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In the summer, we all wore cheap straw hats with elastic underneath. In the winter, we wore woollen, hand-knitted hats. The boys always wore cloth caps. We would hang up our hats and then we went to wash our hands in the basin. There was one basin with a roller towel. When that was done, we went and sat in the classroom with our arms folded, waiting for the teacher to come in. When she came in we stood up and she would say, ‘Good morning children.’ And we had to nod our heads and say, ‘Good morning Miss Johnston.’ Then she came round and examined our hands, back and front. A lot of boys were sent to get their hands washed again.