The Way We Were is a History Documentary programme.

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The Way We Were: Schooldays

Series 1968, episode 0

A nostalgic look back at life in the Midlands, featuring unique archive film and testimony from well-known faces. This edition recalls school life from the 1930s to the 1950s. Claire Rayner remembers a time when no-one left school illiterate, and Nicholas Parsons thinks back to 'physical jerks' in the keep-fit class. Plus, a look at some rare footage of a school trip from Leicester to Spain in 1950 - a journey made by double-decker bus.