I say this when I think back to w.w.2 rationing, although all of us those of a certain age will remember all the rationing and the miniscule allowance of food we could have, just enough to live on,
although much has been said of those times it was then that the experts decided as to how much food the human body could survive on, as then there wasn't all the luxury items that we take for granted today,
even though many of us today even stock up using refrigerators and chest freezers, even shops open 7/11 so food can be bought almost anytime including Sundays, in the past shops then were closed, do you remember those times, particularly when you suddenly had run out of something that you needed and urgently,
in those times the vast majority walked to work to save money where possible and others mainly cycled , the lucky ones had a car, or a motorcycle, some with a side car ,
but the majority of people were fit what with all the cycling , or walking kept us trim and lively , (obese didn't enter the picture , ) where as today we drive to most places , have home deliveries, for some fortunate enough to live near to a super market ,or shops,
even children some have to be driven to the schools, others live close to the schools,
in the past the schools, encouraged swimming, sports in its many forms, not counting school football matches, even boxing,.
and inter school sports, as schools competed against each other every year, which then was the norm,.
the girls did a lot netball, some even basketball, even skipping, or doing hands stands up against the school wall, to which the girls knew the boys would watch them as they stopped playing football in the playground simply to watch the girls,
who knew they were being watched,...….all great fun, innocent, and harmless then,
the emphasis in those times was on fitness, today its a different thing all together,
other things that were taught at that time was when the girls learned domestic things, such as cooking, and house wifery, as well as many other usefull things which would stand then in good stead , when later many of them became house wives, and mothers,
the boys mean while had wood working lessons, as well as using many tools which again would stand them also in good stead when they too became husbands,& fathers,
Q; So what do you remember of those times, and what did you like, or dislike ,about schools and education in those times.
will you share your memories with us,.??