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The
typical Victorian
schoolroom shown opposite can be seen at Brecknock Museum in Brecon. |
The tradesmen in the area would send their children to a local private school if they could afford it.
The children of the poor had to go to work as soon as they were old enough because the family needed the extra money.
By the end of the Victorian period free schools were provided and it was now compulsory for all children to go to school .
These pages show more about the early schools, using quotes from the official Log Books of some local schools...
