Syd posted:

We had Domestic Science.............

We had Home Economics 

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Marriage bar was still in force when I started work 

In banking ,when I got married I had to resign and then be re employed...and they gave me a dowry too

Yes , I went into banking too 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Marriage bar was still in force when I started work 

 Was it?

I’m sure it was ....for nurses and teachers ....and I remember being asked in interviews if I had a boyfriend , was engaged , or had any plans to marry 

Yogi19 posted:

Syd posted:

We had Domestic Science.............

We had Home Economics 

DS for us 

Miss KT on phone 

This lot are very Bolshie!

Kaytee posted:

Miss KT on phone 

🤣🤣🤣

Kaytee posted:

Miss KT on phone 

She needs some retraining 

Yogi19 posted:

Kaytee posted:

Miss KT on phone 

She needs some retraining 

Baz posted:

This lot are very Bolshie!

Par for the course nowadays 

Domestic science for us was cooking knitting and sewing.

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

This lot are very Bolshie!

Par for the course nowadays 

Seems so 

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Domestic science for us was cooking knitting and sewing.

Ditto but we called it Home Economics

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Domestic science for us was cooking knitting and sewing.

Cooking and sewing for us 

Shame really we may have progressed, but if the washing machine, or Internet breaks down now the world is at a loss!

I remember the schools programmes 

Syd posted:

Shame really we may have progressed, but if the washing machine, or Internet breaks down now the world is at a loss!

True 

Syd posted:

Shame really we may have progressed, but if the washing machine, or Internet breaks down now the world is at a loss!

Yep 

Baz posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Domestic science for us was cooking knitting and sewing.

Cooking and sewing for us 

And folding a kite nappy............

When my son did drama, they were taught RP 

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

Me too

Yogi19 posted:

When my son did drama, they were taught RP 

I had elecution lessons 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

When my son did drama, they were taught RP 

I had elecution lessons 

 Very posh

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

Loved them, remember vividly the tea picking ones.......don't know why that stuck in my memory..........

Syd posted:

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

Loved them, remember vividly the tea picking ones.......don't know why that stuck in my memory..........

I remember the nature ones ....and musical movement 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

When my son did drama, they were taught RP 

I had elecution lessons 

 Very posh

We had to do Scottish Country Dancing 

Country dancing 

Syd posted:

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

Loved them, remember vividly the tea picking ones.......don't know why that stuck in my memory..........

I also remember the 'Music and Movement' programme in the hall on the radio.....dancing about pretending to be a tree dancing in the wind.........

Yogi19 posted:

We had to do Scottish Country Dancing 

I just saw you 

Baz posted:

Country dancing 

Loved Country Dancing...........

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

At my school only the less academic did DS...

Syd posted:

Syd posted:

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

Loved them, remember vividly the tea picking ones.......don't know why that stuck in my memory..........

I also remember the 'Music and Movement' programme in the hall on the radio.....dancing about pretending to be a tree dancing in the wind.........

Yes 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

We had to do Scottish Country Dancing 

I just saw you 

 Heaven knows what that was!

Baz posted:

Country dancing 

Gay Gordons,Dashing White Sergeant, Strip the Willow....it was fun, the only thing that was though

How come the missed the Depression 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

We had to do Scottish Country Dancing 

I just saw you 

 Heaven knows what that was!

Syd posted:

Syd posted:

Baz posted:

I remember the schools programmes 

Loved them, remember vividly the tea picking ones.......don't know why that stuck in my memory..........

I also remember the 'Music and Movement' programme in the hall on the radio.....dancing about pretending to be a tree dancing in the wind.........

Didn't do that at my school

Kaytee posted:

Baz posted:

Country dancing 

Gay Gordons,Dashing White Sergeant, Strip the Willow....it was fun, the only thing that was though

I’m now singing the Dashing White Sergeant 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

When my son did drama, they were taught RP 

I had elecution lessons 

J didn't, but obviously 'talked posh' because I was asked if I had had elecution lessons.