholarships. We gave quite a few unconditional offers at my college when I was doing some of the interviews due to lack of applicants and a desire to fill the role.But they still have to get decent A-level grades, right? I suspect it does effectively avoid the "not getting an offer" challenge. I'll check with Joanna....
Not many colleges accept geography students as it’s not seen as a serious degree. I guess you could always get into GirtonRe cut-price Oxbridge places, I don’t know why anyone would go to the bother of learning to play the organ, studying all the pieces then taking an exhausting, nerve-wracking audition when you could just apply to read Geography instead.
Beloved of mature international rugby players and oarsmen of yore...Land economy
Just had friends visiting from England (aiming to Val d'Isere). They moved last year from London to close to Wells (not far from Bristol). The 3 kids (8 to 13 years old) go to a private school down there and we were regaled to singing and piano playing (no organ or violin in our place) after diner. The pictures from their (musical) displays at school make it look like old traditional English (with a bit Harry Porter...). So, good old traditions are still alive and they may join OxBridge later in their life. Really a joy to have them for a short stay and enjoy old British traditions upheld.
(confession: he is French/Italian, she is South Korean... but the kids are really British, talk about assimilation...)... We treated them to French culinary traditions.
One in five adults went to private school so not quite 99% @Steven PritchardAre they really “British”? What you describe is something that is totally alien to the the 99.99% of us Brits?
Sounds like a fab time and lovely children.Just had friends visiting from England (aiming to Val d'Isere). They moved last year from London to close to Wells (not far from Bristol). The 3 kids (8 to 13 years old) go to a private school down there and we were regaled to singing and piano playing (no organ or violin in our place) after diner. The pictures from their (musical) displays at school make it look like old traditional English (with a bit Harry Porter...). So, good old traditions are still alive and they may join OxBridge later in their life. Really a joy to have them for a short stay and enjoy old British traditions upheld.
(confession: he is French/Italian, she is South Korean... but the kids are really British, talk about assimilation...)... We treated them to French culinary traditions.