The MD 50 greatest school related memories of our youth list. In order.
Number 50
Everybody wearing exactly the same strange sandals in primary school
Number 50
Everybody wearing exactly the same strange sandals in primary school
Number 49
The horrors of the swimming pool foot bath. Floating Elastoplast and ground zero verruca infection.
The horrors of the swimming pool foot bath. Floating Elastoplast and ground zero verruca infection.
Number 46
Plasticine.
The supreme pleasure of opening a new packet. No cross colour contamination, plenty of elasticity, yet to be shoved in noses, ears or chewed for a dare.
Plasticine.
The supreme pleasure of opening a new packet. No cross colour contamination, plenty of elasticity, yet to be shoved in noses, ears or chewed for a dare.
Number 44
Popping out of school at lunchtime to listen to dial-a-disc or be terrified by Wearside Jack.
Popping out of school at lunchtime to listen to dial-a-disc or be terrified by Wearside Jack.
Number 43
Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Watched on your own in a freezing cold house when you were off sick from school.
Mary, Mungo and Midge.
Watched on your own in a freezing cold house when you were off sick from school.
Number 39
Taught in a portakabin on the playground while part of the school was condemned/flooded/burned down
Taught in a portakabin on the playground while part of the school was condemned/flooded/burned down
Number 37
The Bunsen burner.
Gas, fire, asbestos and classroom full of lunatics. What could go wrong?
The Bunsen burner.
Gas, fire, asbestos and classroom full of lunatics. What could go wrong?
Number 35
The rope: the humiliation of not being able to do it Vs the pain and broken bones of falling off from the top.
The rope: the humiliation of not being able to do it Vs the pain and broken bones of falling off from the top.
Number 34
Smoking in the bike shed
"But Sir, they are only Menthols"
"Ah, OK - be off with you" (not even confiscated)
Everyone on Embassy within a year. Then Park Drive, Senior Service, industrial strength roll-ups (later with filter discarded). Gone by 50.
Smoking in the bike shed
"But Sir, they are only Menthols"
"Ah, OK - be off with you" (not even confiscated)
Everyone on Embassy within a year. Then Park Drive, Senior Service, industrial strength roll-ups (later with filter discarded). Gone by 50.
Number 32
The Overhead Projector (OHP)
"IT& #39;S BACK TO FRONT SIR! IT& #39;S UPSIDE DOWN SIR! THE END& #39;S CUT OFF SIR! IT& #39;S ALL SMUDGED SIR!"
The drama of the blown bulb.
The Overhead Projector (OHP)
"IT& #39;S BACK TO FRONT SIR! IT& #39;S UPSIDE DOWN SIR! THE END& #39;S CUT OFF SIR! IT& #39;S ALL SMUDGED SIR!"
The drama of the blown bulb.
Number 26
The ill-fated hockey experiment.
Worst mistake in the history of the school: let& #39;s play hockey like the posh kids. Essentially, weaponising lads with long-standing grudges. Mass brawl and multiple hospitalisations in the very first game. Hockey kit never seen again
The ill-fated hockey experiment.
Worst mistake in the history of the school: let& #39;s play hockey like the posh kids. Essentially, weaponising lads with long-standing grudges. Mass brawl and multiple hospitalisations in the very first game. Hockey kit never seen again
Number 25
The age of protest. We talked about it. The lasses did it
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The age of protest. We talked about it. The lasses did it
Number 24
Borrowing a school recorder.
Initial reassuring whiff of Dettol, followed by the horror of discovering a small reservoir of collective spittle in the head.
Borrowing a school recorder.
Initial reassuring whiff of Dettol, followed by the horror of discovering a small reservoir of collective spittle in the head.
Number 23
The vault box. Nobody had got a clue what to do with it. Used exclusively for sitting on at school discos or hiding in.
Teachers appeared to be flummoxed as well: "Go go over it in an interesting manner".
The vault box. Nobody had got a clue what to do with it. Used exclusively for sitting on at school discos or hiding in.
Teachers appeared to be flummoxed as well: "Go go over it in an interesting manner".
Number 21
The school cross country run. Staggering levels of cheating. One & #39;winner& #39; got his brother to take him half way round on his Honda 50. Regularly got attacked with catapult wielding maniacs as well.
The school cross country run. Staggering levels of cheating. One & #39;winner& #39; got his brother to take him half way round on his Honda 50. Regularly got attacked with catapult wielding maniacs as well.
No 17
The School Trip
Went to an airport. None of us had even seen let alone been on a plane. No money for the observation deck, so we had to watch the planes form the car park. Brilliant day. Came home with dreams of being a pilot/air hostess. Or in one case, a coach driver
The School Trip
Went to an airport. None of us had even seen let alone been on a plane. No money for the observation deck, so we had to watch the planes form the car park. Brilliant day. Came home with dreams of being a pilot/air hostess. Or in one case, a coach driver
Number 12
Sandpit tension.
Lad in the middle with the hammer looks like he& #39;s gonna blow. But those are not the shoes of a hard man.
Sandpit tension.
Lad in the middle with the hammer looks like he& #39;s gonna blow. But those are not the shoes of a hard man.
Number 9
Old school desks with inkwells. In a new 70& #39;s school. The Head explained: & #39;There& #39;s a good reason for that: the Local Education Authority are all Communists& #39;.
Old school desks with inkwells. In a new 70& #39;s school. The Head explained: & #39;There& #39;s a good reason for that: the Local Education Authority are all Communists& #39;.
Number 3
The Video.
The technician had to go on a course to operate it.
Two strong lads needed to wheel it into the classroom.
& #39;Tracking& #39; was always an issue.
Ended up under armed guard as within a week, most of Airdrie had cleared a spot for it in their front rooms.
The Video.
The technician had to go on a course to operate it.
Two strong lads needed to wheel it into the classroom.
& #39;Tracking& #39; was always an issue.
Ended up under armed guard as within a week, most of Airdrie had cleared a spot for it in their front rooms.
Number 2
Diving for a rubber brick in your nylon pyjamas.
Then inflating your pyjama bottoms to make a buoyancy aid.
Never quite getting the smell of chlorine out of them.
Diving for a rubber brick in your nylon pyjamas.
Then inflating your pyjama bottoms to make a buoyancy aid.
Never quite getting the smell of chlorine out of them.
Number 1
Our Ma
We got caned, suspended & made to wear a ribbon for refusing to cut our hair. Our Ma worked in the school kitchen. She thinned our hair with a Trimcomb (nothing off the length) & silently served it to the Head on a plate when he passed through the servery.
Our Ma
We got caned, suspended & made to wear a ribbon for refusing to cut our hair. Our Ma worked in the school kitchen. She thinned our hair with a Trimcomb (nothing off the length) & silently served it to the Head on a plate when he passed through the servery.
All the dinner ladies threatened to go on strike if any action was taken against her. None was.