I was only allowed a pencil, because I kept making a mess with the fountain pen, breaking nibs and splodging ink everywhere. Then we were allowed to use these instead, and oh joy…no mess, and my handwriting didn’t look like spiders having sex in ink.
Whats wrong with them? Didnt leak like fountain pens and were good for writing when pencils were not allowed because Mrs Smith from the english department was a twat
wdym ? I loved these kind of pens when I was at school.
Used to get similar green ( pen not ink ) ones with a wee ribbed bit on the lid ?
Loved those!
No. We had the blue Bic ballpoint pens. (70s child)
I seem to be the odd one out in never having used these. We only were allowed pencils at primary school and then at secondary it was all ballpoint pens.
You had to earn the right to write with one of these at my school. Write in pencil and when it’s neat enough, you can have the red pen. What a privilege.
Nah mate, these were mint! Chewed the end of many of these 😂
But, I hated how they felt on the page when they ran out of ink, went through me for some reason.
I was stuck with a pencil, because I’m left handed and my writing was a mess. Got fed up of waiting to get my pen so I nicked someone else’s. Never got found out!
Good pens these. You just had the shitty used up ones.
Having the prestigious permission to just write with one of these bad boys was the pinnacle of flex back in the day,
Ah a simpler time
They were mint for doodling
Sounds like someone needs their pen licence revoked
Stupid, scratchy, nonsense pens.
Yep
Off topic but fountain pens were the best purely because of those ink cartridge things that we used to pierce the bottom of then chuck at each other.
Bonus points if you could get someone to spend the day with ink on their face or shirt without them realising.
Yep, had to prove your current one was dead before the teacher would give you a new one. Used to nick duds out of the bin so I could trade in for spares.
My teacher once held up some of my work as an example of how not to write. She compared it to a spider being sick all over the page. Pretty accurate tbf.
No, had to use a fountain pen
Those are some of the best writing pens you can get. I still use them now for writing and drawing. What the fuck are you on about, OP?
I’m left handed, so I never progressed this far, as I kept smudging things. 🤷
You just unlocked some core memories for me… thanks I hate it
No. It was pencil first and then use whatever pen or fountain pen you/your parents picked
Oh no, we almost always used pencils in primary school.
I can only recall using pens very, very rarely, for super special bits of work and end-of-year reports and the like.
I’m 36, so can guess when I went to Primary and High School. If I remember correctly at my Primary, we were only allowed to use Pencils and in year 6, we had a class to, I’m assuming to teach Cursive or as we called, joined up writing. The label on the pen in the picture looks the same but the pen we used was a triangle where you held it. I got so used to that pen, I adopted my grip to normal pens and now I get cramp in my hand with how I hold them after a while
Pens? Yeah, fucking terrible. I much preferred a quill.
Loved having a go on the berol… sadly never graduated to fountain pen from these because my handwriting was too poor
Still to this day don’t know how to write with a fountain pen… I’m 37
I loved these pens and still buy them on occasion. And I loved the green italic ones they did.
I actually enjoyed these! Like another comment said, it was a step up after earning it from using pencils
Then I discovered the £1 fountain pens at ASDA (WHSmith’s still does the exact same pen, though I think theyre £5 or more now), and teachers allowed me to use those instead
As an adult I bought this brand of felt tips for the nostalgia but they’re actually great for colouring books, lasted well
You got a license for that pen, mate?!
I actually loved them! Mind you we had pen licenses and mine got redacted for the WHOLE year as my handwriting was so shit. They didn’t help me improve tho
We were only allowed these when you could prove you could spell and didn’t need pencil/eraser.
Reminds me of the nonsense that was joined-up handwriting. Oh, the dumb shit they made us do in primary.
I love those types of pens
The feeling of that horrible tip scraping across the paper is the same as nails on a chalkboard to me.
Awful things? I still use them now
My handwriting was dreadful at school. Like I needed extra lessons to get me to produce anything legible with a pencil. (pens NOT Allowed). So I got to be basically competent in pencil. Fountain pens were OK, because the ‘feel’ was pretty close. Biro was always dreadful.
Would probably never have learnt to write with one of this kind of pen.
These were the only pens allowed at my primary (once you’d got your pen licence) and I hated them! They always ran dry and the nibs would get fucked up, and there was never enough of them to go round
You need to pop out the inner part of the lid, turn it around in the tube of the lid and then use it as a blow dart to hit the kid in front of you
These were the best pens!
Just wait until you remember ink erasers from WH Smith
When this thing is out of ink and it just scratches across the paper gives me the sideshow Bob heebeegeebees.
Nah, my handwriting was so bad that I never graduated from pencils that year lol.
The year after, I think everyone just got to use normal ones / their own.
Had to earn a “pen licence” for it when I got to year 5, it was fucking wank, and when it ran out the paper would scratch
If you pulled the end cap off and removed the ink sponge thing, a cigarette would fit perfectly inside them.
I was never good enough with the pencil to be allowed by the teacher to write with one of those 😂
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How dare you. They were the dog’s bollocks.
I was only allowed a pencil, because I kept making a mess with the fountain pen, breaking nibs and splodging ink everywhere. Then we were allowed to use these instead, and oh joy…no mess, and my handwriting didn’t look like spiders having sex in ink.
Whats wrong with them? Didnt leak like fountain pens and were good for writing when pencils were not allowed because Mrs Smith from the english department was a twat
wdym ? I loved these kind of pens when I was at school.
Used to get similar green ( pen not ink ) ones with a wee ribbed bit on the lid ?
Loved those!
No. We had the blue Bic ballpoint pens. (70s child)
I seem to be the odd one out in never having used these. We only were allowed pencils at primary school and then at secondary it was all ballpoint pens.
You had to earn the right to write with one of these at my school. Write in pencil and when it’s neat enough, you can have the red pen. What a privilege.
Nah mate, these were mint! Chewed the end of many of these 😂
But, I hated how they felt on the page when they ran out of ink, went through me for some reason.
I was stuck with a pencil, because I’m left handed and my writing was a mess. Got fed up of waiting to get my pen so I nicked someone else’s. Never got found out!
Good pens these. You just had the shitty used up ones.
Having the prestigious permission to just write with one of these bad boys was the pinnacle of flex back in the day,
Ah a simpler time
They were mint for doodling
Sounds like someone needs their pen licence revoked
Stupid, scratchy, nonsense pens.
Yep
Off topic but fountain pens were the best purely because of those ink cartridge things that we used to pierce the bottom of then chuck at each other.
Bonus points if you could get someone to spend the day with ink on their face or shirt without them realising.
Yep, had to prove your current one was dead before the teacher would give you a new one. Used to nick duds out of the bin so I could trade in for spares.
My teacher once held up some of my work as an example of how not to write. She compared it to a spider being sick all over the page. Pretty accurate tbf.
No, had to use a fountain pen
Those are some of the best writing pens you can get. I still use them now for writing and drawing. What the fuck are you on about, OP?
I’m left handed, so I never progressed this far, as I kept smudging things. 🤷
You just unlocked some core memories for me… thanks I hate it
No. It was pencil first and then use whatever pen or fountain pen you/your parents picked
Oh no, we almost always used pencils in primary school.
I can only recall using pens very, very rarely, for super special bits of work and end-of-year reports and the like.
I’m 36, so can guess when I went to Primary and High School. If I remember correctly at my Primary, we were only allowed to use Pencils and in year 6, we had a class to, I’m assuming to teach Cursive or as we called, joined up writing. The label on the pen in the picture looks the same but the pen we used was a triangle where you held it. I got so used to that pen, I adopted my grip to normal pens and now I get cramp in my hand with how I hold them after a while
Pens? Yeah, fucking terrible. I much preferred a quill.
Loved having a go on the berol… sadly never graduated to fountain pen from these because my handwriting was too poor
Still to this day don’t know how to write with a fountain pen… I’m 37
I loved these pens and still buy them on occasion. And I loved the green italic ones they did.
I actually enjoyed these! Like another comment said, it was a step up after earning it from using pencils
Then I discovered the £1 fountain pens at ASDA (WHSmith’s still does the exact same pen, though I think theyre £5 or more now), and teachers allowed me to use those instead
As an adult I bought this brand of felt tips for the nostalgia but they’re actually great for colouring books, lasted well
You got a license for that pen, mate?!
I actually loved them! Mind you we had pen licenses and mine got redacted for the WHOLE year as my handwriting was so shit. They didn’t help me improve tho
We were only allowed these when you could prove you could spell and didn’t need pencil/eraser.
Reminds me of the nonsense that was joined-up handwriting. Oh, the dumb shit they made us do in primary.
I love those types of pens
The feeling of that horrible tip scraping across the paper is the same as nails on a chalkboard to me.
Awful things? I still use them now
My handwriting was dreadful at school. Like I needed extra lessons to get me to produce anything legible with a pencil. (pens NOT Allowed). So I got to be basically competent in pencil. Fountain pens were OK, because the ‘feel’ was pretty close. Biro was always dreadful.
Would probably never have learnt to write with one of this kind of pen.
These were the only pens allowed at my primary (once you’d got your pen licence) and I hated them! They always ran dry and the nibs would get fucked up, and there was never enough of them to go round
You need to pop out the inner part of the lid, turn it around in the tube of the lid and then use it as a blow dart to hit the kid in front of you
These were the best pens!
Just wait until you remember ink erasers from WH Smith
When this thing is out of ink and it just scratches across the paper gives me the sideshow Bob heebeegeebees.
Nah, my handwriting was so bad that I never graduated from pencils that year lol.
The year after, I think everyone just got to use normal ones / their own.
Had to earn a “pen licence” for it when I got to year 5, it was fucking wank, and when it ran out the paper would scratch
If you pulled the end cap off and removed the ink sponge thing, a cigarette would fit perfectly inside them.
I was never good enough with the pencil to be allowed by the teacher to write with one of those 😂
I CAN HEAR THIS PHOTO LOL