Derwenlas School 18
Empire Day
The schoolchildren of Derwenlas, like most schools throughout the country, saw Empire Day as a special event in the school year, not least because it meant an extra half day's holiday !
The entry below from the School Log Books is typical of many such comments recorded on 24th May over many years in the heyday of the British Empire.
The above extract, dated 24th May 1921, reads as follows:
"A half holiday this afternoon in connection with the
celebration of Empire Day. A simple lesson was given this morning
bearing upon the great responsibility of the Empire at the present
time."
The extracts below, from 24th May the following year, 1922, include a rebuke to the unpatriotic Glasbwll children for taking the whole day off !
Derwenlas School
Log Books
Powys
County Archives
M/E/PS/20/L
These comments read:
"The Glasbwll children showed themselves
most unpatriotic by not thinking it worth their while to attend
school in the morning because of the holiday in the afternoon.
In future, they will not be told beforehand of a holiday.
Each child brought a fresh egg to school - as an Empire Day gift
to the Cottage Hospital."
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