Tag Archives: O-Levels

March 11th 1975

“Got elected onto committee. Passed Economics O-Level. packed up Vivienne” What a day…….. Barton Peveril had a Sixth Form society – colloquially known as the “Coffee Club” – responsible for arranging the entertainment aspects of the students. With the year-end exams … Continue reading

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January 20th 1975

“Economics ‘O’ level retake” Regular EFA70sTRO readers will recall that I pretty much crashed and burned in my GCE O-Levels back in August 1974. Amongst the subject I failed at was Economics. Seems like I was allowed to retake it? … Continue reading

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1974 School Reports

Following on from my 1973 reports (for which I received several sarcastic comments offline) I bring you my February 1974 school reports… which appear to show little or no improvement…. indeed a worrying lack of concentration. Bear in mind these reports … Continue reading

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January 21st 1974

“Economics -> Hard” / “Geog (Europe World) -> Hard” The mocks continue to mock me back!

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January 14th / 15th / 16th / 17th / 18th (Part I) 1974

• “History -> Hard” / “RE -> ?” • “Geog (Ord Surv Brit Isles) -> Bloody Hard” • “Eng Lit -> Easy” / “French -> Hard” • “Physics -> Hard” • “TD -> Hard” The mock O-Levels continue, seemingly relentlessly … Continue reading

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January 9th / 10th 1974

• “French -> hard” • “Eng Lang” -> hard” / “Ad Maths -> ha hard” Yes, I wrote “ha hard” for Advanced Mathematics. My lack of seriousness about these exams is somewhat troubling to say the least!

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January 8th 1974

“BACK TO SCHOOL – MOCKS BEGIN AFN” / “Eng Lang 2 -> hard!” / “Tim B gave me £2.50 for Heep Live” For most 16-year-old kids in 1974 the start of their Mock GCSE O-Levels would be an important turning … Continue reading

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September 20th 1973

“Found chain” / “Got official o’level certificate” I think this goes down as an official “good day” for me in 1973. Not only did I find the elusive identity bracelet, but I also collected the official certificate proving I had … Continue reading

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