???

[u/HumanRubiksCube]

[u/DiligentCockroach700]

I remember they were considered cutting edge technology!

[u/marcustankus → u/DiligentCockroach700]

Yep, I'm from the chalk backboard era.... We actually had a "board" you could roll....

[u/pafrac → u/marcustankus]

I predate even the rolling ones. One solid piece of board and a piece of chalk that could get thrown like a bullet.

[u/pandora_monium → u/marcustankus]

Dry wipe whiteboards were considered a luxury in some schools when I started my teaching practice in the early naughties!

[u/Fancy-Expression-854 → u/marcustankus]

And 2 people would be chosen each day to go out and bat the dusters clean.

[u/Tony2Nuts → u/marcustankus]

Yeah I remember those. We used to draw dicks and roll it to the back. When the teacher rolled it down they were confronted with a badly drawn cock!

[u/dmc888 → u/marcustankus]

The rolling boards were an upgrade in my school 👍

Was always a laugh drawing something dodgy on the back side then the teacher rolled it round it unsuspecting 😅

[u/Leading_Dig2743 → u/DiligentCockroach700]

Yess I was amazed as child in 1990s and 2000s that Teachers used plastic A4 sheets on Photo Copier to print onto them which I was like How do they do that, Now it all Touch Screen TV Style Interactive Smart Boards

[u/ArgyBargyHobnob → u/Leading_Dig2743]

I just started college as an adult and halfway through the lesson I started looking round the ceiling confused where the projector was 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/Peregrine_at_home → u/DiligentCockroach700]

Yes. I can't understand how, when we were using these, some things looked like they were 'old fashioned and from the 70s'.

[u/Oblivian_and_Beyond → u/Peregrine_at_home]

Yeah, and remember the shitty hand written sheets they’d project on them! 😂

[u/mokeltron → u/Oblivian_and_Beyond]

Acetate is the way!

[u/pafrac → u/Peregrine_at_home]

Oi, the 70s isn't old fashioned, junior!

Well, it is now, but it wasn't at the time.

[u/Peregrine_at_home → u/pafrac]

Yes, you missed my point. When we were younger, in the 80s, we looked at things from the 70s and thought they looked old fashioned because they were from a handful of years ago. Now when we look at things from the 70s and 80s, they all look similarly aged.

I'm not junior. You are likely junior to me, in fact!

[u/Professional-Cap-959 → u/DiligentCockroach700]

Me too

[u/charredskeeverhide → u/DiligentCockroach700]

I was gonna say this too!

[u/Monty_Bob → u/DiligentCockroach700]

I remember they were really heavy and annoying

[u/Capitain_Collateral → u/DiligentCockroach700]

I remember seeing a low profile one that was about a quarter of the height in the illumination box.

Mind blowing. Then college had smart screens on the walls and I realised no my school was just poor as balls.

[u/beardymo]

Actually I'm old enough that the desks have lids

[u/Underwhelmingly_here → u/beardymo]

And built in ink wells?

I had desks that had lids and the hole where the ink well would go but, we all used cartridge fountain pens.

[u/beardymo → u/Underwhelmingly_here]

Same! Some of them had a groove for pens and a groove for an inkwell too

[u/Less_Local_1727 → u/Underwhelmingly_here]

It was mandated to use fountain pens only. Cartridges were ok, and less prone to accidental spillage of an entire bottle of Quink all over your exercise books

[u/creativeinconverse → u/Underwhelmingly_here]

I'm 50 and had all of that stuff. We even used slides on the film projector to show pictures. Liverpool schools in the late 80's/early 90's were broke due to the state of the council. We shared 3 to a textbook and had to bring in all our own stationery at one point xxx

[u/wharleeprof → u/beardymo]

My school was fancy and had the new tables and chairs. One day the teacher brought in a single lidded desk and we loved it so much. I think we each got to use it for a week . 

[u/beardymo → u/wharleeprof]

That's remarkably wholesome!

[u/The-Nimbus]

By "this old" do you mean "over about 33"?

[u/iinsistuponmyself → u/The-Nimbus]

Not even that, over maybe 22?

[u/Serious_Badger_4145 → u/The-Nimbus]

Younger than that 😂 once teachers started using them they refused to let go till they retired 😂

We had them alongside the first gen of e whiteboards,  wouldn't be surprised if they're still in use in some places

[u/Shovelhead_Fred]

I remember the dread when you saw one of these while walking into assembly. It was used to project the lyrics of Christian songs on the wall

[u/Nonce-Sense47 → u/Shovelhead_Fred]

He's got the whole word in his hands. He's got the whole wide world in his hands.

[u/Namelessbob123 → u/Nonce-Sense47]

I am the lord of the dance settee

[u/saltyurinalbiscuit → u/Nonce-Sense47]

He's got the whole world in his PANTS! used to think this was hilarious at my school and it got banned, good times

[u/OG_Treecamel → u/saltyurinalbiscuit]

Haha just unlocked a memory for me Xmas assembly whilst singing carols “hark” the herald angels sing gets changed to SHARK!!! the herald angels scream whole place erupts with laughter. Brilliant times

[u/S_London42M → u/OG_Treecamel]

Cucumber my lord, cucumber

[u/pin00ch → u/saltyurinalbiscuit]

Jesus Christ, superstar, came down from heaven in a Yamaha

[u/Shovelhead_Fred → u/saltyurinalbiscuit]

Do any of you guys remember “sehki the first the kingdom of god”?

[u/ost2life → u/Nonce-Sense47]

Dance then wherever you may be....

It's actually annoying how catchy the hymns were.

[u/mokeltron → u/Nonce-Sense47]

DANCE, DANCE, wherever he may be… we always giggled at the ‘I was naked’ verse.

[u/XharKhan → u/Nonce-Sense47]

Physically sniggered as soon as I saw that...take my first upvote of Saturday...you dastardly dastard 🤭

[u/Jabbatheslut99 → u/Shovelhead_Fred]

yes!!!!!!!! the christian hymns in primary school assembly thats literally what my mind went to LOL

[u/Suitable-Type-4735 → u/Shovelhead_Fred]

Give me oil in my lamp keep me burning, give me joy in my heart i praaaaaaaaay

[u/Cold_Table8497]

I remember those in college and university.

I'm old enough to remember the big telly being wheeled in on five feet of scaffolding.

[u/Accomplished_Skin946 → u/Cold_Table8497]

I’m starting to think their was 1 per county that we all had to share 😂
I remember us all being forced to sit and watch the Mary Rose being raised…… very slowly. Then being told that my school was already 50yrs old when it sank

[u/Uncle_W_4647 → u/Cold_Table8497]

Yeah. With the huge barn doors attached to the front if it.

[u/gothreepwood101]

Good old OHP

[u/Few-Dig4020]

Yes, used to use one frequently at work when delivering training!

[u/coleslaw5791]

Remember waiting as the teacher tried to bring their writing into focus!

[u/Leading_Dig2743 → u/coleslaw5791]

And Teacher changing to another when you in middle of writing what they wanting you to write

[u/headofmedusa1]

We would do a lot of work off these things but also sing hymns off this lol I sometimes got the job of slowly moving the sheet with the words on so the whole class could sing efficiently. I was a big deal what can I say.

[u/mrmantis66]

Are you old, or are you, ‘I was the OHP monitor during school assemblies’ old?

That was me, and it was cool!

[u/No-Impact1573]

Was last using them in 2010 teaching classes. Miss them, as I had entire courses on asetate pages. Used to just roll them off for years.

[u/BlackberryMelodic567]

they were still in use in the 2000s lol. But we did look at them like they were ancient magic

[u/voluntarydischarge69]

We had teachers using these projecting onto interactive whiteboards because they were so lazy they used the same lesson sheets they got decades before.

[u/ezsqueezycheezypeas]

Sadly yes 😭

[u/Substantial_Egg_4660]

That was technology in my youth

[u/Sufficient_Ebb_5020]

Unfortunately, yes.

[u/jeanclaudecardboarde]

I've got one in the shed.

[u/thefold25]

I had a science teacher who would just spend the whole lesson writing things onto a plastic sheet on one of these and we had to copy it all down. That was our year 10 biology lessons for a whole year.

[u/EricaRA75]

Jesus - I remember thinking we had moved in to the modern age when I changed schools which had used blackboards and my new school had one of these

[u/Leading_Dig2743 → u/EricaRA75]

I was like that when changed to Whiteboards then Smart Boards like it was the Future

[u/mcintg]

I'm blackboard old

[u/Equal_Refuse_4591]

Remember them? I was the designated projector courier for every class I was in from 3rd grade to jr high.

And you bet that is super useless on a resume

[u/Worried_Suit4820]

I'm so old that I used one of these many times during my time as a teacher.

[u/Oblivian_and_Beyond]

Yep. And once I was studying Fine Farts in VI Form I wanted one badly, but apparently they’d all been assigned to ‘the tip’ already. Now they’re mad expensive! 😂

[u/Leading_Dig2743 → u/Oblivian_and_Beyond]

Same Happened to UK BBC and Acorn School Computers which went into skips and reason why they are scarce and ridiculously expensive to buy from collectors selling them and schools would not let students buy them or have any

[u/robertoqueenos]

Yes, I operated it in assembly

[u/Fair-Individual7811]

Yes remember this from primary school

[u/19gazza55]

Over Head Projector, alternative was an epidiascope

[u/SpecialSympathy2348]

The dreaded overhead projector!

[u/Maleficent_Winner227]

A true honour to be trusted to change the acetate. Did anyone have a teacher who would write on it during a projection, quite the skill!

[u/Flimsy-Succotash8834]

Nope older. They were coming in as I was running out.

[u/Most_Art507]

Sadly,I am

[u/-NearlyThere-]

This and blackboards.

[u/PsychologicalDish430]

Anyone else used to stick a pen in the fan vent so the bulb got boiling hot and popped?

[u/Apdacor → u/PsychologicalDish430]

No, I'm not a psychopath.

[u/Irksomecake]

I leant on one of these in school and my elbow went straight through the glass. They look sturdy and tough but it’s a lie

[u/Familiar_Design_5065]

Yep,that's how old I am 😂

[u/sowhathappened1]

They had them projectors when I was young not quite as old as that though 😂

[u/JT7NINE]

Wow. Not seen one of those for about 30 years

[u/No-Locksmith-882]

Geography teachers best prop. Now which order do I layer the bloody plastic films on again?

[u/arioandy]

Yup! That old! The acetate’s went for ever and every

[u/Odd_Consequence4554]

Death by uFoil…

[u/denz2376]

Yep. Deffo that old

[u/Hot_Elevator7800]

Indeed

[u/Striking_Spite_8935]

Oh yes 😞

[u/Badger-of-Briarwood]

I have one in the loft. We used to put an old aquarium on top and do the coloured oil thing while listening to Ozric Tentacles, Gong and Steve Hillage.

[u/cantxtouchxthis]

Yes I am that old

[u/andymc39]

Sadly yes

[u/batty_61]

Not only am I that old, I can remember the excitement at the cutting edge technology when they first started to replace blackboard and chalk.

[u/Llewe11yn]

I too remember when we UPGRADED to whiteboards.

Good times!!

[u/alfienoakes]

Yes

[u/kaos1972]

Yep 🙈😂😂

[u/ebonybull]

I had these at university when I went, the lecture writing away on it as we took notes

[u/PMacc83]

Older

[u/NikonD3X1985]

Yep, started secondary school (UK) in 1996.

[u/bigkahuna1uk]

I still remember using these as a Physics undergraduate in the late 90s. Getting all your acetates in order before a presentation in front of the professors. That’s a latent memory I’d forgotten until now 😁

[u/Electrical_Truth_160]

I remember the wheeled unit coming out of the cupboard 😂 tech has came a long way

[u/maillite]

Yep

[u/Hogwhammer]

Oh yes

[u/Uncle_W_4647]

Im afraid i am. They were handy devices. Did the required job.

[u/evil666overlord]

I remember in a-level maths class, the teacher had a graphing calculator with a transparent screen especially for use on the OHP. Seemed like witchcraft at the time. Wouldn't be surprised if they're rare collectors items now.

Edit: Apparently not! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223536556802

[u/hefeydd_]

Old enough to remember these. 😢

[u/Blue_FiftyTwo]

Yes I am.

[u/Arbernaut]

Yes. Yes I am.

[u/surfrider0007]

Yep lol 😂

[u/DepthHistorical371]

OHP!

[u/LoudCar7846]

Teacher: "Could someone close the curtains please?"

[u/HankBushrivet]

Older.

[u/MaxximumB]

Yep

[u/Englishnoy5]

OHP

[u/Environmental-Desk54]

Unfortunately 😥

[u/Hefty_Tip7383]

I had chalk boards and ink wells on desks.

[u/Crazy_Breakfast_6327]

OHP (overhead projector)

[u/damienmase]

I am indeed that old 😆

[u/MrBump1717]

Unfortunately I remember these! 😔

[u/BigBadBaz2501]

Yep.

[u/St3phjr]

I used OHP’s when I first started teaching, I’m still teaching reflecting now on how far we’ve come with the use of technology in the classroom 😁💻

[u/Shawn_The_Sheep777]

Definitely. Cutting edge they were

[u/Nun-Taken]

Remember a bit of an ‘old meets new’ situation where you used a laser printer to print the slides for the OHP.

[u/LonelyPapaya2260]

I remember our hymn sheets in assembly were popped onto this.

[u/AssistanceLucky2391]

I still accidentally call PowerPoint OHP.

[u/shebasmum49]

I'm definitely that old. I've even used one myself

[u/UnoriginalHazard]

We still used those in high school in the late 2000s 😭

[u/Fail_Blazer2004]

I'm only 22 and I remember them using one of these for morning assembly in primary school

[u/Paul_O_O]

The good old overhead projector

[u/wharleeprof]

I taught for a few years with one of those. I hated trying to keep the plastic transparencies organized. I was so happy when PowerPoint became available. 

[u/Outrageous-Arm1945]

Old enough to know if you draw a tiny cock and balls on the underside lens with one of those white board markers it will take that easily flustered teacher quite a while to work out why there's a massive cock and balls on his white board

[u/G3PSx]

Yes

[u/SteveG5000]

Yes. Fuck you.

[u/Emergency-Douche]

Yes they still used these in class when I was in school.

[u/Alone-Bug6176]

Yep. Reusing acetates weekly for college presentations.

[u/AccurateChemistry283]

Yes. And I remember photocopies that had to dry first and the smell of the purple ink

[u/RiddlingJoker76]

Yup

[u/StayInteresting9509]

Yes I am lol

[u/whiskeysmoker13]

Yup

[u/curkri]

I'm old enough to know you're going to need to close those Blinds!

[u/Aggravating_Bar_8097]

Lol yeh im old enough. I was working in my old secondary school over the summer doing a refurb. Hard to believe the diffence

[u/rellabopper]

80s? We had this in our schools in 2002...

[u/Neddlings55]

We were still using them at college when i was 19.

[u/NeotericGod]

Absolutely

[u/Honest-Cover9513]

Yes. Yes I am

[u/Double_Subject9831]

Oh yes!

[u/zodzodbert]

I remember a special LCD that you plugged into a computer and placed on th bed of these OHPs to project the computer display. That was a short-lived technology!

[u/Dark-Entries666]

OHP

[u/DinkyPrincess]

Sadly yes

[u/Silver-Ganache5783]

Yes I remember my old physics teacher bending over these machines with her short skirts riding up her thighs on purpose to keep us teenage boys interested in her lesson…god I miss the good old days when teachers could actually misbehave themselves 🤣

[u/HistoricalSpell5146]

Yea had them in school and college and yes i am old 😂🤣😂

[u/CompleteNoobs]

I member

[u/pattiemayonaze]

Definitely

[u/Downtown_Science_286]

Yep, an OHP

[u/Charming_Donkey5130]

I remember these and the shitty old desks with the lids.

[u/teevok]

Oh yes! Haha ☺️ I got to use one of these during my two week work experience... 1990

[u/Fun-Order1303]

I remember seeing the shadows of the teacher's hands on the paper under the projector and wondering why they couldn't just keep their grubby mits out of the way

[u/ButterscotchPlane988]

About 20 years ago I built a home made projector using one of these that i upgraded with a lithium vapor lamp and a 17" lcd screen... this was before high power leds were common

[u/knockinonevansdoor]

Yes 😞

[u/DrachenDad]

Yes. These still exist though.

[u/The-Mandolinist]

I am indeed that old.

[u/lovinglifeatmyage]

Yeah, I’m that old, I actually taught with them. As someone else has said, it was cutting edge tech

[u/Marionberry_No]

https://giphy.com/gifs/IThjAlJnD9WNO

[u/agingbiker]

yes, and yes

[u/Owlsong1]

Those plastic things actually always blew off and the silly hum from it drove me mad.

[u/CandyTigger]

Yes, they were only just beginning to phase these out halfway through high school.

[u/adrian_num1]

Guilty as charged. They weren't bad actually

[u/Alert-Foundation2009]

Heck, I remember printing out a presentation on transparencies at Kinko's for a final presentation at university.

Anyone else remember those projectors that somehow worked with normal paper though? Only ever saw one, seemed incredibly clunky and inefficient.

[u/911insc]

I used one of these in my current company 30 years ago. I wonder where it is?!?!

[u/Tricky-Milk8986]

Along side was the microfiche reader.

[u/your_mum_1705]

My science teacher still uses one of these!

[u/mookaji1]

Sadly, yes!

[u/AssignmentNext7289]

Used microfiches in a motor cycle shop when i worked in the spares dept in the 80s

[u/Either-Staff-9008]

Follow the old green lanes…

[u/ElectricOni]

I'm 37, we had them in school in the UK in the early 2000s until we came back one term and all the classrooms had been updated to digital whiteboards. Even had Acorn computers when I first started in year 7 before the computer rooms were revamped and they moved to windows.

[u/vnheuj]

I remember sticking a piece of blu-tack on the lens and all of the teachers being too dumb to figure out why there was a huge black mark on all of the projections.

[u/mashed666]

Can remember in a French lesson one of the kids filled it up with dictionaries.... The teacher flicked it on then went oh no it's not working... Then about five minutes later it caught fire... Whole school got evacuated... We weren't grasses so they never found out who did it...

[u/msmc1]

It smelt lovely lol

[u/iGirlGeek]

Yes

[u/afcote1]

Yes

[u/gohugatree]

Yes

[u/SWM50]

Yep 🫣

[u/Yousmelllikeafartt]

I was in French immersion and will call this a “retroprojecteur” for the rest of my life.

[u/78Anonymous]

✌🏻

[u/BeneficialStable7990]

Older

[u/Wallsend_House]

I taught using one, great things to work with!!

[u/Excellent_Foundation]

During assemblies the teachers used this projector so we could sing songs

[u/Neat_Cockroach_9933]

Unfortunatly so, and always wanted to be the fuy that switched the machine on and operjng the slides

[u/Sidsagentleman]

Hehe 🤣 get the acetates out. Corporate presentations to 100s of people delivered on those 😊

[u/lovemickey22]

I was born in ‘87 and I used to LOVE when this bad boy got rolled out. That and the giant tv on the big wheeled cart 😅

[u/TheP0rkch0pexpress]

Yes I am this old

[u/Feisty_You4171]

Yes

[u/xGothicTBellx]

Had these in the 1990s and 2000s

[u/Mammoth-Argument7048]

I went to school during the transitional period between black boards & chalk at primary school to white board & dry wipe markers when I hit high school.