Botanical Study, by Elizabeth Blake
Sketched scientific cross sectional study of a Primrose. The diagram provides names for parts of the plant's anatomy. This study was undertaken by Elizabeth Blake, William Blake's sister, and details ...
Boys' Gardening Class, Seighford Council School,
Many schools taught boys how to grow their own vegetables.
This group was taken by the headmaster's father, who was named Mr Plant.
Seighford Council School has been re-named Cooper Perry School....
Convent of the Holy Rosary, Cannock
Opened in 1898 by the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Convent later became Lyncroft School in the 1970s and then Chase Academy in 1998, since renamed Chase Grammar School.. The Convent building ...
Gardening class, Bednall School, Bednall
The Headmaster of Bednall School, Mr Bass, can be seen here standing near the back. Also included in the photograph are George Taylor, George Bancroft, Alfred Yarde, Harry Edwards, Sam Cooper, William ...
Gardening class, Clifton Campville
Boys from Clifton School busy gardening, with rows of what look like kale and cabbages. In the background, to the right is the spire of St. Andrew’s Church.
St. Andrew's Church of England Primary ...
Gardening class, Dartmouth Street Secondary Modern Boys School, Stafford
The school opened in 1939 as Dartmouth Street Senior Boys School. In 1944 it became a Secondary Modern School for Boys, and was renamed Kingston Secondary Modern School in 1956. It is now (in 2020) home ...
Gardening class, Dartmouth Street Secondary Modern Boys School, Stafford
The school opened in 1939 as Dartmouth Street Senior Boys School. In 1944 it became a Secondary Modern School for Boys, and was renamed Kingston Secondary Modern School in 1956. A further name change ...
Gardening class, Knightley School
Gardening class students with gardening equipment. Mr. Plant the head teacher is sitting in the middle of the group, wearing a cap.
Knightley School was built in 1874 and enlarged in 1894. In 1912 ...
Gardening class, Knightley School
Gardening class students with gardening equipment. Mr. Plant the head teacher is standing at the rear of the group.
Knightley School was built in 1874 and enlarged in 1894. In 1912 it had places ...
Gardening Class, Trentham School
Pictured are the new school buildings opened in 1877. Trentham Boys' School was opened in about 1674, paid for by a bequest from Lady Katherine Leveson. A girls' school opened in about 1856 and an infants' ...
Gardens at the Preparatory School, Denstone College
Gardens at Denstone Preparatory School. Arches covered in climbing plants. The College chapel is visible in the background.
Denstone College was begun in 1868 and opened in 1873 as St. Chad's College ...
Norton infants School
This film was made in 1941 by Mr Fred Ogden, the headmaster of Norton School. There is Mr Ogden and there is the date on the blackboard. And one of the children featured in the film is Jean Turner, mother ...
Pipewood Camp School, Blithbury
Girls gardening at Pipewood Camp School, a photograph taken by Miss Evans-Rose, headmistress.
Pipewood Camp School, at Blithbury, near Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee girls from Birmingham. ...
School visit to Rodbaston Agricultural College
A group of school children are pictured leaving a greenhouse at Rodbaston Agricultural College.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural training ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Evacuee boys setting off for a gardening class at Shooting Butts School.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also ...
Shooting Butts Camp School, Rugeley
Boys from Shooting Butts helping with weeding of crops.
Shooting Butts Camp School, Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley was opened in May1940 for evacuee boys from Birmingham. There was also a similar Camp ...
Trentham School Gardening Class
A group of school boys with gardening tools and their teacher, standing in a vegetable garden at the rear of Trentham School. There are some large cabbages to be harvested.