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As Autumn days approach, one tradition that has
lasted centuries is maintained by boys and girls across the country.
The leaves of the horse chestnut tree turn their
golden brown and the tree offers up its fruit to the delight of
all waiting to play conkers.
I remember as a child enjoying the excitement of
breaking open a fresh shell not knowing the size of the treasure
inside.
Kids at Cliff Park Middle School in Gorleston
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It is also the time of the annual conker challenge
between Mr Poulter and Mr Rogers, Head and Deputy Head of Cliff
Park Community Middle School in Gorleston Great Yarmouth.
For the last 10 years they have challenged each
other to a conker match in the Friday morning assembly.
'One hit Rogers' claims to be champion but the
children and I know differently. He has been known to try to cheat
but he is always caught out.
One year he found on the beach, a stone with a
hole through it and painted it conker coloured. It was too heavy
and the string broke so that was the end of him for another year.
I know he has been saving a conker for three years
so that it is extra hard, so this year we will draw for new conkers
to stop his little game. Every now and then I let him win just to
keep him happy!
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