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Not allowed to take a penis to school...too dangerous!
 
viv1969 said:
Hmmmm.....it seems no UK education authority has banned conkers.
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What about playing snowballs? thats banned here too
As is making slides on the playground ice :rolleyes:
 
Shooting apple thieves in the arse with an air gun!!! ;)
Running around because it was fun not PE or athletics!
Using one body and one prime lens (usually a 50mm f/2 or so) because that's all we had (and could afford).
Eating so many blackberries off the bushes that we puked purple spews!
 
A few other things which have been banned by individual schools (though again, not by education authorities either locally or nationally:

1. Triangular flapjacks
Dangerous little things don't you know?! A school in Essex banned triangular flapjacks after one was thrown at a pupil's face and he sustained injuries. Square or rectangular flapjacks were still allowed. Thank goodness!

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2. Red ink
A school in Birmingham banned red ink as it is 'too hard on the children'. Teachers used green ink instead to make corrections (as, obviously, green is kinder to kids' feelings!).

3. Best friends
A top prep school in the UK banned its pupils from having best friends to prevent hurt feelings. Pupils were allowed to have 'lots of good friends' instead.

4. Wearing shoes
One UK school banned shoe wearing to keep the new carpets 'clean and bright'. Pupils were asked to wear a 'pair of sensible slippers' instead. How cosy!

5. Running in the playground
Children at a primary school in Kent were banned from running in the playground for fear of injury.

6. Making daisy chains
A UK school banned pupils from making daisy chains at playtimes in case they picked up germs from flowers.

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7. Conkers
Hundreds of schools have banned games of conkers over safety fears. One school insisted that conkers were also banned to protect pupils with nut allergies.

8. Loom bands
Last year many UK schools put a ban on loom bands for various reasons. One was to stop distracting pupils during lessons. Some banned them for fear of choking. Another school banned them because they were a risk to the sheep, goats and chickens in the school's outdoor learning centre. Yes, really!

9. Snowballs
A school in Peterborough banned the throwing of snowballs as snow play became 'too extreme'.

10. Sack races on sports day
The sack race was banned from a school in Newcastle in case children fell and twisted their ankles. Three-legged races were also deemed too risky. Whatever next? No more egg and spoon race, for fear of injury to eggs? Watch this space!

11. Saying goodbye to mummy and daddy
A school in London made pupils weep as they banned parents from saying goodbye to their children in the school grounds, ordering them to stand outside the school gates instead. Parents were banned from entering the playground for 'health and safety fears'.
 
That #2 reminds me that my Grandmother (NEVER Granny or Grandma!!!) used to write (many) letters of complaint in green ink on toilet paper.
 
viv1969 said:
after one was thrown at a pupil's face and he sustained injuries. Square or rectangular flapjacks were still allowed. Thank goodness!
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Ah yes I'd totally forgotten that one :rolleyes:
What is the quote from MIB again?
Something about I thought my teacher was from Mars ( or something like that ;) )
 
viv1969 said:
A few other things which have been banned by individual schools (though again, not by education authorities either locally or nationally:

1. Triangular flapjacks
Dangerous little things don't you know?! A school in Essex banned triangular flapjacks after one was thrown at a pupil's face and he sustained injuries. Square or rectangular flapjacks were still allowed. Thank goodness!

flapjacks.jpg

2. Red ink
A school in Birmingham banned red ink as it is 'too hard on the children'. Teachers used green ink instead to make corrections (as, obviously, green is kinder to kids' feelings!).

3. Best friends
A top prep school in the UK banned its pupils from having best friends to prevent hurt feelings. Pupils were allowed to have 'lots of good friends' instead.

4. Wearing shoes
One UK school banned shoe wearing to keep the new carpets 'clean and bright'. Pupils were asked to wear a 'pair of sensible slippers' instead. How cosy!

5. Running in the playground
Children at a primary school in Kent were banned from running in the playground for fear of injury.

6. Making daisy chains
A UK school banned pupils from making daisy chains at playtimes in case they picked up germs from flowers.

daisy%20chains.jpg

7. Conkers
Hundreds of schools have banned games of conkers over safety fears. One school insisted that conkers were also banned to protect pupils with nut allergies.

8. Loom bands
Last year many UK schools put a ban on loom bands for various reasons. One was to stop distracting pupils during lessons. Some banned them for fear of choking. Another school banned them because they were a risk to the sheep, goats and chickens in the school's outdoor learning centre. Yes, really!

9. Snowballs
A school in Peterborough banned the throwing of snowballs as snow play became 'too extreme'.

10. Sack races on sports day
The sack race was banned from a school in Newcastle in case children fell and twisted their ankles. Three-legged races were also deemed too risky. Whatever next? No more egg and spoon race, for fear of injury to eggs? Watch this space!

11. Saying goodbye to mummy and daddy
A school in London made pupils weep as they banned parents from saying goodbye to their children in the school grounds, ordering them to stand outside the school gates instead. Parents were banned from entering the playground for 'health and safety fears'.
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A mixture of the risk averse and just plain daft! Having said that #8 and risk to animals from loom bands is a real one in my book.
 
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Nod said:
That #2 reminds me that my Grandmother (NEVER Granny or Grandma!!!) used to write (many) letters of complaint in green ink on toilet paper.
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Ah! Bronco paper (and it's other related ones) that is one I am glad has long disappeared though the hospital I worked at in the 70's still had it for a while, every sheet printed "Hospital Property"...... those were the days!
 
Nod said:
That #2 reminds me that my Grandmother (NEVER Granny or Grandma!!!) used to write (many) letters of complaint in green ink on toilet paper.
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Mine was called Nana.
Grandma would earn you a clip 'round the ear :lol:
 
Not really sure though how all these restrictions and laws help to prepare children for real life.
 
jondc said:
Not really sure though how all these restrictions and laws help to prepare children for real life.
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They don't.
They prepare them for a life on benefits and retaining "no win no fee" solicitors.
 
viv1969 said:
"no win no fee" solicitors.
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Ohhh don't get me started on that subject, that's a whole new thread. It's not the solicitors parse but the culture its creating and thus more companies trying to get on on the act.

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jondc said:
Ohhh don't get me started on that subject, that's a whole new thread. It's not the solicitors parse but the culture its creating and thus more companies trying to get on on the act.

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I agree.
And I speak as a former solicitor!
 
plloydie said:
A question .. does anyone remember a sweet from the 70's in the form of a pouch of rolling tobacco?
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Aye, Olde Jamaica. (coconut stuff, covered in a lovely sugary mix) Used to buy loads of it. (y)

What about Carbolic soap. (hated the smell of it as a kid.........but quite like it now. Comforting somehow :confused: )

Nitty Nora the bug explorer. Always scared to death she'd find owt @ school. :cautious:
 
AshleyC said:
watch out, watch out, there's a humphrey about
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My brother in laws life was hell when that ad was on, I think you can guess his name


Beating able to shoot an air rifle without a police helicopter chasing you, being allowed to use a knife with a locking blade so it was actually of some use , I bought a multi tool that had blades that didn't lock, when I tried to use it it collapsed and took a lump out of my finger

Having a girl in the car and being scared to death somebody would catch you buying condoms from the machine after waiting ages for the gents to be empty

Then getting caught on a country lane by 30 scouts going on a night camp all banging on the roof of the car as they walked past

Not that any of that happened to me of course
 
I remember my science teacher electrocuting himself with those metal balls with the gap in the middle... I promptly peed myself laughing, which soon stopped (the laughing that is! ;) ) when I was invited to participate in the experiment myself. Oh, and the wonders of watching potassium and sodium (and many other now banned substances) getting jiggy with the atmosphere... :)
 
I have just remembered crossroads, love thy neighbor and Hawaii five o........and not to forget Steptoe and son....
 
fabs said:
Ooh, whereabouts. We're there Sunday. :D
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The bottom of the high street forks.
Take the left fork and the sweet shop is about half way down on the left. :-)
 
archangel said:
I have just remembered crossroads, love thy neighbor and Hawaii five o........and not to forget Steptoe and son....
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The new Hawaii Five-O isn't too bad.
 
Dr Who (in B&W) when it first started. Mr Ed. The Prisoner. The Fugitive. Daktari, with Clarence the cross eyed lion. One of my favourites was My favourite Martian.
 
Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds........ Oh those strings but such entertainment :)

Tomorrow's World, Whicker's World

All when TV was so 405 and eventually 625 lines....... And oh when colour telly came along.
 
Talking of animals in TV,

Flipper and Skippy so bad they were 'good'.

Oh, The Lone Ranger and his sidekick Tonto.

Hang on, what about the Saturday matinee - bus fare, a movie and a Kia Ora drink all for less than half a crown. (That is 12 & half pence in today's money for those too young to remember pre decimal money ;) )
 
Box Brownie said:
Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds........ Oh those strings but such entertainment :)

Tomorrow's World, Whicker's World

All when TV was so 405 and eventually 625 lines....... And oh when colour telly came along.
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Ooh aye, loved em all. (y)


Ha, colour telly. I remember my Dad getting our first one just in time for the '68 Olympic games. After that He & Mum used to wait with baited breath to watch Come Dancing :rolleyes: (loads of colour in the sets & dresses :LOL:
 
And what would now be oh so politically incorrect The Black & White Minsttals Show.

Morecombe and Wise, The Two Ronnie's, Sunday Night at The London Palladium, Royal Command Performance.

Crumbs this thread is raking up old memories..........not sure whether to welcome it/them or not but they do comfort me that it is not just me looking back with an affection for those earlier years ;)
 
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