school photo's

Femelade

does anyone remember these photo things that we used to get in school, when we got the proffessional photo's done every year in primary.

it was a red key ring that u look into while facing the light, like a little telescope. and ur pic would be in there?

any one have any clue what i'm on about here?

any idea if u can still get them anywhere?

whiskeyman

little red keyring??
eh, I just remember some photographer dude coming and pointing his camera at me as I sat there with a smile (with a few gaps from falling in the playground) and then *click / flash* and then the next kid sat on the seat.
No idea what you're on about... but I'd be interested to know!

qz

Eugh, and the collar done up to the top button. Horrible, horrible times.

Femelade

its like u get your photo's taken, grand. then when u get your prints there was also this little red keyring that u look through and ur pic was in there too. we all had them in our family, but they're all lost now.
i'm in cork, so maybe some1 in cork might know better?

Scarinae

I remember, the ones who came to my school had this woman who would comb our hair while we were waiting in the line, and she always yanked my hair really hard (probably because it was always tangled)

Dizzyblabla

OH MY GOD!! We were only talking about them yesterday!! Do I know you Femmy?! we used to get them done in primary school, and we would be holding the tower of blocks??

Besprechen

im sure you used to get them at funfairs too, i know we had a few knocking around at the back of my parents garage a few months back, they were early from the early 70s i think

Femelade

Dizzyblabla wrote:

OH MY GOD!! We were only talking about them yesterday!! Do I know you Femmy?! we used to get them done in primary school, and we would be holding the tower of blocks??

nope, dont know you, but it must be a cork thing then.

i cant really remember the tower of blocks .
i'd say the last time we had them done in our school was when i was only 5-6 i'd say.
dont know of anywhere that still does them?

they were mad yokes!

Dizzyblabla

I was about the same... after that it was out in the convent gardens with the flowers...

Ruu_Old

horrible memories of the buttons done up to the top yes, qz and we had to wear our uniforms (jeans not allowed, so we had to wear them itchy baxtard school trousers) and a school a few miles away never had to werar uniforms any time! and the red school ties with the elastic bands around your neck, gosh!

Nightwish

i never got it done as they had stopped doing it by the time I entered primary school, but my uncles and aunts had them I used to be fascinated by them as a child

Femelade

yeah, they were really cool thinks, its a wonder they stopped doing them.

like i said i was only about 5-6 when the stopped doing them i think,
so that would be 1985 - 86

Scarinae

Well I was only born in 1986, they were certainly still doing them in 1998 in my school when I was in sixth class and they must have kept them going for longer than that because the kids I babysit for have some of them. But since I'm talking about Dublin it's probably different, maybe they stopped doing them in Cork?

roberteboot

Ruu wrote:

horrible memories of the buttons done up to the top yes, qz and we had to wear our uniforms (jeans not allowed, so we had to wear them itchy baxtard school trousers) and a school a few miles away never had to werar uniforms any time! and the red school ties with the elastic bands around your neck, gosh!

There was ALWAYS a school a few miles away that never had to wear their uniforms.God i hated those guys.Hopefully none of them ever went on to make something of their lives.All because of the lack of uniforms.Presumably.

JungleBunny

roberteboot wrote:

There was ALWAYS a school a few miles away that never had to wear their uniforms.God i hated those guys.Hopefully none of them ever went on to make something of their lives.All because of the lack of uniforms.Presumably.

I went to a school where we did not have to wear a uniform. Thought it was great for a while but by the time we were in 5th year, we realised that uniforms might actually be a good idea. They were never introduced though.

You were just jealous!!

roberteboot

JungleBunny wrote:

I went to a school where we did not have to wear a uniform. Thought it was great for a while but by the time we were in 5th year, we realised that uniforms might actually be a good idea. They were never introduced though.

You were just jealous!!

GET A JOB YOU NON UNIFORM WEARING HIPPIE!
The one good thing about having to wear uniforms was the sheer joy of waking up on P.E day and throwing on your tracksuit.

JungleBunny

roberteboot wrote:

GET A JOB YOU NON UNIFORM WEARING HIPPIE!

I actually have one and its a good one too!

I had to listen to that sort of rubbish all the way through school. And frankly my dear... I don't give a damn what you think.

Personally I would have perfered to wear a uniform but I thought it might look a bit weird if I was the only person wearing one. :rolleyes:

roberteboot

JungleBunny wrote:

I actually have one and its a good one too!

I had to listen to that sort of rubbish all the way through school. And frankly my dear... I don't give a damn what you think.

Personally I would have perfered to wear a uniform but I thought it might look a bit weird if I was the only person wearing one. :rolleyes:

Who in primary school would have ever shouted GET A JOB YOU NON UNIFORM WEARING HIPPIE?!!Considering none of you were wearing them.I am confused.And i presume you know i was joking.

And school tracksuits have to be the answer.We had them for P.E day.No stupid competitiveness about clothes but you still got to relax.Sweet.

JungleBunny

Of course I do

Obviously, that's not what kids used to say to us, but I have to say we did get some abuse... hmm come to think of it the fact that it was a german school probably had more to do with it

So you see, I was doomed from the start :rolleyes:
And as far as our school tracksuits went..... YUK!! Yellow t-shirt/jumper, black and red tracky-bottoms. They were awful!! I actually dread thinking back on them!

roberteboot

JungleBunny wrote:

Of course I do

Obviously, that's not what kids used to say to us, but I have to say we did get some abuse... hmm come to think of it the fact that it was a german school probably had more to do with it

So you see, I was doomed from the start :rolleyes:
And as far as our school tracksuits went..... YUK!! Yellow t-shirt/jumper, black and red tracky-bottoms. They were awful!! I actually dread thinking back on them!

I knew there had to be a downside to all those no uniform schools.Germans the lot of them.At least thats what im going to presume from now on.It makes me feel better.

JungleBunny

Not really right to assume that though. As far as I know there is only one German school.
But if it makes you happy....

Gazza22

I never got one...just normal pics though i have seen one belonging to my aunt

irishgeo

remnebering the pics as well and because we were a small school we used to get a group of the whole school taken its a little weried looking through the old pictures and pointing out peopleyou know who were in 6th class when i was only starting.

anybody remenber the bags of coco the scools used to get. you get 3 huge bags of it and it would last months and be used in all sorts of receipes like ice cream , coke ice crem and coco. it came in big bags and our school used to get boxes of it. I am from mayo.

BossArky

Not exactly tying in with the rest of the conversation here but thinking back on my school photos from primary school is weird as about 3 of the class are dead, another 3 in prison. Not bad for a class of about 30.

Rhyme

Never liked them (still not a fan of being photographed)... strange looking at mine now how ive completely changed, different person visually.

inishindie

Wow..... There's a memory from my past. It must be 40 years since I looked into one of those. I grew up in Northern England and they were used there well into the 70's.

Cheers

Ian

Poutbutton

Yes there's one of those little red photo kaleidescope thingies with a little ball chain on at my Mams house. It's of my older brother age 5, 1970 wearing wait for it) a brown cardigan BUTTONED ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!!! He is holding a tower of blocks in it. There used to be one of my sister too but it's lost. By the time it came round to my other sister & I, money was too tight to mention getting photos taken in school. I remember Mam telling the two of us to say we had our own family photos done in our Uncles studio if any of the other girls started chanting "you cant afford it" etc etc. Thems were times of lots of strikes the 70's. I had no idea the little red things continued up to the 90's though.

JungleBunny

JungleBunny wrote: »

I went to a school where we did not have to wear a uniform. Thought it was great for a while but by the time we were in 5th year, we realised that uniforms might actually be a good idea. They were never introduced though.

You were just jealous!!

My school didn't require uniforms until I was in 5th class which would have been the 1995/96 year.

Lizzykins

I remember those little key rings! It was about 1969 or 1970. The teacher got a big bag of them in to give out to everyone and of course she had to look through each one to see who it was! Mine came out last. I still remember that!

garylarson

Ha Ha Ha


I have one of those! My Uncle who passed on last year kept one of me aged around ten sitting side saddle on a chair gripping the back of the chair and looking into the camera with a pretty gammy look on my face! Great laugh though, was bawling cos my Uncle was dead and pi$$ing myself laughing at the thoughts of him showing this awful picture of me to people I don't know. Pity they've gone out of fashion, they're dinky things.

geraardo

Fishie wrote: »

I remember, the ones who came to my school had this woman who would comb our hair while we were waiting in the line, and she always yanked my hair really hard (probably because it was always tangled)

Yeah just remembered that and the same comb on everyones hair ,the hair lice was rife {oh the humanity lol}.
Happy days!!!!

FatherTed

I still have one of mine.

Ann22

I don't remember wee keyring things but I do remember queuing for my go, being put sitting in front of a map(?) and told to say 'cheese'. We were always sent to other classes to collect our siblings. I had to go get my two brothers, the state of them with their crooked ties and crooked fringes...come to think of it, my fringe was crooked too. Don't think I've ever seen a school photo from those days where children had straight fringes.

DublinWriter

More embarrassing still is the First Holy Communion photo, especially if you grew up in the 70's.

Sputnik101

School photos were awful everyone had to be so neat and tidy and clean for a change! No messing in the playground that day inacse you dirty your fancy clothes :mad:

Pigman II

I'd like to see a photo of the magical keyring device you speak of.

We got a class photo taken every year too but all the teachers ever did with was stick them in a school magazine that they sold to us for £1 near the end of the school year. I've managed to hang onto the mags all this time but unfortunately due to being a rather artistic child I appear to have drawn comedy faces over nearly everyone in my class so now I'm almost convinced I went to a primary school consisting of characters from something akin to a Terry Gilliam animation.

Appleblossom42

I've still got those keyring photos, one taken around 1969 and another around 1978. Lovely little keepsakes, so unusual. Pity they stopped doing them.

deelite

I never got the "red keyring" in school but I got one in Mosney - and also the keyring with the leather covering.....

Electric Sheep

Pigman II wrote: »

I'd like to see a photo of the magical keyring device you speak of.

http://www.rplsupplies.com/supplies/key%20chains.htm
Scroll down to Phone Viewer Keyring