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| Class of 1908 (LMA) SC/PHL/02/0209/5420 A class of girls in 1908 at the Jews' Free School in Spitalfields, east London, learning how to cut out a child's pinafore. Dressmaking was an important skill for girls to learn. In adult life as wives and mothers they would be expected to sew for their families. In the Jewish community at this time, tailoring was a very important trade employing a large number of women. |
Class of 1920 (JML) 55.1 A class of children at the Redman Road Infants School in London in 1920. At this date even infant teaching was formal. |
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