Hobbies / Crazes of Yesteryear

[MrMarkyMark]

FTFY

Teachers that could take a head off with a board duster, whilst still looking at the blackboard.

[LondonManc]

Burning things with your granddad's magnifying glass.
Being astounded at the sight of white dog poo.
Raleigh Choppers, Grifters and Boxers being the transport options of choice, later followed by a BMX
Hedge-hopping
Knowing all the shizzle on Top Trumps cards, smugly declaring "hand it over" as you read out Physical Strength 100 on King Kong, hoping you'd secured Gargantua or Dracula
Watching the wrestling only marginally less enthusiastically than your gran on a Saturday afternoon
Being used as the TV remote to go and change between the 3/4 channels
Happily waiting 5 minutes for a computer game to load and marvelling at the graphics - check out World of Spectrum to see how far off the mark we were!
Using 6031769 to cheat at Manic Miner (see above).

[quackhandle]

Is the Cycling Proficiency Test/Certificate still a thing?

qh

[The_Equalizer]

Teachers that could take an eye out at 15 yards with a piece of Chalk whilst still looking at the blackboard.

I remember one teacher launching a stool at a kid. Would have hit him square on if it weren't for evasive action taken by the youth in question.

[LondonManc]

I remember one teacher launching a stool at a kid. Would have hit him square on if it weren't for evasive action taken by the youth in question.

I remember someone being expelled for throwing a toilet roll at a teacher. He'd have probably only been suspended or got detention, had he not set it on fire before he threw it.

[MrMarkyMark]

I remember one teacher launching a stool at a kid. Would have hit him square on if it weren't for evasive action taken by the youth in question.

Our art teacher preferred to knock kids off the high stools, teaching was very "hands on" in those days

[LondonManc]

Our art teacher preferred to knock kids off the high stools, teaching was very "hands on" in those days

The trainer, the slipper, the cane, the rule. Every weapon had a different weapon of choice.

[kaiser78]

White eggs

[kaiser78]

Knock down ginger
Conkers
Skateboards
Ghetto blasters
Going out on your own safe in the knowledge that nothing bad was going to happen

[LondonManc]

Knock down ginger
Conkers
Skateboards
Ghetto blasters
Going out on your own safe in the knowledge that nothing bad was going to happen

Skateboards are still going strong to be fair.

Conkers will be back in a couple of months (apart from in playgrounds, thanks to the H&S brigade!)