VICTORIAN DAY AT SPRING LANE SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 16TH 2007
The school celebrated its opening one hundred and twenty three years ago to the day with a Victorian Day with all staff and children dressing for the occasion; for more photographs see "Our School".
The teachers come to school in theme !
Teachers and children in costume
Two obedient Victorian schoolchildren
Very demure young lady from the nursery !
What's this Victorian teacher doing with a digital camera ?
Three happy pupils
Smart young man
Smiling pupil
What lovely uniform
Class group
Just so photogenic
Deep in thought
Yet another poised pupil
Assembly
More happy faces
Having a good day!
Spring Lane School, Northampton opened for the first time on November 16th 1874. The old Victorian school is now long gone and in that time many children have spent their early years receiving an education there. This web site is about those children, their school and their community.
Fancy Dress, Nursery 2005(above)
Victorian Day 1990s (right)
The school has been built, rebuilt and modified over the years. Currently, the site is being redeveloped to accommodate the larger number of pupils to be admitted with the change to a primary school. The new campus is very modern and designed for the 21st century.
The ways in which the school has changed will be chronicled on this site.
School Orchestra 1970s
SCHOOL LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT 2006/08
In 2006 one of the oldest surviving pupils of Spring Lane School came to visit and receive a cheque on behalf of the school towards a community history project. Elizabeth Whitney as a pupil at the school in 1913 and remembers her time there with affection.
Pupils from the school buried a time capsule beneath the new extension currently being built at Spring Lane School; the capsule contained a DVD with the contents of the website and the newly re-issued book about the Boroughs "In Living Memory"
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