Loreburn School, Dumfries (c.1901)
- Dumfries
- 1901
Day School Sports at Park Avenue in Bradford (1902)
Barrels of laughs and sackfuls of fun at a school sports event in Edwardian West Yorkshire.
Filmed on 22 July 1902 at a sports ground on Bradford's Horton Park Avenue, this school sports day provided the perfect opportunity for exhibitor Sidney Carter to bag a large audience for the screening a few days later. As well as the children and their teachers, proud fathers would pay to relive little Tommy's obstacle-race triumph, doting aunties to witness darling Dora's prize at skipping.
M&K 633: Children's Sports Day: all events take place in grassy arena - stands and crowd lining edge of field visible in distance.
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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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