I was the ink monitor, I filled the ink wells on our desks.
Blotting paper in the ink wells ( not me Miss!).
School milk , nicely warmed on the radiators in the Winter to melt the ice on top ( yuk yuk yuk).
Lemonade Powder, made your tongue and teeth yellow.
Scraping the ice off of the windows, no heating at home.
Vests, pants and school clothes warmed on the Rayburn door and then getting dressed in the only warm room in the house
( the kitchen).
The pleasure of asking the teacher for a new exercise book, with the tables on the back.
The Woodentops.
Shilling for the meters.
Waiting for the T V programmes to start at 5 ish in the afternoon. 2 channels only.
Playing the National Anthem when BBC shut down for the night.Mum told me that she always felt she should stand up.
Happy days