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Schools Collection (#7)

"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Schools: From Sheffield to Rajasthan" Step into a time capsule as we embark on a journey through the captivating world of schools

Background imageSchools Collection: Folland Gnat T. 1 XM706

Folland Gnat T. 1 XM706
Royal Air Force - Folland Gnat T.1 XM706 (msn FL511), of the Central Flying School, at the 50th anniversary of the Central Flying School's formation, on 7 July 1962

Background imageSchools Collection: Bleriot XI number 14 (G-AANG)

Bleriot XI number 14 (G-AANG)
Bleriot XI number 14 (msn 14, registered G-AANG in 1981), of the Shuttleworth Trust, at the 50th anniversary of the Central Flying School's formation, on 7 July 1962

Background imageSchools Collection: Children in a playground, Dial Park Primary School

Children in a playground, Dial Park Primary School, smiling for the camera. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageSchools Collection: School teachers relaxing in a staff room

School teachers relaxing in a staff room, reading, chatting, smoking, drinking and playing cards. Date: circa 1971

Background imageSchools Collection: Children in a school hall

Children in a school hall
Children sitting in a school hall, April 1976. Date: 1976

Background imageSchools Collection: Teachers distributing milk to children, Woolwich, London

Teachers distributing milk to children, Woolwich, London
Teachers distributing milk to children at a school in Woolwich, south east London, around the time free school milk was discontinued. The school was distributing milk in defiance of the change

Background imageSchools Collection: Children demonstrating to save school playing fields

Children demonstrating to save school playing fields
Children demonstrating to save their school playing fields, Havering, Essex. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageSchools Collection: Little girl demonstrating for nursery places, Hackney

Little girl demonstrating for nursery places, Hackney
Little girl with a placard, demonstrating for more nursery places, Hackney, London, 22 May 1978. Date: 1978

Background imageSchools Collection: Children and adults demonstrating against nursery cuts

Children and adults demonstrating against nursery cuts, May 1972. Date: 1972

Background imageSchools Collection: Children campaigning for more nursery places

Children campaigning for more nursery places, 7 July 1979. With them is the Labour MP, Neil Kinnock. As indicated on their badges, some of the children were also campaigning in 1968

Background imageSchools Collection: Children campaigning against nursery cuts

Children campaigning against nursery cuts
Children campaigning against cuts to nursery education, some of them wearing teeshirts which read: I Like Nursery, 7 July 1979. Date: 1979

Background imageSchools Collection: Child campaigning against nursery cuts, Lewes, Sussex

Child campaigning against nursery cuts, Lewes, Sussex
A child and several mothers campaigning against cuts in nursery education, Lewes, Sussex, 17 June 1980. Date: 1980

Background imageSchools Collection: Children drinking milk in a playground, Woolwich, London

Children drinking milk in a playground, Woolwich, London
Children at a school in Woolwich, south east London, drinking milk in a playground around the time free school milk was discontinued. The school was distributing milk in defiance of the change

Background imageSchools Collection: Salvation Army serving school meals, Lincolnshire

Salvation Army serving school meals, Lincolnshire
Salvation Army serving soup and snacks to schoolchildren in Crowland, Lincolnshire, 28 January 1981. The children's school dinners had been discontinued due to government cuts. Date: 1981

Background imageSchools Collection: People School Schools 1981 1980s 80s Eighties

People School Schools 1981 1980s 80s Eighties
people, school, schools, 1981, 1980s, 80s, eighties, cuts, cut, woman, women, meals, dinners, catering, cutting, child, children, salvation, army, serving, soup, snacks, schoolchildren, schoolchild

Background imageSchools Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Essex

Children campaigning against education cuts, Essex
Children campaigning against education cuts in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, March 1982. Their placards read: No Cuts, and I Need My Teacher. Date: 1982

Background imageSchools Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Ealing

Children campaigning against education cuts, Ealing
Children campaigning against education cuts outside Ealing Town Hall, West London, January 1980, where an anti-cuts meeting was being held about the possible closure of a local school

Background imageSchools Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Sussex

Children campaigning against education cuts, Sussex, May 1981. Their placards read: No Art, No Music = No Joy, The Unkindest Cuts, Keep Nursery School, and Save School Swimming. Date: 1981

Background imageSchools Collection: Children campaigning against education cuts, Bristol

Children campaigning against education cuts, Bristol
Children campaigning against education cuts, April 1977. The walkout and march from a Bristol comprehensive school was organised by the NUSS (National Union of School Students). Date: 1977

Background imageSchools Collection: People campaigning against cuts, Ilford, Essex

People campaigning against cuts, Ilford, Essex
People campaigning against cuts in education and social services, Ilford, Essex, 28 May 1976. Date: 1976

Background imageSchools Collection: Trainee teachers campaigning against education cuts

Trainee teachers campaigning against education cuts
Trainee teachers from the College of All Saints campaigning against education cuts, June 1976. Date: 1976

Background imageSchools Collection: People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative

People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative
people, campaigning, campaign, tory, conservative, school, schools, education, placard, placards, poster, posters, kids, 1982, 1980s, 80s, eighties, industrial, unrest, action, dennis, goy, cuts

Background imageSchools Collection: Ypres, The City of Death, Cloth Hall and St Martin's Church

Ypres, The City of Death, Cloth Hall and St Martin's Church
Ypres - The City of Death showing the shelled Cloth Hall and St. Martin's Church. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holiday'S Early Life Was Spent In St

Background imageSchools Collection: Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School

Woodwork classroom for boys who continued their education at Acland County Council School, Kentish Town, London. Date: 1906

Background imageSchools Collection: Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906

Acland County Council School, Kentish Town 1906
Conventional way of teaching where all the pupils are facing the front of the classroom while the teacher is writing on the chalkboard. Date: 1906

Background imageSchools Collection: Spanish Civil War. Propaganda poster from

Spanish Civil War. Propaganda poster from the Republican side. Advertisement for Escoles Populars (Popular Schools). Barcelona City Council. Author: Jan. SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageSchools Collection: Spain. Civil War. L'Escola de Tots. Escola Nova

Spain. Civil War. L'Escola de Tots. Escola Nova Unificada (Everyone's School. Unified New School). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. University of Barcelona

Background imageSchools Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Conferencia Nacional

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Conferencia Nacional de Estudiantes (F.U.E.) (Students National Conference). Poster by Ramon Puyol (1937). SPAIN. Salamanca. Archivo Historico Nacional

Background imageSchools Collection: Kaiser Wilhelm II Visiting Children in a School 1907

Kaiser Wilhelm II Visiting Children in a School 1907
German Emperor taking high tea with children at Highcliffe School, during his stay at Highcliffe Castle. Drawing showing the Emperor who presented them a six feet cake, decorated with German flags

Background imageSchools Collection: Children playing violins

Children playing violins
A girl and a boy stand by a window in silhouette playing violins while another girl looks at some sheet music. An example of Soviet British exchange of musical culture in schools as part of

Background imageSchools Collection: People campaigning on behalf of London teachers

People campaigning on behalf of London teachers
A group of people campaigning on behalf of London teachers. The placards read: "Where have London teachers gone? Gone to the provinces every one

Background imageSchools Collection: London Board School for Poor Girls

London Board School for Poor Girls
Head Mistress taking morning assembly, with girls standing-up in rows facing the front singing a religious song. Date: 1900

Background imageSchools Collection: Interior of Chapel of Merchant Tayors School in London

Interior of Chapel of Merchant Tayors School in London

Background imageSchools Collection: First Master's House at Harrow School. Date: 1816

First Master's House at Harrow School. Date: 1816

Background imageSchools Collection: 3673727

3673727

Background imageSchools Collection: Wendish School, Lusatia, Classroom, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original

Wendish School, Lusatia, Classroom, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, class, classes, classrooms, digital, digitally, educational institution, educational institutions, educational system, europe's, field of education, fields of education, frg

Background imageSchools Collection: Photographic print, Cyanotype : Children doing calisthenics while sitting at their desks in a

Photographic print, Cyanotype : Children doing calisthenics while sitting at their desks in a classroom
3519798 Photographic print, Cyanotype : Children doing calisthenics while sitting at their desks in a classroom, 5th Division public schools, Washington, D.C

Background imageSchools Collection: The Schoolmaster

The Schoolmaster
3785926 The Schoolmaster by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: The Schoolmaster - after drawing by Soquand, 1528. Science and Literature in the Middle Ages by Paul Lacroix, London, 1878. P)

Background imageSchools Collection: SR Schools Class No 900 Eton pulling the Waterloo

SR Schools Class No 900 Eton pulling the Waterloo
SR, Schools, Class, No, 900, Eton, pulling, the, Waterloo, to, Bournemouth, Express, Steam, Locomotive, Watercolour, painting, Charles, T, Howard, 12021812

Background imageSchools Collection: Eton and Harrow cricket match (litho)

Eton and Harrow cricket match (litho)
559979 Eton and Harrow cricket match (litho) by Hurst, Hal (b.1865); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eton and Harrow cricket match)

Background imageSchools Collection: The High School, Dundee, c. 1832 (pen & ink)

The High School, Dundee, c. 1832 (pen & ink)
6199882 The High School, Dundee, c.1832 (pen & ink) by Angus, George (1796-1840); 52.1x77.8 cm; The McManus, Dundee, UK; Dundee Art Galleries and Museums

Background imageSchools Collection: Public Supper at Christs Hospital (engraving)

Public Supper at Christs Hospital (engraving)
1057134 Public Supper at Christs Hospital (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: Public Supper at Christs Hospital)

Background imageSchools Collection: A childrens happy evening in a London Board School (litho)

A childrens happy evening in a London Board School (litho)
587086 A childrens happy evening in a London Board School (litho) by Flower, Clement (1849-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: A childrens happy evening in a London Board School)

Background imageSchools Collection: The Queen presenting a jubilee mug to Miss Florence Dunn (engraving)

The Queen presenting a jubilee mug to Miss Florence Dunn (engraving)
607372 The Queen presenting a jubilee mug to Miss Florence Dunn (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSchools Collection: Alfred the Great. A. D. 855 (colour litho)

Alfred the Great. A. D. 855 (colour litho)
670169 Alfred the Great. A.D. 855 (colour litho) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred the Great. A.D. 855)

Background imageSchools Collection: Boys making shoes at Farmingham Industry School, 1891 (wood engraving)

Boys making shoes at Farmingham Industry School, 1891 (wood engraving)
3245366 Boys making shoes at Farmingham Industry School, 1891 (wood engraving) by British School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark Pictures




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"Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Schools: From Sheffield to Rajasthan" Step into a time capsule as we embark on a journey through the captivating world of schools. Our first stop takes us back to 1864, where "Map of the Town and Environs of Sheffield" unveils the educational landscape that shaped generations. Next, we find ourselves at Harrogate Ladies College, an institution that empowered young women with knowledge and ambition. As we fast forward to 1923-1947, an enchanting LMS poster transports us to Fettes College, epitomizing academic excellence in Scotland. Meanwhile, an Art Exhibition in Glasgow showcases how creativity thrives within school walls. Venturing southwards, our path leads us to Marylebone Road's Royal Academy of Music—a haven for aspiring musicians who compose harmonies that resonate across London's bustling streets. In contrast lies Port Sunlight—a workers' utopia—where education becomes a catalyst for social progress. The Manchester Warehousemen Orphan Schools in Cheadle Hulme remind us of the compassion embedded within education as they nurtured vulnerable children towards brighter futures. Similarly, The Hollies Children's Home in Sidcup embraced its role as a sanctuary for those seeking solace and guidance. Margaret Morris emerges from this tapestry—an influential British dancer, choreographer, and teacher whose passion ignited countless artistic souls. Onward we go—to Malvern College—where masters shape young minds with wisdom and integrity. A glimpse into Probus School's interior reveals snapshots from early 1900s Cornwall—a testament to timeless traditions upheld by dedicated educators. Finally, Mayo College beckons us to Rajasthan—the vibrant heartland of India—where rich heritage intertwines seamlessly with modern education practices. In this captivating odyssey through time and space, these schools stand not merely as buildings but as beacons illuminating paths towards enlightenment and growth. They embody resilience amidst change while fostering knowledge, creativity, and compassion.