I know! I was in Bexley, but not very different - Junior School had visits from theatre companies specialising in school drama, and we went to the theatre (I remember seeing an early production of Helen Keller's story). Tech School (I scraped the 11+, though the school is now an independent Grammar) had a dedicated music room. We did Geography field trips all over the country. School trips abroad (I spent New Year 1970 on a skiing trip to Austria). Needlework, cooking and typing (it was a girls 'tech' - I didn't do woodwork and metalwork 'til college - for which, of ocurse, I didn't pay tuition fees).
What happened was the change from a frugal post-war saving culture investing in people to a nation living on credit and investing in ... well, nothing, really, as it turned out.
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When parents are more willing to sue, schools get hypercautious.
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Probably two working parents becoming the norm so less support from home for a) activities and b) homework.
Also a shift to not telling kids they are bad at things so less streaming making teachers work harder?
Interested in what John thinks as man on the front lines!
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What happened was the change from a frugal post-war saving culture investing in people to a nation living on credit and investing in ... well, nothing, really, as it turned out.
Thank you for the nostalgia though.
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I think we have discussed before that's its entirely possible my mum may have taught you.
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