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Recollections
Lyndsay
Montgomery
(formerly Linda Montgomery)
Old Town, Edinburgh
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Lyndsay
Montgomery asks a question below: |
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Question |
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Lyndsay wrote:
Schools
"My mother was brought up in Duddingston
Village, where they lived above the Sheep's Heid.
Like my father, she left school at 13,
so what was that about?
She told me that when she was young, one of
her aunts would visit on the same day each week. She would be sent
to the baker's for a box of cakes for afternoon tea. The baker's was
in Portobello, and there were no buses in these days.
I hope someone can tell me what happened with
the schools then."
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Reply
1.
Peter Stubbs
Edinburgh |
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I've just checked the Wikipedia page on the internet.
School Leaving Age
13 then 14
It says that in Scotland:
- Education
finally became compulsory for all children aged between 5 and 13 with the
Education (Scotland) Act 1872.
- The
leaving age was raised to 14 in 1883.
However, the evidence from
the answers below seems to suggest that for many years after 1883, pupils
were leaving school well before age 14.
Peter Stubbs: July 31, 2008 +
August 3, 2008 |
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Bryan Gourlay
Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Bryan Gourlay wrote:
School Leaving Age
12 then 14
then 15
"I’m not sure when Lyndsay’s mother was born – but my dad was born in 1912
and left Bruntsfield Primary School at the age of 12, without going to
secondary school.
In the late 1940s, I remember the school leaving age was 14 and can
remember it going to 15 probably in the early 1950s. I’m sure there are
records around somewhere"
Bryan Gourlay, Biggar, Lanarkshire,
Scotland |
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3.
Eric Gold
East London, England |
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Eric Gold wrote:
School Leaving Age
13 then 14
"The school leaving age used to be 14 years old.
I
thought it was 13 years old in 1914 as they got the wee laddies to sweep
the lums (chimneys)."
Eric Gold, East London, England |
