I have no idea of the date but would guess sometime in the early 20th century, if not a little earlier. If that is the case the picture will have been taken in the yard of the old school on the green, which was built in 1878, replaced an earlier one from the 1840s which in turn had replaced an even earlier school. In the way of things school photographs do not change over much. They are drawn from a range of the social groupings, and the children stare back with that mix of seriousness, curiosity and in the case of the little girl on the second row a delightful smile. In many ways their school experiences would be not so different from their parents but a world away from those of today.
Location; Chorlton
Picture; from the Lloyd collection, date unknown
Would their parents have gone to school? Very very interesting.
ReplyDeleteYes I think the parents might, but it would have been more limited, and some at least of the children would have disappeared at crucial times in the agricultural year.
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