School In The Fifties...

[Atheist]

'Some talk of Alexander and some of Hercules...'
Pumps in a wire grille locker... Wireless programmes suggesting we should imitate a tree...
Do these stir any memories?

[pixie374]

Yes, although in the 80s, 90s...

[shoota]

Tits of milk with a straw stuck in...

[shoota]

Times tables to learn by rote...

[Zacs-Master]

Ooooh, Matron!

[jourdain2]

Yes, of course. 'Movement and music' was the one where we stripped down to knickers and vest and added pumps and went to the hall - we were enjoined to be flowers growing, trees bending in increasingly strong winds. Remember it well.

Then there were the singing lessons, trying to remember what they were called, where we learned so many traditional songs and had triangles and tambourines to use when asked.

I ended up as one of the 'record monitors' for morning assembly and we played such things as 'From the New World', bits of Elgar and, when we had a request slot, 'Tubby the Tuba'. Thanks for bringing it all back. :)

[Buenchico]

Tha' must have lived oop north, Atheist. We had 'plimsolls', not 'pumps' ;-)

[Bobbisox1]

Errr sand shoes Chris :0(

[Buenchico]

"We pretend that you've got some balls - and I'm going to hide them" ;-)

[pixie374]

We had "plimsolls" too, but otherwise, it didn't seem to change much in 30/40 years.

[Tilly2]

11+

[NickorWan]

British Bulldog.

[shoota]

The bus journey home for a penny fare...

[Atheist]

Thanks, Jourdain. I thought you weren't nice, but now I think you are... Yes, we did learn songs; I'm trying to remember them now.

[Bazile]

Atheist - sorry to butt in

Buenchico
Could you have a look at my post in technology please to see if you can offer any solutions

[pastafreak]

We had sneakers...Keds

[Atheist]

We didn't catch the bus; instead we had a pennyworth of Kali and a ha'penny spanish.

[pixie374]

We did 12+ Tilly, although it is 11 again now x

[jourdain2]

Shoota - trying to teach my granddaughter times tables by rote (she's as bad as I am at sums and that's the way I always coped, like me she goes blank when faced with a mathematical explanation) I've promised her a pretty fountain-pen for her 10th birthday if she learns them all (she is desperate for a pen like this)and she was doing fine with my weekly visits and checks - until I could no longer go a few weeks ago. I've a horrible feeling that she'll fail to recite them all to me so I must hang on to the pen. She was OK on all but a couple in the 6's and 7's a couple of weeks ago. :(

[Old_Geezer]

Plimsoles ? Pumps ?
We had daps.

[pixie374]

Ok... lost with the money now :-)