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How amazing that it was found! It could so easily have just been discarded as rubbish. A lady I used to work with, (sadly no longer with us), told me she had attended The Evans Junior School and I had never heard of it, even though I know Ashton quite well.

It was more commonly known as “ The British School “ colloquially .

Little doubt that title would be considered offensive by today’s crackpot ‘ woke ‘ brigade .

I agree Ozy...why is it that other countries of the World can outwardly love their countries & here it is frowned on ? Our son lives in Greece & says the Greek people think Greece is wonderful place & celebrates the fact.
Re the poster, as Irene says what a find that could so easily have been lost...a bit of the past gone.

As a youngster , I watched a number of films at the Palace .

I also was a patron just around the corner at the Queen’s on a number of occasions , although I’ve never seen the inside of the other one on Heath road … I think it was called the Scala , and on closure became a raincoat manufacturing facility .

I also attended the British school in the mid fifties .

Us lads used to spend a fair bit of time down in the jam jar shed , walking along the tops of the jam jars looking for the tokens tucked behind the labels on the Robinson’s jars .
If you collected a specific quantity you could send them off and receive a metal golliwog badge in return .
Oops! … am I allowed to use the G word on here?

Of course , these items , or any reference to them was banned around about 69/70 iirc .

What kind of world have we created I continually ask myself .

God help future generations .

How interesting that you attended "The British School", Ozy, like the lady I used to work with....I worked in Ashton for a year in 1969-1970 and never knew of the school. My workmate was there much later than you and sadly died a few years ago at a young age....I will never forget her. I remember the Robinson's Gollies so well.....the paper tokens were just held very tightly behind the labels on the jars, without glue or sellotape. You collected so many and then sent off for a metal golly-badge. There were all kinds....nurses, golfers, footballers etc. I had an ice-skating golly, and in later years there was an air-hostess, (I expect she was a "trolley-dolly-golly!). We were so proud of our golly-badges, and I have the most beautiful Golliwog, (I don't care what people think!), amongst the old-fashioned toys, (Post-Office Set, Spinning-Top, original 1950s Painting-Box), which are under my Christmas Tree every year. He is my pride and joy.

[Quote] “ I don’t care what people think! “ …

Quite right an’ all Irene , neither do I .

Dr. Seuss said … “ Be who you are and say what you feel , because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind “ .

Sounds like good advice to me .