I’ve recently retired after a lifetime in electronics, and we used to do a lot with schools before “Elf & Safety” and risk assessments got in the way. These young people are the future of the country and need all the support we can give them.

Keep up the good work.
DT

Nice, also, that someone commented on how well behaved they were.

I like the thought that went into occupying the youngsters during the train journey, too, though I do wish teachers would be a bit more careful with their worksheets and not feed their charges guff such as “the UK is famous for literally inventing the internet”.

TERRIFYING. As it happens, I was at school with Fred Harris’ son some years later, and mentioned my fear of Hamble. Fred Harris himself said that the presenters all loathed Hamble too, and used to take turns kicking her around the set.

Play School was franchised in a lot of other countries, and they all used the same set of toys – only nowhere outside the UK took up the option to use Hamble.

(If you don’t know what I’m talking about, here’s Hamble. Shudder.)

wasn’t Hamble scarey?