Norwood Schools, with an intake of over seven hundred children who came under the operation of the Poor Law, was built initially as an industrial school and run as a strict but caring establishment. In addition to the ordinary elementary education girls were taught cooking, laundry work, as well as cutting out and making clothes. This view shows a sewing class where the girls are also taught how to use sewing machines.Photograph from an article entitled 'A Day in the Life of a Workhouse Child'.
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| Image type: | Photograph |
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| Ref: | 05841 |
| Identifier: | Cuttings File 71 |
| Date: | c.1905 |
#1901 - 1925 #ARCHITECTURE / BUILDINGS #COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY #EDUCATION #People #Photograph #TRADE #WELFARE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS #WEST NORWOOD