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    Somerville Rd school

    I was at the school from 1961 until 1968. Sounds like you are perhaps younger? My younger sister got a ruler across her knuckles from Miss (edit to remove named person) for shaking her pen to get the ink out. The top went flying across the classroom. Some teachers loved that control factor. Most...
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    Somerville Rd school

    You were obviously in the same class as me. Yes, edit to remove named person ....was an awful teacher. I was terrified of her. She used to test us every few weeks or so and call us out in order of merit so that we could sit in order on those bench desks. I remember if someone had done badly, she...
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