Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane. Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
Yes, it's just that people make the wrong connection.. Looking at the photo above (School), Wow they are all holding IPads, didn't know they'd been going that long !!!
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane. Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane. Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
Granny is first left, front row. Looking serious and studious as befits her esteemed presence today. Chriskay (2nd row extreme right) is just contemplating whether a diphthong is a certain ladies undergarment.
Children in the school that is now The Tavern on Magazine Lane. Dilly is the one at the back in the middle, head to one side with his hands in his pockets...
Granny is first left, front row. Looking serious and studious as befits her esteemed presence today. Chriskay (2nd row extreme right) is just contemplating whether a diphthong is a certain ladies undergarment.
...and you Pinz must have been well into senior school by then !
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
Just as a matter of passing interest, in the Central Market photo the building at the left with the three first floor windows and the ground floor divided into two shops was originally a house named Clairville Cottage, hence the name of the Wetherspoons built on the site of the old market.
As a matter of interest, the i-pad-like items the children in the schoolroom are holding are slates. They were used in school because paper and pencils were expensive. It seems you can still get them. http://www.victorianschool.co.uk/shop/shop_equip/slate%20and%20pencil.html They were horribly squeaky; the pencil was also slate. You rubbed them clean with a damp rag.
As a matter of interest, the i-pad-like items the children in the schoolroom are holding are slates. They were used in school because paper and pencils were expensive. It seems you can still get them. http://www.victorianschool.co.uk/shop/shop_equip/slate%20and%20pencil.html They were horribly squeaky; the pencil was also slate. You rubbed them clean with a damp rag.
I bought one of these a few years ago. It's always on the kitchen worktop by the phone. Handy for making quick notes. Saves on paper too! Attach the slate pencil to the board with a piece of string. It saves the pencil going walkabout.
