7th
April
1879
1879
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More examples of 'away days' from local schools are shown below. The first is from the Log Book of Buttington School in 1879.. |
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7th
April
1879 |
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"An extremely poor attendance today, there being a large fair held at Welshpool". |
| The next is from Gungrog Road School in 1880... |  |
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1st
October
1880 |
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The
photograph
opposite shows part a cavalry regiment riding through Newtown. |
"Holiday
given on Wednesday for the review of Cavalry. Average [attendance]
for the week 64.1" The local children would have been keen to watch large numbers of soldiers on horseback taking part in a big parade. If the school hadn't given a holiday most of them would probably have gone to see them anyway ! This is from the diary of the same school in 1889... |
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5th
November
1889 |
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"Half holiday given on account of the Stag Hunt, only very few children were in attendance this morning". |
| And another fair visit from Vaynor School in 1890... | ||
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18th
April
1890 |
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"A holiday was given this afternoon, as most of the children had gone to Berriew Fair". |
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The School Inspector's
official report on Vaynor School in
March 1898 said "When,
as is the case in this little school, nearly two thirds of the children
on the examination schedule have made less than 50 per cent of the possible
number of attendances during the year, really good results become almost
impossible". Back to Welshpool schools menu
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