Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

PasturesNew

michaels wrote: »

Umm DW or I walk in to school with DKs and hand bottles to teacher/pta person who is in charge of collecting and DKs feel that they have 'paid their due' for being allowed not to wear uniform. Problem?

Ah, assumed you'd put the wine in their satchel and boot them out of the door, to walk to school on their own.

PasturesNew

Doozergirl wrote: »

I just remembered I haven't replied to your pm, sorry. I shall tomorrow

Don't encourage him.....

PasturesNew

Nikkster wrote: »

We just had to take in £1 or something like that.

You missed out then - if you'd had a bottle of wine you could have sold it for about £5 on the way in, stuck £1 in the tin for the day and been £4 up, to spend on fags on the way home.

lostinrates

Nikkster wrote: »

I think it was just the way it was phrased. My bad for bringing it up, sorry.

We just had to take in £1 or something like that.

At my schools it was cash. ( urge. Just remember an awful one and my faher's then employers had a ban on supporting the charity even through family and I was made stay in uniform because my parents were sticklers. They were even in another country). So I had to Explain all day. Its like devil worshipping at school, wearing uniform when you don't have to AND being seen as being opposed to a teen popular charity. Oh well, we all got over it .

Tombola gifts etc were extras.

I asked DH as he has just set off to take dogs out into the gale and he laughed and said ' oh yes, English schools are odd aren't they'. Of course no uniform at his schools but I 'm gathering charityy wasn't tha big.

I know they published little books of poetry, probably just hot back production costs.

PasturesNew

There was no uniform at my infant or junior schools. Then I went to secondary school and I got a 2nd hand uniform; after 2 years I changed schools and the school allowed me to not wear uniform as we couldn't afford it. I had to wear the school colours though of navy blue/white. I wore my first school's green PE kit all the time I was there though.

Doozergirl

I didn't have a uniform at primary school either. When I went secondary, karma took hold and I had to wear brown from head to toe. The woolen blazer was hell to wear in summer because not only was it sweltering, the wool was itchy on the places that the dress didn't cover. .We were even limited to a choice of three shoe styles. Summer uniform was even worse in lower school, it was a cream and green polyester dress. We rejoiced when we got to lower fourth as we could wear the same nasty styled shirt but with our box pleated skirts instead.

I'm still traumatised now. I can still conjour up the feel of wearing it.

lostinrates

Doozergirl wrote: »

I didn't have a uniform at primary school either. When I went secondary, karma took hold and I had to wear brown from head to toe. The woolen blazer was hell to wear in summer because not only was it sweltering, the wool was itchy on the places that the dress didn't cover. .We were even limited to a choice of three shoe styles. Summer uniform was even worse in lower school, it was a cream and green polyester dress. We rejoiced when we got to lower fourth as we could wear the same nasty styled shirt but with our box pleated skirts instead.

I'm still traumatised now. I can still conjour up the feel of wearing it.

Hahaha, I had a brown primary uniform at one of my schools and our cats hated it. They got hideous ly upset by the socks. They'd destroy them, urinate on them, drag them away....and howled (Siamese) when I put them on and start wailing really traumatised.

In the end my parents told the school I had athletes foot because of the hot climate had to wear plain white cotton socks. :o.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

You missed out then - if you'd had a bottle of wine you could have sold it for about £5 on the way in, stuck £1 in the tin for the day and been £4 up, to spend on fags on the way home.

It would only be school kids who'd pay a fiver for the sort of 2 quid a bottle plonk we normally have lying around at home :eek:

We didn't have uniform at primary school but it was pre brand days (well for geeks like me anyway). Secondary school was maroon sweaters but mercifully no blazer.

DG, I think I am building communities, bringing neighbours together against a common enemy, even people on the next street Anyone who thinks we are going to solve the housing crisis by building more houses is in for a shock.

Doozergirl

If I had my socks, I'd happily do exactly the same as your cats, lir!

I remember they had no elastic in the tops but we'd get in trouble if our socks fell down. My Granma sewed me elastic suspenders which I had to put on over the socks and then fold the tops over. That was painful as well.

The headmistress was a witch, actually. Just looking at photos on friends reunited and they were wearing the same uniform in 1963 as we wore in the 90s. They probably hadn't invented sock elastic in 1963.

neverdespairgirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

Ah, assumed you'd put the wine in their satchel and boot them out of the door, to walk to school on their own.

It'd be great if Isaac could walk to school on his own - it's no distance at all, a short stroll, but involves crossing two of the busiest roads in central London, so we're not keen yet.

PasturesNew wrote: »

There was no uniform at my infant or junior schools. Then I went to secondary school and I got a 2nd hand uniform; after 2 years I changed schools and the school allowed me to not wear uniform as we couldn't afford it. I had to wear the school colours though of navy blue/white. I wore my first school's green PE kit all the time I was there though.

My primary school uniform was a blue and white checked shirt, and an odd pleated skirt with matching braces, and fawn socks. Summer dresses in red and white striped cotton, or blue and white. They changed it shortly after I left to a sort of gymslip / pinafore dress that was even worse. Straw hats in summer, black velvet hats in winter.

My boarding school uniform was ludicrous - blue and white striped shirts, house colour tie striped with navy, long navy skirt. That was for weekdays. For Sundays, a different shaped navy skirt, a different blazer, white shirts, and plain house coloured ties. There were cloaks, not coats, and different sports uniforms for different PE activites. All very daft.

My secondary day school was far more sensible - royal blue skirt and blazer, uniform white shirt, uniform coat. And one PE uniform for everything, complete with those lovely tent-sized navy-blue knickers that no-one ever wears for anything except at schools, under ludicrously short netball skirts.

My mother was nearly demented by bruv's prep school uniform - it involved a dry-clean only blazer, shorts all year round, tie, and knee-high socks with garters. You have to be insane to decide to dress 7 to 13 year old boys in something that requires dry-cleaning!