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Re: Priorities

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Postby ReformedCharacter » May 13th, 2022, 4:02 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:When did 'proms' become a thing in the UK anyway?

Probably about the same time as school premises began to be called campuses :)

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Re: Priorities

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Postby bungeejumper » May 13th, 2022, 4:56 pm

scotia wrote:In my student days (many moons ago) the Scottish Universities still had Meal Monday holidays - an extra day to allow the students to return home to pick up a replenishment of oatmeal for their accustomed diet of porridge.

We had similar days down here in the south, but it was so that we could nip home for some clean laundry. ;)

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