Starting School And Pastimes Post War

I remember starting infants school at Bassett Street School. Here there were 3 separate schools, one for infants, one for junior girls and one for junior boys all up to the age of 11 years. We had to drink milk from small bottles. In the winter the milk would freeze and push the bottle top off and in summer it would be luke warm (yuk). Favorite pastimes were collecting milk bottle tops and cigarette packets. We all liked train spotting from the railings on the bridge at Wigston Magna Station. British Rail was still in the wings and LMS ruled with frequent fast express trains.