School photo

[Sue]

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I found this in my Great aunts belongings. Lancashire archives have helped me date it to around 1895-1900. I think it is a photo of my aunt. It says
BURNLEY WOOD BOARD SCHOOL
STANDARD 4
Group 2.

The archives say there were 7 standards and children were in them by ability not age. There were two groups for standard 4 split as boys and girls. Can anyone add anything.

[plaques]

A slight typo, It actually says' BURNLEY WOOD BOARD SCHOOL'
Burnley Wood being the area between Todmorden Rd & Plumb St in Burnley.

[PanBiker]

That's what Sue said in her first post Plaques unless I'm missing something?

[plaques]

Sue. Please tell me it said WARD. otherwise I'll think I've Been Seeing Things. Like Stanley's horned Rabbit.
Ps Todmorden Rd was once called Burnley Wood Rd.

[Sue]

It did say WARD, I went back and corrected it. I did however amend this before any comments were made?
Thanks for the comment about Todmorden road.

[Stanley]

Thoroughly confusing so far! Or is it my distorted vision?

[Sue]

It said Ward Stanley but I had made a mistake it was Wood. It was a typo.

[Stanley]

[Nolic]

Took Dan on a driving lesson last night and took him through Burnley Wood. Unrecognisable from when it was my "patch" in the 1970's. Lots of streets demolished and new housing built.
It was a good area when I worked in Burnley with some very nice people. I used to meet one man in the Con Club it was his only break from caring for a very ill wife who never got over the death of their son in the Hapton Valley pit disaster. Strange how even people of my generation forget that Burnley was a mining town. Burnley Wood and Fulledge Con clubs were very working class which probably made them quite unusual. Nolic

[plaques]

This one's for Sue. Popped in at the Burnley Library on my way to the Burnley Town Hall heritage open day ,which is another story. I asked about Burnley Wood School photos. Ken Spencer, Mr Burnley, pulled out about 40 pictures in 3 minutes flat. Unfortunately, most were quite recent ones but he commented that there were possibly another 40 to look at. There is also a card index for all the images. Time was against me so I took a couple of sample pictures for your interest. Know nothing about them or when they were taken. Just something for you to think about.

[Sue]

Really interesting, I'll have to pay them a visit. Thanks.

[Stanley]

OneGuy working at its best.... Nice.