Fountain pens
were still in common use in schools in the late 1960s. Being a messy bugger I switched to ballpoints as soon as I could as it meant less ink stains on my clothes, me and my school books.

One or two in our class persisted with fountain pens as it was discovered that they were useful for flicking ink over our French teacher Mrs Moore’s dress!

Several of her dresses were ruined and she knew it was a couple of kids in our class, but couldn’t find out who despite several tearful appeals for information leading to the culprits.

I can’t remember why Mrs Moore was singled out for this treatment. Nasty eh?!
( Vambo, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 11:50, 1 reply)

I seem to remember leaving most science lessons
with a lab coat covered in tiny blue blots from ink fights due to fountain pens.
( Jsysco is mostly a lurker, mostly, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 12:05, closed)