Nostalgia drives the first programme. There are tales of a bygone era in which children were walking to school in hand-me-downs, barefoot. We feature some classic stories every child and grandchild has heard from their grandparents of grey, blank walls, turf fires in the packed classrooms, jam sambo's for lunch. Yarns of how children coped with 'dreaded' subjects like Irish, math and religion and how strict teachers ruled their 'roost' with an iron fist.