14 ? or 16 ?
Pom Pax,
I may have got BEagle wrong. When he said that: "I wonder whether 14 year olds are subjected to such torture these days?", I took it that his "O" level exams were taken in July '65 at that age.
But you tell me that the change was effected in '53. I'm a bit confused (happens a lot these days !) Does it mean that, 12 years after the change was introduced, BEagle's school was still putting boys in for the exam at 14 ?
Clearly, I've got hold of the wrong end of the stick, somehow. Can you lighten my darkness ?
Cheers, Danny