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What were your favourite primary school hymns?

If you went to primary school in Britain, did you also sing hymns in assembly?

I've spent this morning watching this video and it's both surprised me and brought back some memories of hymns I haven't heard since I was at primary school myself back in the 00s.



Which hymns were your favourites?
The school hymns I found on Spotify recently take me back to good memories :h:

https://open.spotify.com/album/5OGkkx87irseNV52Ypkub5?si=gFKGsHJySi26Gd7QwJwnxw
(edited 1 year ago)
Original post by Saracen's Fez
If you went to primary school in Britain, did you also sing hymns in assembly?

I've spent this morning watching this video and it's both surprised me and brought back some memories of hymns I haven't heard since I was at primary school myself back in the 00s.

Which hymns were your favourites?


Thank you for this! :smile: Haven't seen Come & Praise since I left primary school. Autumn Days was always the favourite - the whole school hall went nuts whenever that one got picked out. Have still never seen jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled though...
Original post by Saracen's Fez
If you went to primary school in Britain, did you also sing hymns in assembly?

I've spent this morning watching this video and it's both surprised me and brought back some memories of hymns I haven't heard since I was at primary school myself back in the 00s.



Which hymns were your favourites?


I'm currently listening to it all while I work (attempt to :biggrin:)

Edit: Another memory unlocked!
(edited 1 year ago)
Reply 4
Original post by shooks
Thank you for this! :smile: Haven't seen Come & Praise since I left primary school. Autumn Days was always the favourite - the whole school hall went nuts whenever that one got picked out. Have still never seen jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled though...


Yes! My school even had ad-libs for Autumn Days and they were shouted very enthusiastically
I'm currently listening to it all while I work (attempt to :biggrin:)


Me this morning as well :rofl:

Edit: Another memory unlocked!


Which one? :grin:
Shine Jesus Shine (with handclaps obvs :colone: ) :ahee:
Original post by shooks
Have still never seen jet planes meeting in the air to be refuelled though...

Has anyone worked out yet what a picked-up engine is, apparently it can stutter and stall? :lol:
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The family of man
Original post by Saracen's Fez
Which one? :grin:


I’d have to check… :biggrin:
One of my high school teachers was Mike Anderson and he wrote loads of bangers. Good guitar player, as it happened. Talented bloke.
Original post by The_Lonely_Goatherd
Shine Jesus Shine (with handclaps obvs :colone: ) :ahee:


I remember Quentin Letts calling Graham Kendrick 'the king of happy-clappy banalities' haha. I think if you're upsetting Very-Sincere-God-Fearing-Poe-Faced-Anglican Lets, you're doing something right.
There was one song of which I used to sing a lot during my time at primary school: it was called "You Can Build A Wall Around You", and it went like this:

VERSE 1: You can build a wall around you
Stone by stone a forming ring
You can live alone in an empty house
Be alone and be the king

CHORUS: Break out, reach out
Let the walls crumble down down down
Break out, reach out
Let the walls tumble down

VERSE 2: You can build a wall around you
Stop the sun from shining in
There will be a frost and a chilling breeze
Always winter, never spring

VERSE 3: You can build a wall around you
Slam the door shut fast and firm
There`s no-one at hand who can understand
To love you and help you learn

To make matters more interesting, the teacher who TAUGHT it (known as Mrs T), told us that it had ACTIONS to it, and these actions were as follows:

On the words 'Break out', Stick one arm out UP DIAGONALLY

On the words 'Reach out', Stick the OTHER arm out UP DIAGONALLY

On the words 'Let the walls', bring BOTH your arms down, FLUTTERING your fingers

This teacher seemed to know how much it meant for me to do the actions, and her behaviour allowed me to do this.

There was ANOTHER teacher (known as Miss T) who got us to sing this song a lot, and she mentioned about it being one of HER favourites. When she was teaching it, she told us to stick our arms out IN A PARTICULAR ORDER while doing it. I DON`T know why she did this, and to make matters more complicated, there were some occasions when she told us to stick our LEFT arm out FIRST...

...and OTHERS when she told us to stick our RIGHT arm out FIRST! It seemed VERY STRANGE, to SOMETIMES do it in ONE order and SOMETIMES do it the OTHER WAY ROUND!

Also, when Mrs T left the school (she got a promotion), it was LEFT TO Miss T to teach this song, considering the fact that NO OTHER teacher knew the song!
Original post by say_no_to_nestle
There was one song of which I used to sing a lot during my time at primary school: it was called "You Can Build A Wall Around You", and it went like this:


This unlocked a memory I didn't realise I had :eek2:
Original post by Saracen's Fez
This unlocked a memory I didn't realise I had :eek2:

AND WHAT memory was that?
You HAVEN`T written anything in your reply!
Original post by say_no_to_nestle
You HAVEN`T written anything in your reply!


:confused:

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