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In Choppington, there were two schools. One was the Church School with a grant from the County Council and the other was the Colliery School. My mother couldn't fit me out with decent clothes, so I couldn't go to the Church School. I went to the Colliery School. On Monday morning, every child in the school had to pay fourpence. That was an enormous amount of money in those days. Usually, I didn't have it, so I had to walk to the front of the class and put my hand out. I received four good straps on the hand. Girls who couldn't afford the fourpence got the same. About half the class used to get the strap every Monday morning because they couldn't pay.