h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

It occurs to me that re: dentists GA stands for General Anaesthesia.

Sleep Well!

We used to have a teacher who would throw the board rubber over his shoulder when he'd finished chalking, to see who he could hit!!!!

Just got wind of this site! Have a look, it might bring back "sweet" memories!


http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/index.php

We used to get, for an occasional treat, a little choc button covered with multi-coloured sugar beads - can't remember if they had a name. Served in little white paper cones.

Parents used to buy a toffee with achoc centre - the wrapper has a picture of a dairy maid.

I remember the white paper cones. We would have a quarter of Dolly Mixtures to eat while watching the Sunday afternoon film on telly with Mum and Dad.

The first TV I saw was at a neighbour who must have got it especially for the Coronation and every one went round. I don't think the picture was very good and I can't remember much. Unlike the Newsreel.

Mum used to walk us op the street to Grandmas to watch Popeye. Innocent days!

I seem to recall Popeye was better then. When we did eventually get a TV 1959ish Popeye was a firm favourite. Along with, a bit later, Pugwash.

I remember Sooty & Sweep with Harry Corbet! aaahh!

Moi aussi!

How about 'The Woodentops'? Spotty dog couldn't run and moved its legsrather oddly.

The Woodentops were my favourite Watch With Mother. I even bought a Watch With Mother video a few years back !!

More recently - Clangers, Magic Roundabout, Mr Ben (got the video), Pingu.

couldn't stand Fingermouse.

Rag, Tag and Bobtail and Tales of (from?) the Riverbank used to be faves of mine. Do you remember those Barretts Sherbet Fountains (dip?) which came in a pale yellow tube with a piece of liquorice sticking out of the top of the tube? YUM!

Do I remember them?? And how! After moving to France, I used to bring back boxes of them for my son,they're completely unknown here.He still likes them (he's 33!)

Probably not particularly school related but from the same period, I've found a great radio station "Got Radio,Get music, Forever 50's" Hope you can find it, can't see the wave length.

Hello Marnoult, no we can't get that station here in the Gulf but I have lots of music from that era anyway.
Back to schooldays and grub/tuck: Potato Puffs and Wagon Wheels were available at the school to have with your 1/3rd of a pint of milk with those foil tops which made great flying saucers if you flicked them properly between your 2nd and 3rd fingers.

So you were a foil top flicker, too? Were any made for little girlfriends? I was mortified when the primary school teacher asked to see my "jewelry", and my neighbour & "boyfriend" had to say he'd made it for me!

sorry, "were any RINGS made"... should've said!

We had our hands inspected before we could get lunch. If they weren't up to scratch, it was off to the bathroom to get them washed!

We had a teacher who would inspect our ears to see if we'd washed them !!!!!!!!!!!!!