Primary School Days: Pencil Cases, Assembly & Teacher Crushes

Old Mates New Laughs Podcast · 2025-05-08

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Pack your book bags and dust off that recorder—because this week, we’re taking a nostalgic trip back to our Primary School Years.

From school dinners and milk bottles to nits, nativity plays, and weirdly competitive Sports Days, we’re chatting about everything that made those early years unforgettable… for better or worse.

Expect big laughs, cringe memories, and a few questionable hairstyles along the way. Plus, Mike’s Film Review takes a classroom detour, and we reveal some of your best listener stories too. It’s everything from Headteachers to Hymn Sheets, all wrapped up in that classic OMNL banter.

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Old Mates New Laughs Podcast

Welcome to the Old Mates, New Laughs Podcast page – a place for those of us who grew up in the 80s, survived the 90s, and are now wondering how the hell we got to middle age so fast!

We’ve been mates for 40 years, which means we’ve seen it all – from dodgy 80s haircuts and 90s Britpop, to the joys (and struggles) of being responsible adults (sort of). Our podcast is all about looking back, laughing at ourselves, and figuring out how we got here. Expect nostalgia, bad jokes, and a healthy dose of sarcasm!

We know that our podcast is nothing without it's listeners, and this is where you come in:

Reminisce – Share your favourite memories from growing up in the best decades. What were your favourite kids TV shows? What toys did you play with?

Debate – Whether Blur or Oasis was better (or if you were too cool for both)

Laugh – At the stuff we all thought was normal back then

Relate – To the joys and disasters of hitting middle age

So, if you remember life before the internet, still miss Woolworths, and wonder how we’re now old enough for back pain… you’re in the right place!

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