Charney Hall School, Grange-over-Sands

A typical promotional penknife AAAH  knives! I remember them well! Every schoolboys’ ‘must have’. What was it - Practicality? Prowess? Power? or just plain Peer Pressure that generated that intense feeling of desire? It didn’t take long for me to convince myself that having a decent penknife at Charney was essential. If parents did not respond to a subtle oblique request, then a friend’s-father’s-business’s-promotional-penknife would have to do… Small and rectangular in shape, less that 2” in length, with white pearlescent chamfered plastic sides it was designed to display an imprinted logo and text both faces and was given out like sweets to close friends. Most had a single blade one side and a bottle opener/screw driver flat the other. Being new the thin blade was exceedingly sharp - ideal for whittling, boring holes, cutting matchsticks and carving initials in desk tops á la Holmes-Higgin - oh!- and sharpening pencils! I can’t ever remember using one to open a bottle or drive home

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Post Updated 1 May 2024 : Porritt Will added KS : I have inserted Sven Thome’s kind donation of memorabilia into Tilak’s post as appropriate. Thank you both for such a magnificent addition to the Blog. Tilak Paul Charney Hall Reflections from Tilak Paul 1967-1971   For wont of boring even further former Pupils of Charney Hall “CH” I am appending with pictures taken by my Father and a final School Report below some reflections and memories thoughts anecdotes and musings which have come to my mind as regards my 4 years at CH. School Reports A cricket match in Tilak’s time at Charney Hall Tilak Paul A walk along the foreshore before the onset of Spartina grass… At the time of this piece many of you would know that Earl Spencer the Brother of Diana Princess of Wales has recently published a book as regards the pain of boarding school abuse. I am happy to report that I thoroughly enjoyed my time at CH and never suffered from the abuse and trauma detailed by Earl Spencer in his Book. I am aw