#popina

I'll try and break it down as best I can.

Pop was founded in 1811, originally as a "debating society". They are generally "B Blockers" (Year 13 - 17-18 years old).

They act as school prefects. Poppers' main duties include monitoring boys in chapel, signing in boys to certain events and acting as general doormen and lackeys.

Poppers wear a different uniform to everyone else, which is both distinguishable and cool. Besides the normal tailcoat they are allowed to wear grey spotted trousers and a waistcoat of their choice. The design of this waistcoat is entirely up to the wearer, which means that football team crests, national flags, fluorescent colours and even sequins are not uncommon. If there is a list of banned designs by the school it probably only covers pornographic material and anything Nazi-related.

becoming a popper is not easy. There’s no application process as such, but you have to stand out in such a way as to be eligible for a leadership role. In most cases this is by being good at sport, but in can be in other areas too, music and drama for instance.

The electoral system is a tad controversial. Every summer a committee meets to decide which C blockers will make up the Pop for the following academic year. This committee consists of both beaks (teachers) and current poppers, and they rely on recommendations from others and their own judgment to pick the lucky few.

In the early days, the boys used to meet above Mrs Hatton's lollypop shop on the High Street, and 'popina' is latin for a shop that sells food.

By Aldo Ardetti at Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3654466

The earliest mention in the historical record are from 512 BCE in Ancient Egypt. There was only one dish, a 'plate of cereal, wildfowl, and onions'. They became more widely known in the Ancient Greco-Roman Empire with the Greeks calling it a thermopolium, or cook-shop. In addition to these within the cities, the Romans had a network of inns along the roads between cities where food and lodging and stable facilities.

By Daniele Florio from Rome, ITALY - Ancient Bar, Pompei, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2930141

Thermopolium were places where 'ready-to-eat' food could be purchased and were also called popinae,cauponae, and stabula. They were typically attached to a house, though not accessible through the house. They had a counter with embedded vessels called 'dalia', which could hold dried foods or nuts. They could be decorated with frescoes with mythological imagery or advertisements of what hot dishes would be served. Part of the popularity (158 have been found in Pompeii) of these has to do with that many residences didn't have kitchens, which was especially common in the Roman Empire.

By Nicolas von Kospoth (Triggerhappy) - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1070718

Roman cities were typically arranged into blocks with main roads running perpendicular to each other and minor streets connecting housing units, which could be multistory apartment blocks. The thermoplium would be on the main roads, making them easier to access for those living in the housing areas. These were more common as the Roman Empire expanded.

Source: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Thermopolium-of-Asellina-in-Pompeii-Italy-c-79-CE-Ancient-Roman-Empire-Reproduced_fig5_318026436

Some of these thermopolium, such as the Thermoplium of Asellina, might have had connections to brothels. The Thermoplium of Asellina had a second floor that is thought to be a brothel because it had a list of feminine names written on a notice on the outside walls. Inns might have also served this role in addition to a place to eat and sleep. The food served at an inn would more likely be served as communal to the table guests without menus or choices.

By ell brown - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/7646318306/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21432371

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