Note! The photograph is at the bottom of the page
With the photographs, there were several pieces of paper containing lists of pupils; one of these was not dated but the list almost fitted the positioning of the pupils in the above picture so I have assumed that it was my grandfather's intended plan as to which pupils would stand where, when being photographed. Of course, I can't be sure that anyone is in the right place, according to this plan, and there are certain problems; Marjorie Grant appears twice on the list and my grandmother, Mrs Newport, and Miss Tibballs, (Assistant Teacher), aren't, really, in the right row. There are seventeen children on the front row but only fourteen names on the list. However, on the bottom of the list, there are names of children that don't seem to have been allocated a position and these may be the missing children. Of course, the majority of the children may well be in their correct place and position; and the boys and girls, in each row do closely fit in with the list. The children identified as 'Newports' certainly, according to their facial features, do look to me to be correct to the plan. Also, we don't know who was ill and who didn't actually turn up on
Back (First) Row
John James Newport, Frank Russell, Mark Fuller. Len Sutton, Clive Lewis, Kathleen Newport, Pearl Piper, Florie Baker, Dorothy Grant, Edna Barton, Pearl Sargent, Kathleen Pilbeam, Agnes Sargent, Dolly Piper, Mrs Newport, Miss Tibballs.
Second Row
Lewis Pocock, Cyril Rolf, Jeffrey Brand, Charlie Smith, Stonestreet, Will Farmer, Edgar Smith, Walter Smith, Doris Smith, Muriel Clifton, Frances Sargent, Marjorie Grant (?), Kathleen Moore, Connie Newport, Dorothy Farmer, Cecil Smith, Arthur Carey, Eric Luck
Third Row
Ada Sinden, Shepherd Luck, Fred Baker, Stewart Morris, Ronald Barton, Charlie Sargent, Cyril Munn, Jack Lewes, Horace Munn, Ruby Smith, Dora Baker, Mary Amos, Florie Vitler, Marjorie Grant, Lily Newport, Carrie Moore, Sheila Baker, Joe Fuller, Stafford Luck
Front Row (Fourth)
Flossie Carey, Lambert Morris, Harold Stonestreet, Molly Luck, Oswald Newport, Leslie Clifton, Eddy Piper, Dorothy Grant (?), Kathleen Collins, Harold Freeman, Ernie Stubberfield, Alfred Ransinvale, Ivy Luck, Lily Pocock
The children listed at the bottom but not on the plan are: -
Percy Brand, Bertie Brand, Reta (Rita?) Hutchinson, Jim & Bob Sargent, Stanley Russell, Dolly Pescod. Also, on the bottom of the list, as well as in the plan, are - Marjorie and Dorothy Grant.
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Finally, something of interest is that most of the children have metal studs, of various types and sizes, in the soles and heels of their shoes, so as to save wear. Shoes would have been a very expensive item in those days, especially for the ordinary worker, such as an agricultural labourer or working farmhand but, probably, of far better quality than to-day's mass-produced footwear. However, if you couldn't afford the shoes in the first place the quality wouldn't really matter.
