Meanwhile In England

[gonzo]

Should've blacked up and whacked a fruit bowl on her head.

[royal white]

25 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Should've blacked up and whacked a fruit bowl on her head.

Or a wedding dress 

[Not in Crawley]

Ever get the feeling RW didn't really like his school days 😁

[Whitestar]

That's how Pi$$ weak this country has become , think I've told the storey of the incident in the 70s with the Octagon theatre and the primary school before.

 

Anyway without jumping on the bandwagon i have always disliked Gregg Wallace and knew years ago he was a wrong un.

One of my daughters could never ever watch Johnty Roads,  not coz she thought he was a wrong un it was just his over sized big sweaty face made her feel queasy.

[Not in Crawley]

2 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

That's how Pi$$ weak this country has become , think I've told the storey of the incident in the 70s with the Octagon theatre and the primary school before.

 

Anyway without jumping on the bandwagon i have always disliked Gregg Wallace and knew years ago he was a wrong un.

One of my daughters could never ever watch Johnty Roads,  not coz she thought he was a wrong un it was just his over sized big sweaty face made her feel queasy.

I'm up for giving this post of the month.

Go on, tell us the Octagon story, sounds interesting.

[Sweep]

Just now, Not in Crawley said:

I'm up for giving this post of the month.

Go on, tell us the Octagon story, sounds interesting.

Johnty Roads made me laugh 😁

[BobyBrno]

8 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

That's how Pi$$ weak this country has become , think I've told the storey of the incident in the 70s with the Octagon theatre and the primary school before.

 

Anyway without jumping on the bandwagon i have always disliked Gregg Wallace and knew years ago he was a wrong un.

One of my daughters could never ever watch Jonty Rhodes not coz she thought he was a wrong un it was just his over sized big sweaty face made her feel queasy.

Superb fielder. 😉

[royal white]

11 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Ever get the feeling RW didn't really like his school days 😁

Best days of my life. Loved them.

[Not in Crawley]

1 minute ago, royal white said:

Best days of my life. Loved them.

I can imagine, back of the class giggling away.

[Casino]

1 hour ago, royal white said:

The  why would they apologise? Surely they would stand by there or actions if they were in the right? 

 

i think theyve apologised for upsetting her, not for telling her to fuck off with her ginger spice outfit

We deeply regret the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies.

[Whitestar]

3 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

I'm up for giving this post of the month.

Go on, tell us the Octagon story, sounds interesting.

In the 70s (maybe still do) the Octagon theatre used to have some yellow square shaped vans that would go around doing performance's and activities and i would imagine mainly in schools, most older posters will remember these vans and if they turned up at your school you knew you were in for a fun morning or afternoon or at least it was a break from the normal.

These were mainly student actors or old hippies that were cadging a living doing this, anyway they turn up and do a drama/play about an incident in India in the days of colonial rule where the British army shoot a loac of civilians (don't know the history of it but im sure someone will), most kids had nodded off or were thinking about steve Austin or bay city rollers or something of the time and only paid attention when the powerful message of the killing started.

After the performance had finished there was probably half an hour before home time so the teacher asks what were people's thoughts on the play? Most kids say nothing but someone had said that it makes them feel ashamed to be British!!!!.

Anyway most kids had never given this a second thought but one had gone home and told his father that we were being made to feel ashamed to be British at school, next day , BEN were there, the kids dad was there and the local NF were outside the gates.

[royal white]

2 minutes ago, Casino said:

i think theyve apologised for upsetting her, not for telling her to fuck off with her ginger spice outfit

We deeply regret the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies.

They obviously know they’ve made a cock up. I mean why isolate a kid for wearing a dress. 🤷🏻

We are committed to learning from this experience and ensuring that every student feels recognised and supported when expressing pride in their heritage.

"As a school, we are reviewing our policies andstrengthening staff training to ensure our practices reflect our values of inclusion, respect, and understanding for all.”

[Cheese]

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

i think theyve apologised for upsetting her, not for telling her to fuck off with her ginger spice outfit

We deeply regret the distress this has caused and offer our sincere and unreserved apologies.

And the essay she wrote reads like it was written by her gammon dad.

[royal white]

10 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

I can imagine, back of the class giggling away.

Correct with the clever ones, no doubt you would have been sat at the front with the gawps catching flies. Less space for the teacher to cover when getting up umpteen times to explain basics. 

[Not in Crawley]

13 minutes ago, royal white said:

Correct with the clever ones, no doubt you would have been sat at the front with the gawps catching flies. Less space for the teacher to cover when getting up umpteen times to explain basics. 

Oh, that's a surprise as you generally come across as thick as mince on here.

 

[Not in Crawley]

17 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

In the 70s (maybe still do) the Octagon theatre used to have some yellow square shaped vans that would go around doing performance's and activities and i would imagine mainly in schools, most older posters will remember these vans and if they turned up at your school you knew you were in for a fun morning or afternoon or at least it was a break from the normal.

These were mainly student actors or old hippies that were cadging a living doing this, anyway they turn up and do a drama/play about an incident in India in the days of colonial rule where the British army shoot a loac of civilians (don't know the history of it but im sure someone will), most kids had nodded off or were thinking about steve Austin or bay city rollers or something of the time and only paid attention when the powerful message of the killing started.

After the performance had finished there was probably half an hour before home time so the teacher asks what were people's thoughts on the play? Most kids say nothing but someone had said that it makes them feel ashamed to be British!!!!.

Anyway most kids had never given this a second thought but one had gone home and told his father that we were being made to feel ashamed to be British at school, next day , BEN were there, the kids dad was there and the local NF were outside the gates.

So you had Action, Image, Exchange do a play about the history of British Colonialism? Not much of a story, is it to be honest?

[BobyBrno]

Morning camp mates👍🇬🇧

 

[athywhite1958]

36 minutes ago, Cheese said:

And the essay she wrote reads like it was written by her gammon dad.

so he is a gammon for supporting his daughter, is he not a thicko too

[Cheese]

Just now, athywhite1958 said:

so he is a gammon for supporting his daughter, is he not a thicko too

You clearly didn't understand my post, but more than likely.

[royal white]

28 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Oh, that's a surprise as you generally come across as thick as mince on here.

 

Propa fick innit. 
 

You love a bit of irony don’t you. 

Edited July 15, 2025 by royal white

[Not in Crawley]

7 minutes ago, royal white said:

Propa fick innit. 
 

You love a bit of irony don’t you. 

You did lessons in cockernee? How original. 

[Not in Crawley]

29 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Morning camp mates👍🇬🇧

 

That's good, means another Labour victory.

[gonzo]

56 minutes ago, Cheese said:

And the essay she wrote reads like it was written by her gammon dad.

He's deffo on 3 for a ton in the boozer on a Friday straight after work in his work gear.

[Duck Egg]

1 hour ago, Whitestar said:

In the 70s (maybe still do) the Octagon theatre used to have some yellow square shaped vans that would go around doing performance's and activities and i would imagine mainly in schools, most older posters will remember these vans and if they turned up at your school you knew you were in for a fun morning or afternoon or at least it was a break from the normal.

These were mainly student actors or old hippies that were cadging a living doing this, anyway they turn up and do a drama/play about an incident in India in the days of colonial rule where the British army shoot a loac of civilians (don't know the history of it but im sure someone will), most kids had nodded off or were thinking about steve Austin or bay city rollers or something of the time and only paid attention when the powerful message of the killing started.

After the performance had finished there was probably half an hour before home time so the teacher asks what were people's thoughts on the play? Most kids say nothing but someone had said that it makes them feel ashamed to be British!!!!.

Anyway most kids had never given this a second thought but one had gone home and told his father that we were being made to feel ashamed to be British at school, next day , BEN were there, the kids dad was there and the local NF were outside the gates.

I loved History at school and went on to do it at A level too. We must have covered the best part of a 1000 years History over the years but didn't spend 1 minute on the UKs colonial past.  It's only in the years since that I found out we, ie the British, were quite often a bunch of c*nts. Fair play to that drama group doing something so enlightened back then.

 

[London Wanderer]

1 hour ago, Whitestar said:

In the 70s (maybe still do) the Octagon theatre used to have some yellow square shaped vans that would go around doing performance's and activities and i would imagine mainly in schools, most older posters will remember these vans and if they turned up at your school you knew you were in for a fun morning or afternoon or at least it was a break from the normal.

These were mainly student actors or old hippies that were cadging a living doing this, anyway they turn up and do a drama/play about an incident in India in the days of colonial rule where the British army shoot a loac of civilians (don't know the history of it but im sure someone will), most kids had nodded off or were thinking about steve Austin or bay city rollers or something of the time and only paid attention when the powerful message of the killing started.

After the performance had finished there was probably half an hour before home time so the teacher asks what were people's thoughts on the play? Most kids say nothing but someone had said that it makes them feel ashamed to be British!!!!.

Anyway most kids had never given this a second thought but one had gone home and told his father that we were being made to feel ashamed to be British at school, next day , BEN were there, the kids dad was there and the local NF were outside the gates.

Didn’t know @bolty58 was at your school  mate.

 Great story anyway.

 Feels like times haven’t changed that much