00:00My school life was horrendous. There wasn't a single day I went without being bullied
00:07until I finally retaliated and almost got expelled for it. And it was all because I
00:15was small. Smaller than everyone else and they obviously pick on you for that.
00:19Well I actually went to school in Arthur's Herry in Four Oaks and I've lived in Ireland
00:23now for the past 12, 13, 14 years I suppose. But the thing that sticks out is sixth form
00:28and chemistry and physics lessons with all the practical stuff. We had a bit of a laugh.
00:33Not behind the teacher's back but just, you know, you do what lads do. And it was just
00:38a bit of a laugh. I look back fondly but that's about 40 plus years ago now so it's good fun.
00:44Well I was in a little primary school and I just enjoyed things even like when they
00:52had a bit of country dancing, you know, we had an old gramophone that they used to bring
00:58out and all the boys and girls we had to all join in a ring and do a sort of country dancing
01:04like that, you know, and the parents came along.
01:06Growing up in school, when I was leaving school that was the main part, enjoyment part for
01:12me because leaving school you got time to mess with your friends, you know what I mean,
01:17and you got to get up to all sorts before you go back to school, reopen again. So leaving
01:21school at the end of like summertime was a good time for us.
01:26Liked my junior school but by the time I hit secondary school I felt like I didn't really
01:30learn anything so I skived a lot.
01:36I liked school, it was fun. I was sort of playing out, especially primary school.
01:42I couldn't learn much while I was there but I learnt plenty while I was out. And as a
01:48result of not doing my English homework I was forced to copy the English dictionary
01:53from Aardvark to Zygote including definitions. So at least I got English!
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