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Hi all you youngsters. I have lots of memories but I will pick one year.
1940
1. I was in kindergarten then 1st class. Got my first and second kisses from some of the girls in my class. In the playground (just around the corner of a fence out of sight of any teachers). Not that I think they would have cared.
2. Air raid bags. These were a must have and contained a bandage, sticking plaster, a piece of barley sugar and packet of chewing gum. They were quite useless. I don't know what pollies invented them but we were allowed to eat the contents at the end of the month when they were renewed. They disappeared in 1941 when chewing gum disappeared off the lolly shop shelf. Air raid shelters were dug in the school playground by working B's of parents.
3. I got a Cyclops scooter for XMAS the second smallest in their inventry. It at least only had 2 wheels. Not sure of the price because Santa tore the price tickets off. I think it was about 5/6
4. There were no school tuck shops. You brought your lunch from home. Bread was stale after 24 hours so cut lunches were not very appetising. If you were lucky you got 3d to buy lunch. A pie cost 1d. fish & chips 3d. You always saved a penny to buy some lollies if you could.
I could go on. We had a class reunion in the mid 1980's. Managed to locate about 80% of the 1st class of 1941. Oh! our favourite radio serial was First Light Fraser. We were dumbfounded when his girl friend Kay was killed off by the Germans.
Barry
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