To believe “wind the bobbin up” is inappropriate and to ask my child’s Nursery not to sing it.

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Wind the bobbin up originated in the cotton mill towns of the north of England in Victorian times. As anyone who knows a bit about a bit history can tell you, the cotton mills were horrendous places which horrifically exploited women and children, forcing them to do dangerous work in appalling conditions for little pay.

How can it be right to trivialise these horrors by getting children to sing a light-hearted ditty about it... It’s offensive to the memory of all those who suffered these horrendous conditions and experienced serious injury or even death as a result of hideously exploitative working practices.

My god, these posters- it's almost embarrassing to read their self-righteous rants.

Still we know how to smoke out the twats now.

She’s messing with you!! It’s a joke!!

you are a very very sad women indeed

It's brilliant when thick pompous people have no idea how thick they are.

It's people like you that are are ruining childhood with your over thinking - get a grip

Its a wind up

Like a bobbin.

I give up

there's a never ending stream of these thick right-wing twats.

It's people like you that are are ruining childhood with your over thinking

What. A. Twat.

Most nursery rhymes and fairy tales are quite dark and macabre.

Ever wondered why a wicked step mother often features as the villain in so many children's stories? It's because prior to modern medicine & surgery so many mothers died in childbirth, making it necessary for the father to quickly remarry and ensure some childcare (often with unpleasant results).

Why can't folk rtft

Unless they're just pretending to be morons.

My grandmothers stepmother (my step great grandmother?) was definately a stepmother from a Grimm tale. Her dad was a nasty piece of work too.

I can't get the tune out of my head now...!!

My Gran lived in a shoe

Because it's far too long. Can someone just précis it for me, please [lazy]

It's a joke

I didn't mind your comment, the other girl! It's the 'Ffs, i feel sorry for your children' brigade who really should be fucking sent up a very steep hill to fetch a fucking large pail of water.

Nothing more enjoyable than the eternally dim leaping on a 400+ response thread without bothering to read even the OP's contributions.

Bloody lazy.

Your the one that's looking very very silly Derbyshire why don't you try reading the thread or at least the first 3 pages ?

Ring o Ring o Roses is about the Black Death, as I recall?

Little Red Riding Hood is about the dangers of predatory males (in wolf guise) lusting after pre pubescent girls, I think?

Most fairy tales, nursery rhymes had their basis in folklore - and we're cautionary tales and advice, passed down in the oral tradition from mother to daughter.

I vaguely remember writing an essay on this at university

They're all furious blind mice or something.

Hmmm, I feel I have totally missed the point of the thread

Here we go round the mulberry tree is about jail isn’t it?

Yes, I can attest that Portia's gran lived in a shoe.

But what of all the children? Did she know what to do?