Reference
AU10/82/2
Title
Letter from Effie Dibb in Stony Stratford [Buckinghamshire] to Andrew Underwood:
- asking for three more copies of Ampthill News for her siblings;
- the National School curriculum consisted of the three R's with elementary geography, grammar and history in the upper standards, hymns and songs were also taught as was Holy Scripture, every day;
- the Junior Mixed School was in Bedford Street with the School House joined to it; the Infant School was at the bottom of the girls' playground wit ha small room at the back used as a classroom and she had been told that this was originally the straw plaiting school;
- she knew Edward Fielder and his family, he used to meet her brother Henry when they both taught in London;
- she also knew AU's grandmother, her parents, brothers and sisters, she was pleased to know that she was well and asked for her address
Date free text
1 Sep 1956
Production date
From: 1875 To: 1956
Level of description
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