No test tubes in my collection, but I did manage to stay on a scholarly theme for this week's Sepia Saturday with this page listing advertisements for schools and colleges, taken from a 1920's London guidebook. I wonder how many of these establishments are still running today? I particularly like the selling point of Sommerville House, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, with its bracing climate but am not sure what to make of the liberal diet offered at Quarndon House, Felixstowe.
Vintage schools listing from a 1920's London guidebook
Do you believe in coincidence? I just looked at an old photo of Sommerville House School, St Leonards on Sea for sale on ebay at the moment!
ReplyDeleteIs a bracing climate good?
ReplyDeleteHA -- a liberal diet sounds good to me! Maybe there were a lot of austere schools around back then.
ReplyDeleteSo schools we even advertising back then.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is amazing, and must be something out of the ordinary from Bob's comment. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteWhat did you do if your father wasn't a gentleman?
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"Bracing climate" is so very British. Imagine reading this over tea in Kenya and deciding which one would suit your daughter.
ReplyDelete... and modern sanitation too. What more could one ask?
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