At Arnos Secondary Modern School , Southgate , the pupils reverse the usual order of things during their Friday afternoon handicraft ande domestic science sessions . The boys do cookery and needlework and the girls work in metal and wood . " Laundry lads" ; two of the boys find that doing the washing can be fun . Left to right John Pettit of Muswell Hill (14 ) ; Instructress , Mrs K Armitage of Palmers Green ; and John Baily , 15 of Southgate 22nd November 1950