In article , Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In the old days of grammar and secondary modern schools it also resulted
in a better social mixture.

Hmm. I went to a grammar school with a secondary modern on one side and a
girls public school on the other. We were banned from going within 50
yards of one fence lest we be corrupted by the riff-raff and from going
within 50 yards of the other lest we corrupt the young ladies. The school
finishing times were staggered to avoid mixing.

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