OT - Manchester again.

[Andy_Faber]

Indeed…but to answer GP’s tongue firmly in cheek enquiry. I believe Andy is just five or six years younger than me and had probably left school by the time of my salaried return.

And I never took metalwork

[ramAnag]

And I never took metalwork

Lol…is that your latest attempt at a ‘pop’, Andy? Actually it’s been called CDT, or just D&T, for approaching forty years now and I’ve never received - or taught - a lesson of either which is a pity because, unlike you apparently, I’ve never subscribed to the notion of practical subjects being somehow inferior, or the hierarchical pigeonholing of pupils as academic and non academic.

Amazing where this thread has led. Has there ever been one that has meandered around off topic so much? No, don’t go off on one, that’s not a ‘pop’, but maybe now, out of respect for both its originator and initial purpose, we should let things lie and allow a return to this thread’s original and specific sad purpose.