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Writing Pens 1955

1955
Writing Pens 1955
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Handed out with nibs and Blotting paper for Writing lessons.
If you were lucky you got one without a crossed nib.
These were also used as a form of Catapult by screwing up small pieces of Blotting paper, dipped in the inkwell, and flicking them from the pen at pupils, walls and ceilings.

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Wester Hailes and Murrayburn Primary Schools
Categories:
Childhood Education
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
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Stuart Laidlaw's Classroom memories of Murrayburn and Wester Hailes Primary Schools in the 1950s

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