School Collection (#80)

Ragged School Union - Dressmakers at Spitalfields
Dressmakers at the Spitalfields home run by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Sir John Kirk, Ragged School Union Secretary
Sir John Kirk who, for 40 years, was Secretary of the Ragged School Union. Date: 1907

Ragged School Union - Boy Being Clothed
A boy is kitted out with new clothes in a home run by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Ragged School Union - Arthurs Home, Bognor Regis
Children stand in front of Arthurs Home at Bognor Regis - one of the homes operated by the Ragged School Union. Date: circa 1907

Fire Aboard Training Ship Goliath
A graphic depiction of a devastating fire on board the training ship Goliath which housed pauper boys from Londons Forest Gate District School. Twenty-three died in the blaze. Date: 1875

First Girls Sunday School, Gloucester
A view of what was reputed to be Englands first Girls Sunday School set up at Gloucester by Robert Raikes in around 1780. Date: Date unknown

First Boys Sunday School, Gloucester
A view of what was reputed to be Englands first Boys Sunday School set up at Gloucester by Robert Raikes in around 1780. Date: Date unknown

Boys band at Bridge Industrial School, Wandsworth, London
Boys military band in uniform and with their instruments at the Bridge Industrial School, Wandsworth, London. Date: 1912

Entrance to Kensington & Chelsea District School, Banstead
Entrance to the Kensington & Chelsea District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme). As well as cottage homes, each housing 40 children

Pipe Band at Dumfries Industrial School
Uniformed members of the boys pipe band at the Dumfries Industrial School pose with their instruments - bagpipes and drums - accompanied by two adult members of the Schools staff. Date: Date unknown

The little boy who loved cars

Reading lesson for bears, a Teddly and Cuddly story in Playhour

Pig and Lamb go Sailing

School Bus Driver

The Janitor
People You See. From Teddy Bear (20 March 1965)

School for little folks

Traffic attendant

Lollypop lady

Nursery animals fishing

Nursery school

Puppy

Richard Busby, Teacher
RICHARD BUSBY Headmaster of Westminster School Date: 1606 - 1695

Scene in Native School
Scene in an open-air school - twelve boys are having a writing lesson. Date: 19th century

Boys / School / Patient
Two schoolboys subject a third to the unwanted ministrations of a doctor, who forces medicine down his throat. Date: 1930

Cricket at Girls School
Cricket played at a girls school. Date: circa 1929

Blind Craftsman 1930S
A blind man making a tray at St. Dunstans school established in 1915 to provide essential training and rehabilitation for ex-Service men blinded during warfare &c. Date: early 1930s

Literacy in Japan
During World War Two, an old Japanese lady goes to school in order to learn to read her soldier sons letters. Date: 1941

Winchester Dormitory
Winchester schoolboys in their dormitory (Seventh Chamber, the ancient School Room) Date: circa 1840

Js Bach & Places
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH with associated places - St Thomass church, the Leipzig observatory, and St Thomass school Date: 1685 - 1750

Meeting of the London School Board
A meeting of the London School Board, set up as a result of the Elementary Education Act of 1870 to build and run schools

Paris University school of Medicine
L Ecole de Medicine, part of the Paris University Date: circa 1829

London firewomen netball competition, Westminster SW1
Scene at a netball competition between London Fire Brigade firewomen teams played at Greycoat School, Greycoat Place, Westminster

Hydraulic platform in operation, Bermondsey
Hydraulic platform in operation at scene of fire in Bermondsey, SE London

The aftermath of a fire at a school, Bermondsey
The aftermath of a fire at a school in Bermondsey, SE London

Turntable ladder escape in operation, Bermondsey
A turntable ladder escape in operation at scene of fire in Bermondsey, SE London

Firefighters in action at George Row, Bermondsey
Firefighters at the scene of a fire at a school in George Row, Bermondsey, SE London

Fire dog working at scene of school fire, Dagenham, East London. Fire dogs are used in search and rescue after fires and incidents

Firefighters at the scene of a school fire, SE London
Firefighters at the scene of a school fire, Homestall Road, SE London

Firefighters using cutting equipment, SE London
Firefighters using cutting equipment at scene of school fire, Homestall Road, SE London

Tiffin Girls School, aerial ladder platform in use
An aerial ladder platform in use as a water tower during firefighting operations at a fire at Tiffin Girls School, Richmond Road, Kingston upon Thames

LCC-LFB - Junior firemen training scheme
The Junior Firemen was created in the latter days of the London County Council. Boys aged 16 to 17 were eligible to join the scheme

LCC-LFB Aftermath of school fire, Archway
An internal view of the fire damage to a science classroom at Archway School. Dunscombe Road, North London

LCC-LFB Recruit squad in training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Seen here posing for a squad photo with their instructor and a training appliance

NFS (London) Officers Training Centre, Norwood, WW2
NFS (London) Officers Training Centre, Norwood, SE27

NFS (London) Officers Training Centre, Norwood SE27
A wartime social evening at the Knights Hill NFS Officers Training Centre, Norwood, London SE27

Queen Elizabeth at Harrods meeting NFS firefighters, WW2
Harrods (Knightsbridge) hosted an exhibition on behalf of Nursing Schools Association (Learn to Live) which was attended by Queen Elizabeth

NFS (London) breathing apparatus training, WW2
NFS firefighters, with instructor, demonstrating a compressed air breathing apparatus set and the Proto oxygen breathing apparatus sets

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