Category: Church Lawford School
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Protected: Old School Photographs (Private Page)
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Scholars
The pictures of the schoolchildren in these pictures are 90-100 years old, and it may prove difficult to recognise faces apart from family similarities or perhaps a copy of one or more of these photos might be in a family archive. The last two of the four class pictures do have a little more information.… Read more
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The Village School In Wartime
At the bottom of this page is a timeline reflecting the “Village School in Wartime”, aligned with other wartime events. The threat of war increased during the late 1930s, with the Munich Crisis in 1938 heightening awareness, and even with the apparently positive outcome on 30th September 1938 – “Peace for our Time”, preparations for… Read more
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The Second Village School 1964 – 1996
On 6th February 1964 the newly built village school opened its doors to children for the first time. The new school was also on School Street, just a hundred yards or so further down the street, opposite the Village Green, in an area formerly part of Fir Tree farm, and it also was next to… Read more
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The First Village School 1849 – 1964
The original Village School was built in the 1840s, opening by 1849. From the middle of that decade (around 1845) separate educational provisions had been made using monies from the Crofts Charity which became available in 1845 (detailed here). The records of the charity show it supported a small number of children being educated at… Read more