Today is the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta. It reminded me of learning the poem by Hugh Chesterton which begins ' John was a tyrant, John was a tartar, John put his name to the Great Big Charter, and all the barons from Thames to Tweed, followed the road to Runnymead.' I remember we had to learn it when I was at Peel Park and was reciting to out loud to mum but couldn't understand why she started laughing. I thought I had got it right. The trouble was I had said ' And all the barons from Thames to Tweed, followed the road to Bramley Mead.' Good job she corrected me or I would have been in lumber with Mrs Becker !!!!!
Magna Carta
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Mrs Becker could have shown King John just how tartarish a tartar needed to be.
I won't miss what I never had so i can't really celebrate 
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...If you think Government ever really abides by these you might want to reconsider your perception of reality
........If you think Government ever really abides by these you might want to reconsider your perception of reality
Yes, she scared the life out of me.
I was in a perpetual state of fear when she was teaching us...It is no surprise that I didn't learn much from her.
I was in a perpetual state of fear when she was teaching us...It is no surprise that I didn't learn much from her.
I was in her class twice unfortunately although I have to say the second time was not as bad. The first time I would be 7yrs old and I used to be physically sick every morning . Think I was 9yrs the second time. Those glasses were enough to scare anyone and her perfume was over powering too.