1953 – A Serious Game

A Serious Game

Cram ! - Lobster - Keeps - Disturbsy - Clicksy and No Clicksy - Netball - Football - Rugby - House that Jack Built - Sweep the Room and Move the Chairs - Nelson's Column - Tyndale's Monument - Lion in the Den -Stables - Clangers - Dustbin - Mouse in the Hole - Wriggly Snake - Over the Garden Wall - Crows' Nest - Fish in the Pond - Horse Jumping - Hitler's Boots -Little Old Mill - Pigs in the Pig Sty - Black Magic - Cricket - Toad in the Hole - Caves - Chimneys - Arches - Bridges - Pecks and Bushels - This is the Houses of Parliament - Monkey Business.

These are some of the terms used in "Five Stones".

Readers-please instruct the Editor if he has omitted any. He would greatly regret overlooking even one of such a noble array.

Mathematics

Form II: "Is Pi short for Pythagoras, sir?"

T.V.P.: "Rather a poor homework. Why?"
Form IV: "Mr. Elliott helped us, sir."

The Maths room blackboards having been damp fingers, appeared to have been the resting place of a swarm of locusts.

"What do we find at the base of model, looking in the direction B?"
George Morgan : "The bottom, sir !"

Science

Results are a foregone conclusion.

"How long is a metre rule, sir "

A thermometer is filled with mercy.

Super heated steam is very invisible.

Geography

"Other residents and places of refuse are St. Cyr's Church, The Baptist Church and Mr. and Mrs. Timpson."

Question : Insert on map of Stroud four important buildings.
Answer : All public conveniences are marked in their correct positions.

A thundercloud has an anvil at one side and when this is hit, that is what makes the noise.

Music

A Fugue is a sort of private battle.

The four orchestral groups are Strings, Woodwind, Brass and Concussion.

English

Give the opposite of malefactor by varying the prefix.
Answer: Femalefactor.

Define Non-Fiction.
Answer: Not able to move.

"Courtesy means politeness. Examples?"
"In olden days ladies used to courtesy."
"Nonsense ! etc., etc."
"Well, sir ! that was politeness, sir! wasn't it, sir?"

Chalford

"A drunken man swung his torch round his head and the burning rag fell on a R.A.F. man, burning all his hair off and burning his face. On the whole it was a very enjoyable week for all."

The Natives of the Stroud Valleys

Nailsworth has its Nailes; Minchins live at Minchinhampton, and Stones at Stonehouse. There may be Paynes at Painswick and Easts at Eastington. Luckily we have no boys from Tuffley.