Win-Stone:
manalishi:
Winseer and Juddian.Prime examples of authentic,full-spectrum, Grammar School educations we will probably never experience again chez blighty.Deeply depressing.Though I hate to admit to being as antiquated … … they’re not the only ones.
That’s it lads - out and proud now!
“Six of the Best” - isn’t an amount of beer cans.
“Sweat” wasn’t something you did - it was the nickname of one of the teachers in the pic above who happened to be an exponent of “six of the best” - complete with cricket run-up.
“Reversible” - was a type of shirt. If you didn’t have a fancy (expensive) reversible shirt - you had to be skins instead, which was pretty grim in the January Snows…
“Warm Up” - was a one mile run.
“Vest” - would get you some dirty snow stuffed down your outer shirt, if you were caught wearing one underneath - from the PE master!
“Head Boy” - was always from the colonies erm.commonwealth states.
“Houses” - were also “commonwealth states”.
“Tool” was something you used and/or made in the workshop - rather than an insult hurled at someone doing something wrong.
“Steam Engine” (driving of) was a typical pastime for a holidaying Schoolmaster.