Larriers 50 years ago

Last Friday Miss Sunderland's dad came in to talk to us. His name is Brian Sunderland. He came in to tell us about our school 50 years ago. He said that they had nicknames for some of the brothers. They called Brother Fampton 'Framball' and that they called Brother McKeown 'Bottleneck'. They didn't have a uniform but they had to wear a school cap. There was a teacher in every class but they didn't

have an SNA. The teachers weren't very understanding because if you got an answer wrong they would hit you with a cane or a leather or giver you a clatter. They would write with a fountain pen and if you couldn't afford one you would write with an ink well and an nib.If you put too much ink on the nib and your page got messy you would get a clatter. In Brian's class he had 40 or 50 boys. We only have 18 in our class. On one trip they went to see where Michael Collins ran from the English. They could still see the footprints. He said that for lunch they went home and had an hour and a half, we only have 15 minutes for break and a half an hour for lunch.
by David