Smisby School first opened around 1900. The original advert for the Headmistresses job was recently reprinted in the Ashby Times. The job was advertised for "£45 per annum with a free Harmonium, but must run a Sunday School."
The school was an evacuation School during the war when numbers swelled to bursting point.
Quite a few people who still live in the village attended the school and we have even had visits from people from as far away as Canada who have come to see their old school. There are several people in the village who worked in the Nursery and remember bringing in the frozen bottles of milk and putting them in front of the fires to defrost so the children could drink them.
The school finally closed in the 80's when the remaining children, about 5, were moved to the schools in Ashby.
Peggy, who lives in the village, recently gave me four old photographs of the school which were in a poor state. I have been able to scan the pictures and retouch them to make them clearer. Thank you Peggy for trusting me with them.
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Outside the Main Entrance 1928 |
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| Pre School Room | |
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| Toddler Room complete with oil lamp lighting | |
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| Whole School in the village somewhere? |
