Braddy 160 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Do you remember covering your school books with wallpaper or other daft paper, why was this?i did this at bosworth jnr school then at highbank school. When i asked my teacher why he said just do it,when i went to comprehensive school it lasted about one year then stopped no more wrapping books up no more sticky fingers but lots of pain in hands and bottom because of the cane and strap over the years, oh also the ruler across the fingers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Remember doing it but for the life of me don't know why. You forgot the "blackboard eraser" being thrown at you and the slipper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,595 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 I suppose it was designed to wear us all down so that we confirmed to school rules as in the armed forces, eventually you just did as you were told without question, I too had to cover books when at Highbank junior and later at Fairham,some of the wall paper that some kids covered the books with,,,what an embarassment, enough to leave you scarred for life Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Braddy, thanks for the memory! A wonderful prompt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Oh yes them as well, remember one teacher use to say 'part.'Kids in the first few rows moved side ways then the blackboard eraser came past and hit a kid at the back for talking or messing about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 I'd forgotten about the wallpaper thing, but now you've mentioned it I remember it from the junior school days. If it wasn't wallpaper it was Fablon with some hideous colour/pattern. It didn't happen when I was at Fairham, because by then exercise books were decorated with the names of groups and singers. So books (and school bags) were covered with Deep Purple, Who, Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Led Zep, Dylan, etc etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 At the back of my memory somewhere I am recalling plastic covers that you just slipped on to the front an back pages, can't remember when though except that they must have been cheap. Might have been my trainspotting combine rarther than school books, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 It was the same at Long Eaton (Brooklands Junior, and the Grammar). Plain brown paper was an acceptable alternative, and I seem to remember wallpaper was often used "back to front" - i.e. embarrassing flowery pattern on the inside. Guess it was to protect the cover and hopefully extend the life of the book. (There were "owner" labels in the front with half a dozen lines for successive years' owners, and some of the books had two or three of these labels one on top of the other.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Without the jacket the cheap book fronts used to curl up and look scruffy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Remember some of the novels we had to read and study in English lit. three that come to mind are "The Kontiki expedition", "A kid for two Farthings" and "Treasure Island" they covered three terms, wonder if they get an airing nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,595 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 A few of us used to curl up and look scruffy Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Don't know about curling up, but the second bit was usually true! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 remember the plastic coversearly sixties cost about 6d each from woolworths lots of different colours i used a different colour for all my subjectsevenhad a coulor code in my joter along side my time table so i only took the books i needed for that day sachel not so heavy .various covers also helped the teacher to identififi pupils books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 covering your books also a method of teaching you to use a ruler and sisors and you had to make sure you mesured it properly or they would not fitbut also made the cover last longer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Remember the jotters we used in infant/junior school? Relevant information was printed on the back of these practical books, such as: times tables, weights and measures etc. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 The teachers at fairham comp always worn black gowns and when a teacher came into the classroom the pupils had to stand up 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 It was the same at morning assembly if you remember Braddy, the whole school which was all boys in my day would stand while all the teachers filed in and took their place on the stage. it was a rarely old fashioned style of education, Effective though!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Braddy 160 Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 mgread1200 you are right about morning assembly, its a pity schools are not like fairham anymore, strict but fair even with the strap and cane which i got from headmaster Mr Thom. I left school in summer of 1964 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,595 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Ah yes the black gowns, does anyone remember the housemaster who's gown always looked like the dog had it? morning assembly as you said all the boy's stood up when the teachers filed through,sometimes if you weren't paying attention a master would point to you and say " You boy,see me in my class at breaktime" made you worry like hell for the next two hours. I was there 65-68 Who said the good old day's? Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 The teachers in the gowns filled the corridor as they came toward you.....frightnin ....but s'pose that was the idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 200 lines "my name is ***** ********* just for having Elvis written on your school bag, how they got away with pink floyd and the like on the books is beyond me. I left in 63. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,465 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 I was at Fairham 66-73, and the gown thing changed totally during my time there. In 66 I'd guess about half the teachers were still wearing gowns; some always wore them, some wore them occasionally, and some never wore them at all. By the time I left, virtually none were wearing gowns. A lot of the "old school" teachers had left by then, and their younger replacements obviously didn't go in for dressing up. And even though some wore gowns, I never saw any of them wearing a mortar board. Did any teachers anywhere in Nottingham use them? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 They did come out for big posh occasions at mellish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Long Eaton Grammar School - lots of gowns, never mortar boards, when I started there in 1960, but it was going out by the time I left in 1966. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted May 24, 2012 Report Share Posted May 24, 2012 Back in 1959, Arnold County High School first opened and all the teachers, including the females, wore black gowns and mortarboards; particularly at morning assembly. The Headmaster, Dr. J. Higginson, was from the old school and it reflected in his staff. I was at Bramcote Grammar for a year before Arnold and the teaching staff there did not dress in gowns or mortarboards as much, if at all. All the posts mentioning covering books (brown paper), lines, standing up when the teacher came into class etc brought back memories. There was one teacher who had knotted a corner of his gown and when that came across the back of your head, I can vouch that it woke you up quick smart. The blackboard eraser flying through the air was common, as were the pieces of chalk. I even copped a clout across the side of the head from a teacher when I was caught smoking on the coach during an excursion - now that hurt! Things hadn't changed that much when I left in 62. But, when all's said and done, I am grateful for my education being back in those days and not what is served up these days. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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