Popular Nostalgia

Memories and Popular Nostalgia related to school life. In this category, you will find reminiscences about certain teaching methods which are no longer used, or other such tidbits.

No, not the down-market drugs, but the stripper style buttoned up tracksuit bottoms that adorned many a wardrobe in the 1990’s. Sporty Spice acted as ambassador for this ground-breaking attire which saw parents throughout the country forking out for Adidas trackies or worse, skimping on the poppers and buying the socially inferior “Abidas” or “Addidas” […]

Fights in the playground, swizzed out of pocket money, Pogs were the currency of the 90’s playground. Players would gamble their cardboard discs to try and win a more valuable addition to their collection. As competitive and addictive as football card trading, Pogs were banned in many schools after fall-outs and tears relating to the […]

When I, and all my elder brothers were at primary school in various places in the UK, we learned the important skill of how to use a “pooter.”