Good Morning Simon & team



Great to hear about the success of yesterday's launch and thanks for the pictures





IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - DURAN DURAN



:^)

Good Morning again -



Simon - glad to hear it all went well yesterday. Congratulations to Mrs. M.

Morning all



I think the most obvious school report song is:-

WONDERFUL WORLD – SAM COOKE (do’t know much about history....)

Other s

MY OLD SCHOOL – STEELY DAN

EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEAN SOMETIME – THE KORGIS

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER – THE BEATLES

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER – JIM DIAMOND

SHAME, SHAME ,SHAME - SHIRLEY AND COMPANY

HEADMASTER RITUAL - THE SMITHS

(REMEMBER THE DAYS OF) THE OLD SCHOOL YARD – CAT STEVENS

ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOL YARD – PAUL SIMON





Or as it is Mosh Wednesday



SCHOOLS OUT – ALICE COOPER



Wharfedale Andy

Good Morning All :)



Talking of school reports, I will have absent next to my name in the register for the last two days :(



Monday we were Internet-less for most of the day due to a major problem with our provider. I felt lost without it :( How did that happen? How did I become so dependent on something I've managed the majority of my life without? Anyway, I read some books and caught up on the housework. We were supposed to be visiting the mister's ailing cousin, but that had to be postponed until next Monday.



I fully intended to join in the blog chat yesterday, but between getting back into writing my book (I've been lacking inspiration and motivation lately :() and an unexpected afternoon visit from our family support worker, I just didn't get the time. I didn't even get to hear the show last night, and I probably won't bother doing the listen again, as it wasn't Simon :-[



I am lacking inspiration for the oldies today :/ Can only dredge up one so far...



THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT I GOTTA WEAR SHADES - TIMBUK 3

Hello again Simon and bloggers...



Pleased you had a good day with your family, Simon!



Can't think of many songs connected to school reports just at this moment.....



GETTING BETTER ~ The Beatles



WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD ~ Herman's Hermits (don't know much about history)



Dogs to walk, grass to cut, cake to ice.... back later!



xx

Hi Simon and everyone.



Great pics, glad pot show went well, loved the spoons!



Here are my school report offerings quickly as I will be off site today at Aston University auditing their pension scheme ....zzzzzzz!



1. THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER - D Ream

2. THE HARDER I TRY - Brother Beyond

3. TRY - Macy Gray

4. WONDERFUL WORLD - Sam Cook ( you know "fdont know much about History...." etc)

5. TALK TALK - Talk Talk

6. BAD - Michael Jackson

7. SUPERSTAR - Jameilia

8. LITTLE LIES - Fleetwood Mac

9. KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU - Abba

10. HONESTY - Billy Joel



Maybe more later



Have a nice day



Mandy

Howdy all.



Joe Jackson - The best that I can do.



Does your Mother know - Abba.



MTF.xx

THE BOY DOES NOTHING – ALESHA DIXON



SHE MOVES IN HER OWN WAY – THE KOOKS







The above are examples of 'old skool' reportage.

Simply add a mark/exam result. One page with a small box for each subject. Job done.



Not so nowadays.

#4 How remiss of me, I forgot to add my congratulations to Mrs Mayo for her successful ceramic art show, and indeed the whole Mayo family for their helper endeavours :)

You wont be leaving - Hermans Hermits.



MTF.xx

Welcome back Simon, Team, NYM and blogpoppets! Glad yesterday was a success!



Didn't listen to PK. Was engrossed in the interrogation (not) that was on the telly.



Struggling for inspiration today. Will see if I can do better!



X

Top of the world - Carpenters.



MTF.xx

May I add my congrats to the Mayo Clan? But Simon, you ask after school reports that have lodged in the brain.



At 11 years old, I can still remember the class teacher's summary remark on my report: "Works well, but can be moody at times." Only the week before this same teacher had rushed down the aisle between desks, picked me up by both shoulders, carried me out of classroom and thrown me into a cupboard in the corridor. To this day I have no idea what I did to deserve such treatment! Anyway, a week later he's trying to write my report and calls me over and says "David, what am I supposed to write on your report." "I don't know Sir, that's your job!" Today, had he done that (throwing me in the cupboard) he would probably be taken outside and shot!!!

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



Good to hear that the exhibition went well. And the pictures on Twitter looked amazing - well done Mrs M!



Suggestions for todays feem:



WONDERFUL WORLD by Sam Cooke ('Don't know much about history')



SIMPLY THE BEST by Tina Turner



WHO ARE YOU by The Who (as the wording of some school reports shows the teacher clearly has no idea who they're writing about)



TRY A LITTLE HARDER by The Rolling Stones



Deebee ~X~

I know, but I dont know - Blondie.



MTF.xx

Now I've read back, can I also second Mandy's suggestion of HONESTY by Billy Joel - love that song.



To work...



~X~

Is this the time to play WE USED TO KNOW by the fantasmagorically esteemed rock band JETHRO TULL?

Right, off to visit the sick and then prepare for a child's funeral......if you're the praying sort, prayer please as this will be a difficult and emotional occasion....

I dont feel like dancing - Scissor sisters.



Wake up in the morning with a head like 'what ya done!'



MTF.xx

Morning all,



Well done to Mrs Mayo for a successful show.



Rather busy today, so I probably won't have time for any suggestions.

Morning,





The boy done good - Billy Bragg



Do re me so far so good - Carter USM



Getting better - The Beatles or Shed Seven



Cathys Clown - The Everly Brothers



No hopers, Jokers and Rogues - Fishermans Friends



Rebel Rebel - David Bowie



Always the last to know - Del Amitri



Confusion - ELO



Communication breakdown - Led Zeppelin



Born of frustration - James



Don't let me be misunderstood - Nina Simone



Wonderful remark - Van Morrison

Morning one and all.



How about:



ABC - JACKSON 5



Hope everyone is well.



Dougal x

Thanks for the welcomes back. Nice to be back in the fold.



Revster, my thoughts indeed for all concerned.



MTF.xx

Good morning,



Congrats to Mrs M on all those red stickers.



#18 Rev, Will do...



Zoe UU, Missed you yesterday.x



Choons:



GOODY TWO SHOES by Adam Ant

PAPA DON'T PREACH by Madonna (about that "D" grade I once got in geography)

AGAINST ALL ODDS by Phil Collins

DON'T GIVE UP by Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel



Have a good day.x

DURAN DURAN - Is There Something I Should Know



HALL & OATES - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid



ROXY MUSIC - More THan This or Same Old Scene



SHERLY CROW - My Favourite Mistake



10CC - Good Morning Judge



That was hard work!



X

Revster - I'm sure you'll be a great comfort. My thoughts are with you. x



PLEASE PLEASE ME – THE BEATLES



DON'T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD – THE ANIMALS



REALLY SAYING SOMETHING – BANANARAMA

Morning all



Apologoes for the late arrival - a quick trip to vets had to take place.



Thanks for tweeting the pics Simon - the pots/spoons look great. Sounds like family Mayo had a great day!



I have to say, I listened, with some trepidation, to last night's show and was pleasantly surprised by Mr K, but it's good to have Simon back with us today.



Welcome back MTF - so glad you had a good holiday.



Back later



Tortie x

Oh. Howsabout:



YOU CAN GET IT IF YOU REALLY WANT by Jimmy Cliff (..but you must try, try and try, try and try. You'll succeed at last)

Thoughts definitely with child's family, Rev. My Mum has a funeral for a 17 month old tomorrow. Heartbreaking.



My report cards always said "easily distracted". Don't think I've ever changed.



X

Mary of the 4th Form - Boomtown Rats.



Suggestion from Brandon. (unable to get onto the blog atm.)

It was a very good year - Frank Sinatra.



MTF.xx

What are you doing the rest of your life? - Barbara Streisand.



MTF.xx

#18 Thoughts and condolences to all involved, very sad indeed.



#24 Thank you Julia40 :) I hope I can stick around today!



Thought of another oldie suggestion...



I WON'T LET YOU DOWN - PHD

Morning Everyone and, of course, Simon, the Red Sticker Monitor Drivetime Dude, The Team and The NYM,



I'm going to jump in there with:-



LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT, TALK TALK for the very simple reason every single one of my primary school report cards mentioned I was a chatterbox - I took it as a great compliment when I was 8 or 9 ;) The younger boy's report card this year (year 6) mentioned he can be a bit of a chatterbox - and there was me worrying they would turn out like their father ;)



Simon - glad your better half had a successful day yesterday - I like ceramic art , well I know what I like, not too clued up on the technical side of things.



Off to catch up.



~ xx

Thanks Tortie, hope the vets visit is only routine.xx

Taxi run time..



Will try and poop back later.



Must put thinking cap on.



MTF.xx

There was a 50's/60's song Making Love with lyrics that went "What would teacher say? What would teacher do?" etc.

But I forget who it's by.



Does "Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Police qualify as a school report?

"Adult Education" by Hall & Oates

"Don't Know Nothing" by Maroon 5

"Country Grammar" by Nelly

"Don't You Ever Learn?" by Todd Rundgren

Mo and Toots - do you think 'easily distracted' and 'chatterbox' are one and the same? If so - for us ..



TALK TALK - TALK TALK



AIN'T NO PLEASING YOU – CHAS AND DAVE [HOIB?]

Just thought of another suggestion inspired by my memories of staring out of classroom windows!



DAYDREAM BELIEVER - THE MONKEES



Dougal x

Congratulations on the success of the show yesterday and how many red stickers you got through - that's the most satisfying bit!!



Today's choice - only one option for me, well ok two!



JOHN OTWAY - BUNSEN BURNER



EDDIE AND THE HOTRODS - DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO

#34 I still have all my old school reports, and all the ones from primary school describe me as being "Prone to silly outbursts" and "a chatterbox", and funnily enough I still am! :D



One last oldie suggestion, I think...



YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT - THE ROLLING STONES

Coffee break/catching up time.



Rev, my thoughts are with the family. And with you having to conduct the service - very difficult indeed.



Zoe - missed you yesterday. Welcome back.



MTF - Welcome back to you too.



Toots - I keep meaning to say that I love the way you always incorporate something Simon has said in his blog into your greeting! Very clever of you - wish I had the brains to think up something like that early in the morning!



Talking of brains - from yesterday's blog, the navigation lesson with the brainy couple went very well last night. Thanks to those that asked. Really, a lot of coastal navigation is down to 'O' level Maths so it wasn't surprising that they picked it up very quickly. And they brought along a rather fine bottle of wine that they'd picked up on their holiday in South Africa. And even better, they've promised to bring some more wine when they come on the boat on Saturday. Such a nice couple - even if they do make me feel a bit dumb!



~X~

Hi Simon, mine is personal to me, but is beautiful.



When I was 6, my parents were told by my teacher,'Kirsty is a plodder, she will never set the world on fire'. The woman was right, I am a home maker and mother to 4 wonderful young adults, anyway, where would we be if everyone set the world on fire?



My song suggestion I don't want to set the world on Fire, by the INK SPOTS



Thanks, Kirsty.

Thought of another oldie suggestion:



TO SIR WITH LOVE by Lulu



Well, bribery might help you get a better report...



~X~

Revster - thoughts are with you and all concerned on this difficult day.



Simon - thank you for the pictures - it all looks fab - Mrs Mayo is very talented indeedio.



Tortie - I hope it all went well at the vet's.



Zoe - a day with no internet access - waaaaaaah!!!



Deebee - from previous blog - your pearlies are looking great. Hope you have a fab weekend on the ocean wave. Btw, not Rab C more Mary Doll (his wife) ;) Only kidding. It tickles me that Mo thinks I write in an English accent - I guess that's 'cos I've spent the last 23 years south of the border. When I get home and meet up with my wee pal from school, I slip back into the vernacular with ease - it's like pittin oan an auld perra baffies (slipping on a well worn pair of carpet slippers).



~ xx

#38 Not a chatterbox as a child, Katy. Was painfully shy until I went to Uni.



Hoping that Mrs M's success doesn't mean that our very own Lord Ammo is able to consider early retirement ;-)



X

Praise You by Fatboy Slim



I Predict a Riot by Kaiser Chiefs



Schools Out by Alice Cooper



Real Gone Kid by Deacon Blue



Its Getting Better - Mama Cass

#42 Thanks Deebee :)



Glad to hear you had a nice evening with the brainy couple, and they brought good wine = win! :D



My secondary school reports are rather a mixed bag! I did pretty well academically but I was a bit of a trouble-maker at times, and rather out spoken towards some of my teachers...



I remember clashing with my GCSE history teacher, because he was the biggest bore EVER. I recall that when he was teaching us about the cold war, I got so bored by his monotonous droning, that I raised my hand, and when he acknowledged me I asked "How is it that you manage to make such an interesting subject SO boring?" Needless to say, he wasn't best pleased and threatened to have me removed from his class, he didn't though and in the end when I got a good grade in my GCSE History exam, he came and put his arm around me and told me how proud he was of me!!! I felt bad for my bad behaviour towards him in the past, and I apologised, and he actually had to sniff back tears! :O

Depending on the content of the school report you could have either of the following:



SMILE - LILY ALLEN

FEAR - LILY ALLEN



Dougal x

#42 - Deebee - you mustn't put yourself down. You are a lovely lovely lady who is bright and intelligent to boot. See also #43 - a good point well made.



#43 - Hey Chatterbox - lovely to see you. What a lovely post. I can't imagine writing a child off at the age of 6. To be a home maker and mother to 4 young adults is truly a wonderful achievement. I'm so happy for you. It was my dream from being really young to be a full time mum and home maker but nine years ago I found myself working part-time and a single mum to two boys. Having said that, I am very happy with my life.



~ xx

Morning Lord Ammo, team, NYM, and bloggers,



TRY JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER - Janis Joplin



TRY A LITTLE HARDER - Thin Lizzy



TRY A LITTLE HARDER - Rolling Stones



THE FUTURE'S SO BRIGHT I GOTTA WEAR SHADES - Timbuk3 ("I'm doing all right, getting good grades..."



MORE THAN THIS - Roxy Music

Katy - no I think chatterbox and easily distracted are two different things - I was both. 'Could do better' featured heavily in my secondary school reports. I never did - total lack of interest - teenage years can be such a waste - apparently down to the brain rewiring!?! I went back to college just after the ex left to do an Access course and I got GCSE maths which I never dreamed I would ever achieve. I got a place in the local teaching college to do an English degree but decided at the 11th hour that I really didn't have what it took to do well on a part-time degree course, work part-time and bring up two very young boys with no family help. I never give up hope that I will be able to take up a uni place at some point in my life.



~ xx

Meatloaf - Two out of three aint bad.



MTF.xx

DAYDREAMER - David Cassidy

Not sure if this has been suggested already:



GETTING BETTER - THE BEATLES



Have a lovely day everyone.



Dougal x

HIGH HOPES - Frank Sinatra

A couple more...



DON'T GIVE UP ~ Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel



IT'S WHAT I GO TO SCHOOL FOR ~ Busted



THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES ~ Queen



Back to the cake marzipanning... if I can stop eating it!



x

Good Morning All



Can I suggest for todays School Report selection :-



DONT BELIEVE A WORD - THIN LIZZY (also a potential for Dr Mosh)



Enjoy your day

A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION - Elvis



A LITTLE LESS TALK AND A LOT MORE ACTION - Toby Keith

#59 Worth watching the original video of this - but don;t look at Elvis, watch the people dancing in the background. Like TOTP from the 1970s!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlxRvhCB_A

Good Morning Each! As a newsagent/off licensee/STATIONER, I seem to have missed out on an opportunity to sell some small red stickers. Oh, well, them's the breaks. Congrats to all concerned.



School report songs...



'Poor Boy' by Nick Drake



'Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)' by Janis Joplin



'Praise You' by Fatboy Slim



'Paul Needs To Try Harder' by....Oh, sorry, a bit of a flashback there



'Everything Is Average Nowadays' by The Kaiser Chiefs

Late entry



BANANARAMA - Venus (She's Got It!)



X

Paul, did your Sunday Posts sell out on Sunday?



X

Hows about a song that pretty much IS a school report. The rather brilliant...



'SCHOOL' by SUPERTRAMP.



And it's got one of the best intro's ever, even if it does seem to borrow a bit from Ennio Morricone.

Morning Simon and assorted blogpoppets, glad to hear that the ceramic show was a success yesterday!



Will have a think for some more school report oldies but so far would like to endorse:



SAME OLD SCENE - Roxy Music



A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION - Elvis



REAL GONE KID- Deacon Blue



IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW - Duran Duran



I was quite quiet at school, it wasn't until I got to Uni that I came out of my shell a bit more! My Mum still runs into some of my former teachers, who still remember me.



Hope everyone is having a good day. Thoughts with the Rev (#18) on what will be a tough day



Rx

#63. Yup! Along with most of the other papers. Strangely, (in my opinion) The Sun is now selling more in my shop than it did previously. ?!??

Sharing about school reports - how about these gems?



"if J spent as much time doing her own work as she does talking and allegedly helping others with theirs, she would get on a lot better"

"Boisterous and extroverted, talks too much in class, has little knowledge of science"

"J has a very vivid imagination which shows in her creative writing but she must avoid plagiarism - see the Winter poem comment"



Those were seen as bad reports by the school but not by my wonderful parents - particularly my mother who took the English teacher to task over said Winter poem which I did write by myself at age 8 as I did it when my mother was in the room!



Songs with school theme



Baggy Trousers - Madness

School's out - Alice Cooper (I hated school)

Hot For Teacher - Van Halen (no I wasn't)

Hi Simon,

Many years ago before i escaped from the teaching prfession a colleague of mine wrote what I believe to be the best ever comment on a schhol report. it went:

Johnny sets himself very low targets and continually fails to reach them.

I was given the nickname 'chatterbox' by one of my teachers in primary school, but in an ironic way as I was quiet as a mouse. Think it scarred me psychologically as I've remained quiet ever since. I used to be very shy - these days I prefer the word 'reserved' as I'm quite capable of putting myself forward when the situation requires it!



Daughter however has had 'talks too much' on her school report every single year since the age of 4. And she has just left school...



Toots - thank you for your lovely comments!



Toots again - I'm sure you will be able to go to uni some day, if you have the heart for it. I completed my OU degree about 6 years ago - it took me 5 years and was a hard slog, as I was also working part time and bringing up my children. But it was well worth it!



Mo - I can't see Lord Ammo retiring any time soon. I think he loves his job too much. And of course he would miss us all terribly... ;o)



~X~

Sorry i have not joined in the discussion this morning, been a bit busy at work !!



Why does work always get in the way ???



My final section is:-



I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT - either EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL



or CRAZY HORSE



wharfedale andy

A busy morning in here by the looks of it. I'll add my congratulations to Mrs M for a successful show - the pics looked great.



I find writing reports one of the most difficult things, as they are so bloomin' anodyne these days: very little room for honesty, criticism or any degree of personal touch (for either you or the student). In many schools reports are constructed from a statement bank and you simply choose the most appropriate "blandness" from a set of 10 "blandnesses". Horrific!



Favourite euphemisms:

"Contributes enthusiastically in class" = won't stop talking

"Works best to a tight, supervised deadline" = has to be all but tied to a chair in order to get any work out of them



Anyway - oldies:

It's All About You - McFly

The Best if Yet to Come - Frank Sinatra

Black Sheep Boy - Scott Walker

Cry, Cry, Cry - Johnny Cash

The Importance of Being Idle - Oasis

Just the Way You Are - Barry White / Billy Joel

My Perfect Cousin - The Undertones

Think - Aretha Franklin

I think the words 'somewhat of a chatterbox' seems to be the common link here.



I remember one teacher, telling me that my handwriting might be better if I used my right hand! How very dare they! I have since learned that such things can lead to stammering, your mind chooses which hand you should write with as far as I am concerned and shouldn't be messed with.



I do however write very neatly now, all in block capitals, cos I can. So there Mrs Foulkes!!



Anyone coming out for a game of hopscotch or kiss chase?



MTF.xx

My grandson has just recieved his school report.He is, according to the author, "immature". He was for the majority of the school year in question, four years old. With this in mind:



Words- The Bee Gees - (It's only words......)

Status Quo - Don't Waste My Time

Specials- Too Much too Young



D x

Deebee - thank you :) xx



#72 - MTF - Hmph - yaboo Mrs Foulkes! either - I'm easy ;) xx



~ xx

Guess it will be hopscotch then Toots, unless we have any offers from the boys :O



MTF.xx

#73 - Driza - I'd be very worried if your grandson was a mature 4 year old. Imho, 4 years old is far too young to be starting school. Both my boys are summer babies, the elder boy was only just turned 4 when he started school, still babies really :s



~ xx

Thanks for the insight from the perspective of a teacher Autumn_G. You have to wonder what benefit the school, teacher, parent or child gets from such a process. Or maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy ;-)



X

#73 Aren't 4 year olds meant to be immature? Isn't that part of what school should be doing for kids, helping them mature?



X

MTF, I prefer the elastic band thing myself if you don't mind



x

#73 - I commented on your post Driza but it's not appeared. Not sure if it will or not so will paraphrase. I'd be worried if your grandson was a mature 4 year old. Four years old is far too young to be starting school, still just babies. My two boys are summer babies, the elder boy has his birthday in August - it broke my heart to have to peel him off my leg the first (second, third, fourth...) day of school.



#75 - I have my Dad's old tobacoo tin to use as a throwy, marker thing.



~ xx

#79 - Mo, in Fife, we called that American skipping. On wet days, I enlisted the help of the kitchen stools to play American skipping. What did you call hopscotch? We called it poldie (?sp) beds but I always got it wrong and cold it poldie bebs.



~ xx

Toots, is it well worn? We always used a pebble.



Mo, where did those huge laccy bands come from? Wonder if they still make them!



MTF.xx

Ahh kiss-chase - those were the days ......



In common with many others here - I was also a real chatterbox and spent much of my primary school years in the cloakroom facing the wall! Didn't seem to put me off mind you; either chatting or school and until I was 12/13 I had to be forcibly restrained even when ill as I loved school so much .....



My reports were a mixed bag - but I remember very clearly a parents' evening towards the end of A-levels when a young, student teacher revealed to my parents that I hadn't done a single piece of homework all year ...... ooooops!



The saying "do as I say not as I do" has never been more relevant to a career

Greetings with good news: Three word Wednesday - LICENCE FINALLY HERE (after 11 weeks)



I've a Midsummer Mid-week Mosh School combo suggestion.....



PLEASE DON'T TOUCH - GIRLSCHOOL AND MOTORHEAD



That's that sorted!

Hi Simon,



Depends how good the report is... you might want to go

BACK IN TIME by Huey Lewis and the News



Don't know much about Geography...

WONDERFUL WORLD by Sam Cooke



However if you've got respectable grades you might have a

GOOD LIFE by Inner City or

GOOD THING by FYC



Thanks,

Hate Everything About You - Ugly Kid Joe



Can you inform Dr Mosh that if he is going to play AC'DC and Whole Lotta Rosie (as he did last week) it needs to be the live version from the 'If you want blood - live' album.



Cheers



Baz

far too late but it would be fantastic if Simon would balance the never-ending mosh with a soul tune....



'BETTER USE YOUR HEAD' LITTLE ANTHONY AND THE IMPERIALS



psl X

'SOMETHINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID' KETTY LESTER

'PRAISE YOU' FAT BOY SLIM

I remember the elastics game - in Kent we used to call it French skipping. We'd spend ages tying rubber bands together to make a big loop. Or persuade our Mums to buy yards of knicker elastic... And does anyone remember the game with a ring that you put round your ankle, with a ball tied to it? The idea was to swing the ball round and round, hopping and jumping to keep your other foot out of the way. I think it was banned eventually as children were getting injured. H&S manages to spoil a lot of fun...



~X~

#90 - Ooooh Deebee, I had one and we called them Hooplas - great fun - hours of entertainment. We also had 'clackers' (two balls on the end of string which you jiggled 'til they started 'clacking'. My Mum refused to buy them for me for fear of injury to my hands - my friend very kindly shared hers with me and yes it blimmin' hurt when they came down on your thumb knuckle.

~ xx

#91 click clacks! (other spellings may be available). Had many bruises on my hand and wrist from those. Funny how they take me back to a family day out at Edinburgh Castle.



X

#90 My Mum worked at the hospital and used to save up all the discarded elastic bands for us. But we always moaned cos they were brown and wanted coloured ones. Spoilt little brats we were ;-)



X

#92 - it takes me back to the Dunfermline Gala, Mo. A hyowj occasion in the Dunfermline schools' diary. Andrew Carnegie, originally from Dunfermline, left to make his fortune in America. He set up a trust for the school children to have a gala day - picnic and races in the Glen (Pittencrieff Park) towards the end of the school year. Once you were in the 'upper' school, you marched down the High Street, behind your school's banner, waving your flag and throwing streamers all to the strains of the Town Band, pipes and drums and a local jazz band (they were not all marching together - can you imagine the cacophony - they were separated by two or three schools). Everyone sang their hearts out - eg - 2-4-6-8 who do we appreciate T.O.W.N.H.I.L.L. TOWNHILL - (that was our school). All the businesses on the High Street would hang out their windows chucking ticker tape - what a day!



rightio, on that happy note, i'm outta here.



~ xx

Lots of great memories with french skipping and clacking. Also loved jacks, marbles and kick the can.



D x

Sorry, Rev, I missed your earlier posts. My thoughts are very much with you, a tough call indeed.

I didn't want to put this in the same post as above, but would someone PLEASE play the good Rev's choice at #17 above. WE USED TO KNOW by Jethro Tull. It is an interesting historical fact, that The Eagles supported Tull whilst they were touring and playing this song. Take a listen to it, and see if it reminds you of anything. Perhaps a hotel somewhere?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgO7MamJnqM

Afternoon all reporting late for duty, byr trying to get all my work finished before my annual holidays is proving trickier that I thought. "Could do better" OR "Must try harder" are phrases that spring to mind!



Any way you'll be wanting some U2 tunes from me so on a positive note and drawn from the comments on sons 2 and 3 school reports just received I thought of "Magnificent" or "Pride (In the Name of Love).



GB

Ah yes - clackers! I think they caused a few broken wrists. Not at my school, but I remember it being in the news. And jacks too - yes, and marbles! I collected whole families of marbles - the bigger ones were the mummies and daddies and the smaller ones were the children. I had a vivid imagination as a child... Years later, when my own children were young we went to a glass factory while on holiday in (I think) Devon, where they made marbles. Memories...



~X~

Revster #18 of course I will pray.



GB