Blast From The Past!

[Sqad]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283696/Primary-school-ALL-440-pupils-speak-English-second-language-receives-glowing-Ofsted-report.html


That was the first school that i attended........milk was given, in the winter it was warmed over a fire, it never closed during snow problems, smacking was allowed, dinner money was taken, no Muslims or immigrants and we all had an equal chance of getting the 11+ going onto grammar school and university.

In class 5, the teacher Miss.A...went out with Americans and was labelled a "slapper" by some........;-)

Have things changed?.......yes.......for the better?

[B00]

"Have things changed?.......yes.......for the better?"

Yes, warm milk's revolting.

[Sqad]

LOL

[tonyav]

I liked the milk when it had ice in it.

[Mick-Talbot]

, no Muslims or immigrants

Miss.A...went out with Americans


All soldiers then?

[mrs_overall]

The other change from Sqad's day is that the pupils now use paper and ink instead of a slate and chalk ;-)

[jake-the-peg]

Go on

Say "I was smacked and I turned out OK"

And then start a thread on lingerie

I dare you!

[Sqad]

M-T....airmen mainly...Polebrook nr Peterborough was an American Airbase as was another just outside Huntingdon (forgotten it's name)

[anneasquith]

i do wonder if sqad had shoes for going to school, :) :)

[Sqad]

JTP.....look i can't help dressing up in women's silk underwear and being whipped by "Miss Whiplash"......you academic lefties will blame my "working class"upbringing"....no doubt...;-)

[mrs_overall]

Oooh yes, Sqad in short trousers and one of those huge flat caps like a cow pat, barefoot...looking like the boy off the Hovis advert

[Barmaid]

Alconbury, Sqad.

So there were no Poles or Italians around Peterborough then?!

[Sqad]

anne....in the summer......sandals (that didn't fit) and in the winter......laced up boots which weighed a ton....LOL

[cupid04]

I used to be milk top monitor and we saved all our bottle-tops for guide dogs for the blind.

[tonyav]

Those football boots with nailed on studs were good though sqad !.

[anneasquith]

sqad, did your boots make sparks on the cobbles ? :)

[mrs_overall]

Does anyone remember when all the boys had "segs" on their shoes to make them last longer?

[Sqad]

barmaid.......Alconbury....that's it.

What Poles or Italians in New England?.......not bloody likely....too downmarket for them in that area....even the coppers patrolled in pairs.

[mccfluff]

but i thought there was no crime back then sqad, why on earth would coppers need to patrol in pairs?

[cupid04]

segs= we called them blakeys, mrs. o.

[tonyav]

Yes mrs o, especially those Royals Brogues with the leather soles and heels.