THIS WEEK IN 2000: School runs Pokémon club to stop fights
Pupils at Stamshaw Junior School could only play with Pokémon cards once a week in a new club they helped create.
Teachers banned them from playing the game after arguments and fights broke out – often on the way to and from school.
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Hide AdBut pupils on the school council agreed to set up a club with draconian rules, which meant anyone stepping out of line would be banned from playing Pokémon at school completely.
About 125 children – 25 each day – met at lunchtimes to play.
Pictured: Danielle Nolan, centre, keeps an eye on card trading between Raine Thompson, left, and Bruce McAdam