Hi all, i attended Handsworth New School 1951-1954,the headteacher was, something to do with the Footballing family, which was of no interest to me, i was caned for no apparent reason, in those days it was by selection, a lot of the teachers had served in the war and probably felt the need to express themselves, their object usually the pupils, so the cane was used frequently, however, i was givern the task of booking in all the school exersize pumps, black, in various sizes, which came direct from the manufacturer, seizing this wonderfull way of paying the school back , i created a thriving bussiness selling this footwear at very reasonable knockdown prices, my overheads were very low, and i left school rather well off.