Education
First Ragged School Portsmouth
In all history there are unsung heros and one of these must surely be John Pounds. Born in Portsmouth Hampshire, in 1766, John Pounds was crippled after a fall in the dockyards where he was an apprenticed shipwright. He became a shoemaker and was known as the crippled cobbler. There were many destitute children living…
Read MoreWorkhouse Schools
More than 50% of those in Workhouses were children of the poor and often orphans. The Workhouse system was far from perfect but Workhouse schools at least offered some hope for a better educated and informed future. One of the turning points from Old Poor Law and bad ways to social reform and the fight for better rights for the unfortunate in society?
Read MoreThose Humble Occupations
So many of our ancestors had seemingly humble occupations that it is easy to overlook the important role they played in the life
Read MoreChildren and Education
Children and Education life wasnt great for children in the 18th and 19th Centuries, reform was slow coming, welfare was only just emerging, young adults and cheap labour, what was it like for your family and what were the opportunities presented by education, was it good bad or the best that could be expected what happened in the 20th and 21st centuries to change the poor outlook for children that had previously pervaded?
Read MoreAll Saints Church East Meon
Do you have a family history connection to East Meon in Hampshire? If so, then the church of All Saints, sitting on a rise above the village with Park Hill rising behind it, is as good a place as any to start. Find out what your family connection might be to this beautiful Hampshire village.
Read MoreLady Florence Dixie journalist and feminist 1856
Lady Florence Dixie was an insightful and inspiring writer, journalist and liberal thinker. She championed equality for women and was outspoken in her support for Irish Home Rule.
Read MoreRemember the smell of carbolic in schools?
Joseph Lister discovered that carbolic was an effective antiseptic. The smell of carbolic has been with us ever since
Read MoreEarly Education in the UK
The role of church and state in early education in the UK
Read MoreEducation Acts of 1870, 1873, 1876, tough on poor families?
The affect of the Education Acts on poor families and the shape of social reform and development in the 19th century and beyond.
Read MoreAbsence from school in rural areas 1876
The Rural Poor and Education 1876
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