My school (a reasonably respectable grammar school) was putting on a performance of Macbeth – I had a
minor part in it which involved rushing (with loads of others) from the back of
the hall, through the audience, screaming and shouting as we stormed the stage;
we mainly shouted “Avjo”, it being a battle cry of the school incorporating the
headmaster’s first name. Moving around
the school grounds whilst my towering histrionic talents were not required, I
did what many 14 year old boys did in those days – had a cigarette; a master walked the other
way and his only action was to say that I probably should not be doing that.
Those of us who remember how things were 50 years or more ago should take the time to make their memories available to younger people. A world without the internet, without on screen games and where direct face to face conversation substituted for texts, emails and so called social media - was it better? Was it worse? Whichever, it was certainly different. PLEASE do add comments - thank you. Search this blog using the search box at the bottom or choose a topic from the labels on the right.
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