Hello Malcolm Your stories of school bring back some nasty memories, I also went to school in the fifties and sixties, we only had one teacher in our junior school, who used to hit the boys with a plinsole, but secondary school was a whole different ball game. Our history teacher a woman used to call us oh ignorant one, and then would throw the blackboard rubber, at someone who she thought particularly ignorant. Our geography teacher, was mentally ill, I am sure, she would lock us in the class and take out the key, and she would then throw anything that was to hand, one day one of the girls climbed out of a window, to get help., the teachers name was miss Goom. Then there was the shorthand teacher, who was an ex sergeant major in the army , and had every window open, mo matter what the weather, and ofcourse our weather then, was as it is today. We used to be so cold we could not write, so we were constantly being given detention for not finishing work. O happy memories. Best Wishes Elaine skype ElaineandKezi