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Drawing
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Rob Davies |
In Victorian
times many people had no accurate way to tell the
time. Clocks and pocket watches were too expensive for most families,
and only the wealthier people in the district owned them. Today we all have watches and clocks, and can get the time from television, radio or the phone. But imagine trying to guess the time from the position of the sun (what sun ?) or by how dark it is ! Most schools eventually managed to get hold of a school bell which the teacher would ring about ten minutes before the register was marked. We can see from the Log Book that Llandewi'r Cwm School still hadn't got a bell in 1880... |
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22nd
April
1880 |
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22nd April - "Several children late today. A school bell is much needed. It is impossible for the scholars to know the time as the school stands so far away from any houses". School children were often called 'scholars' in the Log Books of Victorian schools.
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RDR
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