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Higham Ferrers Board School
Class Photographs

The old school
The old school from a postcard c1905 with Master's house (right)

Rushden Echo 23/30 January 1931 - Who were they?

c1885

A description of this Higham Ferrers group, said to date back 36 years from Mr A King, Milton-street, Higham Ferrers, who receives the award of five shillings. He supplied the following names:

Top row (l-r): May Pack, married and living in R’den; Polly Hale; Ted Hale; Jane Parrott (Mrs Robinson, dec’d); Arthur Elliott (son of the policeman of
that time); Jessie Bailey.

2nd row: Tommy Blundell (I believe dec’d); Maggie Blundell (they moved to N’pton abt 30 yrs ago); Percy Blackwell; Arthur King; Harry Simpson (dec’d); Sidney Brown; Eliza Wagstaff; Claud Burditt (left HF 30 yrs ago);
Arthur Burditt.

3rd row: Florrie Lucas, Bill Pack (dec’d); Lizzie Holman (dec’d); Will Burgess; Charlie Johnson; unknown; Ben Bradshaw; Unknown; Maud Keys.

Front row: Eliza Smith (dec’d); Dot Wrighton (left HF abt 30 yrs ago);
Nellie Smith (now Mrs Braybrook); Emily Wrighto; Ivy Kemshead (now Mrs P Smith); Leonard Burdett; unknown; sister to Arthur Elliot (on top row);
Alice Bailey, Walter Bailey; Willie Richardson (killed in War).

The teacher was Miss Bessie Randall (now Mrs Stubbs, of Mablethorpe).


Infant Class VI
Infant Class VI undated
undated
undated
1910 VI-VII

Council School Higham Ferrers 1910 VI VII

Infant IV

Higham Ferrers Infants IV undated

Group 5

Higham Ferrers Group 5 undated


1960 juniors

Higham Ferrers Juniors 1960



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