Harleyman Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 We used to have to back our exercise books with brown wrapping paper. Inspections were carried out and demerits given if the paper was dirty or torn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimay Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 My mum used to work in a painting and decorating shop and when I started Comp I begged one of the old wallpaper books off her. I was very popular with my huge supply of psychadelic wallpaper samples. Mum also supplied a friend of hers with a couple of old sample books which she used to wallpaper the toilet walls with. Using that loo was a bit like a psychadelic trip -or so I was told...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tezza86 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I can remember this i always picked the best paper we had up in the house and then in the later years of school we just used to write all over it saying we loved whoever our current crush was at the time hahaha memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steptoad Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Oh dear Yeah, I spent all my homework time putting wallpaper on my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldiegirl Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I also backed books at school I think it was so the teachers could assess what your home was like and what things took your mind off listening to the teacher. some of our more affluent pupils bought plastic covers from the shop on Leopold St. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jatk Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 I did, was telling my 2 daughters about it the other day, they thought it was hilarious!! everything had to be backed!...text books AND excercise books!!! Usually in the most hideous wallpaper that mum and dad had bought to use and then thank goodness thought better of it and left it in the cupboard ....just in case it might be useful for something!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyjaki Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 yep i did the first thing we had to do on starting anew school it was to protect our books but i used to write all over them any way i supose it gave us somthing to do of a evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheff2006 Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 When I was at school in the 1980s I backed my books in wallpaper but as the years went on, I found Smash Hits to be the best covering to use! Ive still got a box full of schoolbooks all from the mid-1980s and can picture now the one with Belinda Carlisle on the cover (1988-ish)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauren1989 Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 i left school 5 years ago, and they were still backing books then! why is it if you drew on your book you had to pay for a new one, but you can wrap it up and stick things on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 too poor for any paper so we just whitewash them instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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