Yup I also endured that uniform! I was so jealous when the new uniform came out after I left 
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and nurses used to have thees too!!! I loved them!
OMG we had to learn this in our music lesson!
It wasn’t part of a uniform (we didn’t have uniform at junior school) but you could purchase them from school and I think the profits went into the school funds.
I never had one, though.
It will always remind me of school that song!OMG we had to learn this in our music lesson!
We must be of a similar age. As a child, for a while I thought Bod was a girl because I thought he was wearing a dress!
I used to like Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Does anyone remember the school drinking water fountains in the 1970’s?
At our junior school, they were located in the toilets by the wash basins and one outside.
How unhygienic were they?Maybe he was non binery but we'd never heard of that back thenWe must be of a similar age. As a child, for a while I thought Bod was a girl because I thought he was wearing a dress!
I used to like Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Does anyone remember the school drinking water fountains in the 1970’s?
At our junior school, they were located in the toilets by the wash basins and one outside.
I don't remember the other two our school must have been too poor for drinking fountainsBrian and Floella two icons of my childhood she’s now a member of the House of Lords and still looks amazing
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The water fountains were still in situ through the 80's. Ours were located in exactly the same positions as yours. Maybe it was a theme in 50's built schools?We must be of a similar age. As a child, for a while I thought Bod was a girl because I thought he was wearing a dress!
I used to like Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Does anyone remember the school drinking water fountains in the 1970’s?
At our junior school, they were located in the toilets by the wash basins and one outside.
Yes it was built in 1950!
You’d have to queue up to use them and I’d always try to not put my mouth to it and catch the flow instead but if the water pressure was low then you’d have no choice but to put your lips on the metal cup part.
Best avoided if the smelly kid was in the queue!This was early 90's. The TV on wheels i think it was itv schools with the clock that counted down to the programme and everyone would hum to the tune. Also watching through the dragons eye
We had one computer in the classroom and the printer was so loud, would take all day to print something off.
We had one computer in the classroom and the printer was so loud, would take all day to print something off.
We get a couple of small photos attached to an order form and then if you order, hard copies are still sent home. Some things don’t change
I remember Bod!!
We are definitely around the same age - Brian and Floella are my childhood tooMaybe he was non binery but we'd never heard of that back then
Brian and Floella two icons of my childhood she’s now a member of the House of Lords and still looks amazing
i love this thread but it has made me realise all the things I remember with fondness are so inappropriate. I was born early 70s and in class 2 (year 1?) we did a concert, my song was ok (Daisy Daisy) but I now remember my friend Catherine singing:
2 lovely black eyes
Oh what a surprise
Only for telling a man he was wrong
2 lovely black eyes!
WTAF?
My favourite game was putting a tennis ball in a pair of my mums old tights and banging it against the wall singing rhymes, also inappropriate " Do you want a cigarette sir, no sir, why sir etc etc etc"
I also remember Suzy that others have mentioned " oh ha i lost my bra, left my knickers in my boyfriends car"
Also loved playing 2 balls; french skipping (elastics) and skipping - I couldn't skip now to save my life.
Collecting silver paper and bottle tops for the Blind Dogs.
Ahhhhhhhh
@monga i think you will probably remember:
Tufty (i still have my Tufty Club badge) - used for road safety
Charlie Says
Public Service Ads that scared you to death: Railway line, Fireworks etc
The Flumps
Stig of the dump
Murphys Mob (its on Britbox i think)
Grange Hill when it was Tucker Jenkins, Tricia Yates etc
Swap Shop
Itsy and Bitsy
2 lovely black eyes
Oh what a surprise
Only for telling a man he was wrong
2 lovely black eyes!
WTAF?
My favourite game was putting a tennis ball in a pair of my mums old tights and banging it against the wall singing rhymes, also inappropriate " Do you want a cigarette sir, no sir, why sir etc etc etc"
I also remember Suzy that others have mentioned " oh ha i lost my bra, left my knickers in my boyfriends car"
Also loved playing 2 balls; french skipping (elastics) and skipping - I couldn't skip now to save my life.
Collecting silver paper and bottle tops for the Blind Dogs.
Ahhhhhhhh
@monga i think you will probably remember:
Tufty (i still have my Tufty Club badge) - used for road safety
Charlie Says
Public Service Ads that scared you to death: Railway line, Fireworks etc
The Flumps
Stig of the dump
Murphys Mob (its on Britbox i think)
Grange Hill when it was Tucker Jenkins, Tricia Yates etc
Swap Shop
Itsy and Bitsy
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Did anyone else’s primary school have random weeks/days? I remember doing third world week and we had a Victorian day. I also randomly remember in year 6 we had a sleepover in the school hall to raise money for charity.
good old days .... that bloody alien looks scary now !!!Attachments
I remember we use to have the nit nurse visit our primary school. My head would just itch at the thought of her being there. You just didn't want to be the child who had nits I remember playing two balls and double dutch skipping.
I remember playing two balls and double dutch skipping.
The entire school once had an event called "Viking day" where we spent a week making these paper mache helmets and ship. Just to parade it round the school for the day, to see other classes/boats of vikings.
We had a polling station day too, I was very young probably around 6 at the time, we had a choice of chocolate if we voted labour or cheese if we voted for conservative by the teacher, then had to put our choice in a ballot box fashioned out of a cardboard box. I don't know or can even remember what it was then used for, but the whole infant school did it.
Being quite a culturally diversified school, we often had days dedicated for a specific culture. Where pupils from one chosen culture would bring in home made food and treats to try. Music, traditional dress and art dedicated to that culture all day. They were fun. Anything at all to do with art was my favourite.
and everyone would always know who had it because they would stay with the nurse longer. Isn't it strange how nits just seem to disappear after a certain age? I remember there was always someone in class who would never get rid of them and constantly spread them around, grimI remember we use to have the nit nurse visit our primary school. My head would just itch at the thought of her being there. You just didn't want to be the child who had nits
I wonder would the Chocolate and Cheese bribe work in a real polling station
Art was my fav thing too I used to be a really good at drawing .I loved Take heart with Tony Hart and Morph and dare I say Rolf Harris before I knew he was a perv There’s supersonic nits in existence now I remember reading this about Susannah ( 3yrs ago)and everyone would always know who had it because they would stay with the nurse longer. Isn't it strange how nits just seem to disappear after a certain age? I remember there was always someone in class who would never get rid of them and constantly spread them around, grim
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I am convinced the polling day in school was some type of back in the day social experiment or study.I wonder would the Chocolate and Cheese bribe work in a real polling station
There’s supersonic nits in existence now I remember reading this about Susannah ( 3yrs ago)View attachment 282068
Dare I say it, I loved a bit of Rolf too. I so wanted it not to be true! Im pretty sure Tony Hart was on a Sunday, he has sunday vibes! Also couldn't beat a bit of Art Attack after school. Other things I watched after school were the very macabre Animals of Farthing Wood, Byker Grove, SuperTed and Banana Man back to back, FunHouse, some wild animal tit with Terry Nutkins and in the winter Moomins was always shown.
We had a teacher who was awesome and used to play us all the Rolf Harris classics on his guitar in assembly - we loved it! Those memories are severely tainted now unfortunately because I always think of RH when those songs pop into my head 