Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
I went to a public school founded by a post-reformation Archbishop of Canterbury whose religious observances - such as they were - were high-church Anglican, but it wasn't a C of E school as such.

And I loved assemblies. All the masters in gowns and, lots of hymn singing and the music master thumping away sweatily at his mighty organ - marvellous!

I still find myself singing C of E hymns. So much better than all those dreary Catholic ones.

We had those assemblies in my first year at school but then they banned hymns. We sang the school song twice a year but otherwise, nothing!

Most people seemed to be in agreement that hymns had been banned 'cos of the jews'......

Shame. We had a wonderful organ.....