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1960's school lunch time

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In March two of our group presented some research on education in Stowupland. Looking at education in the early 19th century in Dame schools and how many children and adults learned their reading and writing skills in Sunday School classes. In the 1860s Stowupland school was first built, it has been extended many times but most of the original building is still in use. In the late 1970s Stowupland gained…

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Do you recognise this view of Stowupland Primary School. Over the century and a half since our Elementary school was first built it has needed many extensions to accommodate the increasing number of local children. We are settling into our new venue at the meeting room of the URC Chapel. We still meet on the first Wednesday of each month at 7.30 p.m. Members have just renewed their annual membership…

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Happy New Year. As 2026 gets underway I am determined to be more organised, less pieces of paper with scrawwled to do lists and more just get it done. Tome will tell how lng that lasts. Newsletters are now up to date with 390 and 391 finally added. In 390 we reviewed the talk on the Americans in 1940 being Ove Here, Over Paid and Over... In 2026 we will…

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