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23/10/2015

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For some reason, I have always been a bit of a collector. Not in any extravagant way, just occasional interesting bits of art work for the walls, maybe a book or two, new plants for the garden.

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It all started in childhood. Brook Bond tea among others, produced cards that would be found in the packets, between the cardboard and the internal packaging. Buying a new packet of tea meant the prospect of treasures, the possibility of a new one or perhaps a valuable swap. The collecting book, bought at the grocer’s for 6d offered the space to save the card, with the information printed on the back reprinted beneath or beside the space, so that, when complete, you had a useful booklet of information.

The school playground became alive with huddles of exchangers, with specials or the last few in a collection suddenly acquiring new status, with the prospect of multiples in exchange. Capitalism was rife. We learned about real life exchange rates.

Visits to grandmother were eagerly anticipated, as she, very kindly, also had retired neighbours organised to keep any cards, so visits could mean a pile of newbies, which were scanned immediately, after offering grateful thanks and a kiss, of course. The chatter in the corner was punctuated with “Got, not got, got, got…” until the pile had been explored.


After this, each was turned over to read the information beneath. Where words were difficult, there was an adult on hand to ask. In that way, the collecting of cards also proved useful in developing as a reader, in a world where books were not as common as today.

Christmas and birthdays might bring forth Observer books, on different topics, or perhaps an I-spy to encourage looking around. We were encouraged to look at the world, but, we also had the freedoms to do the exploring and to look at the world for ourselves.

We do need to offer the current generation the wherewithal to look around and to be interested in the world around them. After all, it will be theirs in turn.


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    Chris Chivers

    Long career in education, classroom and leadership; always a learner.
    University tutor and education consultant; Teaching and Learning, Inclusion and parent partnership.
    Francophile, gardener, sometime bodhran player.

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