My recollection of secondary school (Bishop Marshall, Langley, Middleton '62 - '67 - now pulled down) is a similar one Mr Happy.

Yeah Bessemer Converter, i remember doin that in metalwork which i hated (loved woodwork tho) and then there was learning about the pampas regions of South America in history, making rafia baskets in craft lesson ? As for music, we did have classes which mostly involved singing from books e.g Dirty Old Town, The Campbells are Coming (ho ho, ho ho,) mostly out of tune.