| The boys have gone to the dogs... | ||
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Apart from helping with regular farm
jobs like the harvest, many children |
I'm
getting out of here ! Can't stand those Senni boys. |
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13th
October
1880 |
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"Great many of the children were absent today - indeed nearly all the boys were absent - at the "coursing match", which is quite a "new thing" in the neighbourhood". |
| In country districts there were regular livestock fairs, and events like the ploughing match near Llanddeti School in 1896... |
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12th
February
1896 |
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"Owing to a Ploughing Match being held in the neighbourhood only two children came to school this afternoon". |
| The annual May Fair took most school children away as well. This is from the diary of Nantddu School in 1900... |
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1st
May
1900 |
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"Owing to Brecon May Fair only four children came to school, consequently the Registers were not marked". |
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And
Brecon Dr Coke Infants School couldn't
compete with the circus coming to town in April 1884
- "Half-holiday Wednesday afternoon. A large circus visited
Brecon, there was a grand procession of elephants and camels, and we would
have had no scholars. Told the children to notice the elephants, as they
had had lessons on them".
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RDR
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also
missed school on market days, Fair days,
and during other local events.