Comments on: At The Ragged School Museum https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:35:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194492 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:35:02 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194492 Those were the days, my friends …

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Ron Bunting https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194334 Wed, 07 Feb 2018 09:38:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194334 A cane… the last time i saw one of those it was on a trajectory towards my buttocks for some minor infraction in class… ahem.

]]> By: Hilary https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194260 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 17:02:44 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194260 Yes I sat at a desk like that at my northern grammar school in the 1960’s !

Very interesting museum conversion.

]]> By: Gary Arber https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194257 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 16:25:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194257 When the trust saved the school it also saved the rest of the block which used to be the Mentmore Fountain Pen Company and has now been converted into artist’s studios.
Gary

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194253 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 15:00:10 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194253 Greg says those desks were in use until 1952-5. Can I correct him? I certainly sat in one of those as late as 1965 and when I had my first teaching post in Oldham, the old primary school that served as the lower school for a large comprehensive still had them – the date was 1974. Obviously made to last! I think they were disposed of when that building was closed and demolished around 1980.

]]> By: David Bishop https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194247 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 13:52:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194247 Thank you for highlighting this local museum (and powerful reminder of the past), so easily missed.

]]> By: Stephen Barker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194235 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 11:43:59 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194235 I can remember sitting at desks like that in the 1960’s in a comprehensive school. This makes me feel so old !

]]> By: David Hucker https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194229 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:54:57 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194229 Well worth a visit. Also the manufacturing base for famed motorcycle jacket company Lewis Leathers.

]]> By: Helen Breen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194225 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 10:09:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194225 Greetings from Boston,

GA, great glimpse into the past. I really enjoy the smaller museums in London and must put this one on my list.

Thanks…

]]> By: Greg Tingey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2018/02/06/at-the-ragged-school-museum-x/#comment-1194209 Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:05:52 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=163717#comment-1194209 Desks ( in infant/junior schools ) very similar to those shown were certainly still in regular use as late as 1952-5 (!)

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