Who Remembers

[Tilly2]

Having to cover all their school exercise books with wallpaper? Why did we do that?

[237SJ]

I had completely forgotten about that.

[Elina]

I don't know Tilly, but I became expert at it ;0)

[Mamyalynne]

I loved that job.

[Elina]

Actually I do know, the over of the book was always covered in graffiti ... who you fancied ... with a few hearts!!

[Prudie]

I remember, it looked awful but all my friends were doing it.

[Elina]

.. cover ..

[tonyav]

Yeah I remember that, my mom did mine.

[Tilly2]

So did I, Mamya. I used to cut proper corners and everything!

[rsvp]

Remember it well and hated anything like that - I was so untidy nothing every looked right -My Christmas parcels still look as though they've been flung down the chimney.

[Prudie]

I remember it as a fad not something the school made us do

[jubieanna]

I used to cover mine with david Essex and donny osmond posters from Jackie magazine

[Tilly2]

I'm sure that when we were issued with new exercise books we were told to cover them, Prudie. I may well be wrong though.

[jubieanna]

Yes we had to do it too, it wasn't optional.

[Elina]

We were asked to cover them, probably to cover up all the graffiti and protect them from getting torn.

[Elina]

Sounds a ridiculous thing to do now.

[Tilly2]

That pile of thirty six books must have been heavy when the teacher lugged them home.

[Prudie]

Maybe my mind is playing tricks then. I recall the ultimate covering for exercise books was clear sticky back plastic.

[Baldric]

No, never did that, was it a girly thing?

[Elina]

Can I ask the age of everyone on this thread? I'm nearly 58.

[237SJ]

I think it was a fad at my school. A bit like when we first learned cookery and we had to have a basket with a twee little cover over it. For a while we used to take our books to school in the baskets. My friend and I had a lot of fun pushing them off the shelves in the cloakroom at lunchtime but I won`t say anything about that.