Cassettes

[Hopkirk]

They were rubbish, weren't they?

[MarkRae]

Cassettes were indeed rubbish when compared to vinyl. However, in terms of being able to record rehearsals and gigs, so much would have been lost forever without them.

A few years ago I went through the process of transferring everything from those onto hard disk, and came across a recording of a gig I'd played in Paris in the mid 80s which I'd completely forgotten about...

[MarkRae]

> Tom Browne was great at the Top20.

"Six o'clock on Radios 1 and 2. My name is Tom Browne and this is the Top 40." <five> <four> <three> <two> <one> <we have ignition>

[Hopkirk]

Blimey Chris! What a nightmare.

Did you join the escape comittee?






Seriously though, do you look back at your school with deep respect or loathing?

[boxtops]

I remember Horace Batchelor, from K E Y N S H A M......

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Have got all Alexis Korner's shows on tape. Brilliant blues music. Must get them out and have another listen.

[mrs.chappie]

Smashie and Nicey on Radio Quiet.

[Buenchico]

While I was at school I actually thought (at least most of the time) that it was great. It was only later, when I went into teaching that I realised that I'd gone through a 'machine' which cared very little about individual pupils but totally about examination results

[mrs.chappie]

Chris, did you teach Maths? Any other subjects?

[Buenchico]

Hello, Mrs C. Nice to see you again.

I went to teacher training college with the intention of teaching Physics (and/or General Science) but I had to choose another subject (Maths). I soon found that I disliked teaching Science because the kids kept asking awkward questions. It was actually one of those question which led, many years later, to my very first post on AB:
http://www.theanswerb...e/Question140971.html

So I ended up teaching Maths, with a bit of Science now and then, but also running lots of football and cricket teams, both for the school and for the city.

[mrs.chappie]

Nice to see you too, Chris. x

Have you ever considered going back to teaching?

[MarkRae]

> Despite having had nothing to play them with for years

Ah... You might be disappointed next time you try - they *REALLY* degrade over time...

[Buenchico]

The thought has crossed my mind, Mrs C, but (at 57 and a bit) I'm close to the pension age for teachers (60) and out of touch with the latest curriculum developments.

Teachers' pay is defined by statutory pay scales. If I applied for a post now I'd have to be paid (by law) at the top of the basic scale because of my experience, whereas someone who has been teaching for 2 or 3 years (and who is completely 'up to date') will cost a school thousands of pound a year less. So who's going to get the job?

[mrs.chappie]

That's a shame, Chris. I reckon you'd be a smashing teacher.

[rowanwitch]

But remember how nice it was when someone made up a special cassete of tracks for you...it was the first time it was easy to do this and we take it for granted now I still have one made up by a long lost friend...one of the tracks actually prompted my first post as I tried to identify the singer/title...of course someone knew the answer and I was hooked