Stupid school rules your school had

d_brennen · 2 Jul 2022 at 12:21

Hades said:
"Bundling" was also banned at the same time - this was when one kid pointed at another and shouted "bundle!"" and the whole school ran over and jumped on top of them. I can kind of understand why that one was banned.

We had this but the call to action was "dog pile!" Sounds disgusting and someone did actually get really hurt. I forget the details but it was a neck injury

Stu999 · 2 Jul 2022 at 12:24

Hades said:
Catapults were banned at one point.

Hades said:
Putting acid in the science teachers lunch roll was banned at one point, after someone put acid in the science teachers lunch roll.

The music teacher was banned from the school after being arrested for groping girls.

These sound like quite sensible rules??

FBi7 · 2 Jul 2022 at 12:33

No Tango-ing

peterwalkley · 2 Jul 2022 at 12:46

No peasants. Offspring of gucci belt wearing top revenue earners only.

Baldbloke · 2 Jul 2022 at 12:56

Clackers.
They werern't banned but they bloody well should have been. My knuckles.. ouch!

Hagar · 2 Jul 2022 at 13:29

Pocket knives were never banned. Syringes used for squirting people were at one point.

cheesefest · 2 Jul 2022 at 14:21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoEwM5Ykqmk&ab_channel=RetroCCN This was banned along with the cheap ones https://www.amazon.co.uk/Only-Cricket-Skipper-Garden-Outdoor/dp/B07DDH2GXD as caused injuries when used properly and when lads swung them on their wrists

Feek · 2 Jul 2022 at 14:32

Looking back, I don’t think there were actually any stupid rules. There might have been some that seemed a bit odd at the time but with hindsight were perfectly OK.

SexyGreyFox · 2 Jul 2022 at 14:50

mrk said:
I went to Queens County School in Fenton, Stoke in the 90s

I went to Glebe County in Fenton in the 60s, sure you don't mean Queens Street Primary?

I can't remember any rules through my school years, you just had to behave and if you didn't you had a choice of the cane, slipper, belt, ruler and leather strap.

andy_mk3 · 2 Jul 2022 at 14:51

Kegging banned

Mr Badger · 2 Jul 2022 at 15:02

200sols said:
No kissing behind the bike sheds.

Well it was an all boys school.

mrk · 2 Jul 2022 at 15:04

SexyGreyFox said:
I went to Glebe County in Fenton in the 60s, sure you don't mean Queens Street Primary?

I can't remember any rules through my school years, you just had to behave and if you didn't you had a choice of the cane, slipper, belt, ruler and leather strap.

It's a Stoke thing right!
@Sone can confirm as another Stoke lad

adam cool dude · 2 Jul 2022 at 15:48

FBi7 said:
No Tango-ing

I can remember that it went absolutely chaotic at our primary school. IIRC they also banned the advert because of this and turned it into a kiss. Add to that list Power Rangers (Kids fighting like they were ninja's) and Gladiators (Kids trying to re-enact gauntlet for example) also got banned because of broken bones etc.

SexyGreyFox · 2 Jul 2022 at 16:26

mrk said:
It's a Stoke thing right!

I thought corporal punishment in schools was everywhere in the 60s/early 70s!

GGizmo · 2 Jul 2022 at 17:08

At my junior school in the playground there was a wall at the top end. Behind the wall was some trees. We always used to go around there for talking and sometimes fighting.

So the rule was "no going behind the wall".

Though strangely since I left they reduced the height of the wall and put a path that goes from the playground behind the wall.

Tired9 · 2 Jul 2022 at 17:49

No retaliation but if you are the bully you are welcome.

Hagar · 2 Jul 2022 at 17:59

SexyGreyFox said:
I thought corporal punishment in schools was everywhere in the 60s/early 70s!

It was in my boarding school 62 - 68. If you did not get at least a couple of stripes in a term, you were a bit goody goody.

TheVoice · 2 Jul 2022 at 18:02

This reminds me of something I saw pop up on Facebook the other day, a kid got detention because their school-issue iPad wasn't fully charged. :rolleyes:

CapitalOne · 2 Jul 2022 at 18:33

In the 80s at a peak of “the troubles” no wearing your CCF kit on the way to/outside of school. “Shirt sleeve order” in the summer. No “peanutting”

For clarity, “peanutting” is yanking the knot on another's tie very hard so to make it impossible to remove. E.g. “let’s peanut his tie”

SexyGreyFox · 2 Jul 2022 at 19:35

Hagar said:
It was in my boarding school 62 - 68. If you did not get at least a couple of stripes in a term, you were a bit goody goody.

We have a Facebook group for my High School and several times I have let my feelings known for the contempt for some of the teachers, some who are still living.
The daughter of one of them posts about him and I told her to tell him how much he ruined my life.
I said he lived 100 yards away from me and I even had to go round the long way so he wouldn't see me out of school.