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'This is the way we go to school.'
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Ref: WS293
Title: 'This is the way we go to school.'
Date: Around 1911
Location: St Anne's Home For Girls, Ambleside
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays, May 1911, page 108

Description:
The children usually attended the local school until the age of fourteen or fifteen. They were then taught domestic skills within the home in order for them to be able to look after themselves after leaving the Society's care.

Rights: © The Children's Society

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