Memories of Childhood

You can put your own memories of school here you know, so come on get em on here

Being Jewish I and my family celebrate it and did so with a Woolworth's folding tree(as kids my sister and I would decorate it with lights and tinsel and baubles) and hang various decorations including making paper chains and the traditional Christmas dinner(minus of course the sausages, bacon etc) but we also had our own version of Christmas called Chanukah(Festival of Lights-think Diwali without the bloody noise) and we would play games using a Dreidel(spinning top) and give each other presents and light a Menorah(candle holder) with colourful candles.

Hmm its a bit like an auction-people wait for the first person to open the bidding, so I'll do it and you can follow. At school both primary and later we would have a postbox where you could write Christmas cards for delivery to the various classrooms where you mates were. Each morning at Christmas time someone would be designated postboy(or girl) and it was their job to deliver the cards. In primary school you could buy cards for a few pence, colour them in and then put them in the postbox for delivery later. So having opened the bidding, what am I bid for the next story from you lot?

At my primary school they would always pick a few pupils to decorate a big Christmas tree in the main assembly hall,I never got chosen to do it in all my years there

We used to have a school disco and at Christmas a concert. I was in the junior choir and belted out all the usual Christmas carols and my sister appeared in the revue dancing to Jingle Bell Rock(easily the best dancer among the girls) and then we all sang songs at the end.

I only remember having a school nativity. I was the innkeeper and only had one line but I absolutely nailed it. Well that's how I remember it anyway

I don't remember much about nativity plays but was part of my sec school choir and did the school carol concerts and stuff. We always did Hark the Herald Angels Sing and one year my parents gave me a card which said "Hark the HAIRY Angels Sing" was even tempted to sing but I didn't think I did. Any way we're not having turkey this year we are having beef on XMAS Day as the last two turkeys we've had have been nice but my dad has gone off it now.

might have mentioned this before (sorry) Airfix models - which was the first model you ever did on your own? I always did the historical figures as I felt the planes and ships were too big a challenge for me now I'm older might even attempt a ship or plane!! just found on amazon, pots of paint (humbrol) and the glue on e bay (Poly cement) glue first then the paint!!

(15-12-2019 22:07 )GMach1 Wrote:  Hmm its a bit like an auction-people wait for the first person to open the bidding, so I'll do it and you can follow. At school both primary and later we would have a postbox where you could write Christmas cards for delivery to the various classrooms where you mates were. Each morning at Christmas time someone would be designated postboy(or girl) and it was their job to deliver the cards. In primary school you could buy cards for a few pence, colour them in and then put them in the postbox for delivery later. So having opened the bidding, what am I bid for the next story from you lot?

I think ours at School got snowed under at various like the real postal service at Christmas lol

For Cubs I remember creating a diorama with a model of a tank-not sure which make, probably British, and painted it and the background - it was on the way to getting my Bronze Arrow. Ah yes somewhere in a plastic tub I have a load of Humbrol paints, although after all these years probably dried up.