Bloody knuckles and foreign accents a first day at school for wee Edward SBC32

Hello Hello to all Hivians, Silver Bloggers and anyone else reading this.

Last week's The Silver Bloggers Chronicles - Prompt 32 is ....

What do you remember feeling on your first day of school?

We would like to hear from your experienced.

I must admit I had seen the chrconicles prompt post from our amazing @asiaymalay before it got published, and I just knew that I had to make this post.

There are two things that spring to mind...

So let's set the scene ...

I left Northern Ireland when I was five. Due to The Troubles and death threats from the IRA my father moved us from Belfast to Scotland.

Like me, he had grown up in Northern Ireland and then moved to Edinburgh as a young boy.

The school I attended was the school he attended, and his father before him. It was The Edinburgh Academy!

Number 1 ~ Nobody understood a word I was saying 🤣

Yes that is right. I mostly understood what the other boys were saying as I had a summer of living in Edinburgh before I started school after the summer.

All I remember is the little shits kids telling the bloody teacher Miss Landalls that they could not understand Edward, he is speaking a foreign language!

Haha the cheeky wee bastards. But to this day, if I am annoyed or had one too many, the Belfast accent in me will come out. I do use it to my advantage in certain situations as well!

Number 2 ~ The bloody teacher Miss Landalls

The other thing I remember was getting taken to the front of the class and being given six sharp thwacks of a wooden ruler over my knuckles by our class teacher Miss Landalls!

The crime? My pencil was blunt, it must have got broken on the way to school. Although I had a metal pencil case somehow the lead broke.

So yes I got a bloodied hand on my first day of school.

My father said well you won't do that again will you 🤣

He was fluffing right, as I never went to school again with blunt pencils!

As for a warning, a warning would not have worked. You keep doing something until you get a serious punishement.

The younger generations of today have absolutely no idea what we had to put up with!

Thanks @asiaymalay for a fun and thoughtful prompt that brings some great memories

What about you? What do you remember from the first day of school?

Let me know in the comments! And why not join in with the fun and start your Chronicle!?

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

My previous Chronicles ... are :-
1 Colour | 2 Joy | 3 Hometown | 4 Wheels | 6 Memory recipe | 7 summer holidays | 8 Moves | 9 back in time | 10 Life of an Object | 11 Childhood friend | 12 Childhood toys | 13 Autumn Solstice | 14 Unforgettable Character | 15 Grandparents | 16 Worry | 17 Tattoo | 18 Historical Moment | 19 Day to Remember | 20 Fads | 21 Pastimes | 22 Grow Up | 23 Fear | 24 Family Holiday | 25 Favourite Meal | 26 Inappropriate Laugh | 27 Soundtrack of your Decade | 28 Favourite person while growing up | 29 Learning this year | 30 Ideal Morning TBC | 31 Rainy Afternoon TBC | 32 1st day of school ~ my this one ...

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February 8th 2026