Jubilee Dinner of the Clerkenwell Parochial Charity Schools, [London], 1850. 'The Schools were the purpose of educating and bringing up the children of the poor of the parish of 500 to 600 children have been in daily attendance, of which number 105 boys and 70 girls are clothed as well as boys are instructed in reading, writing, and arithmetic; and the girls, in addition, in needlework. The upper school-room, in which the dinner took place, is a spacious but plain guests numbered elder children, boys and girls, taking an
Jubilee Dinner of the Clerkenwell Parochial Charity Schools, [London], 1850. 'The Schools were the purpose of educating and bringing up the children of the poor of the parish of 500 to 600 children have been in daily attendance, of which number 105 boys and 70 girls are clothed as well as boys are instructed in reading, writing, and arithmetic; and the girls, in addition, in needlework. The upper school-room, in which the dinner took place, is a spacious but plain guests numbered elder children, boys and girls, taking an effective part in the "National Anthem"...walked round the room, and having taken up their appointed stations, an address was spoken by the senior boy and girl; after which the whole school sang a hymn, with good effect. The cleanly and healthy appearance of the children was extremely interesting'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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