Loreburn School, Dumfries (c.1901)
- Dumfries
- 1901
Procession of Children at Tyldesley Church School (1901)
Waves of children fill the frame in an Edwardian school parade.
It's interesting to compare this army of Church of England schoolchildren with the parading Catholic pupils in another film from Mitchell and Kenyon's trip to Tyldesley. The street is wider, the march-past slower, the kids more numerous (and sometimes wealthier-looking). The elaborately-hatted women teachers exude an even greater air of respectability than their Catholic counterparts.
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The Old School Yard
Children – unsung stars of so many Mitchell & Kenyon films – take the spotlight.
The more-or-less formal school parades (plus the odd sports day) collected here present a more regimented Edwardian childhood than the one which so often bursts into M&K's other films. The films capture a transitional moment in British education, with classroom provision extended in 1902's Education Act.
With a variety of educational models on display - local authority and church-run (Anglican or Catholic) - some schools are more formal or relaxed than others. As we watch them parade, it’s hard not to be reminded that much of this new generation, so full of life and hope, was destined for the trenches of World War I.
17 videos in this collection
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Loreburn School, Dumfries (c.1901)
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York Road Board School, Leeds (1901)
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Football Match Between St Stephen's Football Club and Moss Street School (1904)
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Schoolchildren at St. Ignatius School, Preston (1904)
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Treat to 5000 Poor Burnley Children (1905)
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Audley Range School, Blackburn (c.1905)
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Children at St Barnabas School, Blackburn (1905)
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Day School Sports at Park Avenue in Bradford (1902)
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Schoolchildren at Dalbeattie Public School (c.1901)
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Children Leaving Tyldesley Catholic School, Lodge Road (1901)
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Procession of Children at Tyldesley Church School (1901)
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Public School in Annan (c.1901)
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Scholars Leaving St Andrew's Roman Catholic School, Dumfries (c.1901)
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Parade of Schoolchildren (c.1902)
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Birmingham University Procession on Degree Day (1901)
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March Past of 20,000 Coventry Children (1902)
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