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next few years; On 23rd June 1887, 50 old
people and widows dined in the schoolroom after Divine Service
celebrating the Jubilee of H.M. Queen Victoria. The inspector
inspected annually, and annually reported the school as
inefficient, but in August 1882 a request from Mr Lambarde to
add a porch to the school without architects’ plans is
accepted and built by 25th June 1895.
The conditions within the school at this time are
varied. Mr Fred Goodwin, who went to the school in 1895, tells
how some came in worn out hobnail boots (these can be seen in
the school photo – see figure 5) while others were very neat
and tidy. He gives a detailed account of the sort of lessons he
had; the visits of the inspector to the school, and how they
were conducted; and many amusing incidents that happened while
he was there.13 |
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Mr Goodwin’s arrival at the school not
only coincided with the new porch, but with the new
‘Privies’ that were built in the same year – 1895.14
There is no record of any such offices before that date!
ERRATUM: But according to the school plan on the
trust deed of Multon Lambarde (see fig. 10) there were in
fact two W.C.s attached to the end of the building. This was in
1867.
In 1897 Mr Lambarde sent a letter (dated Saturday
25th September) stating that Miss Jeanette Glover, aged 19, was
to start employment as an assistant mistress on the following
Monday. He also asked that the annual date
13 See appendix
6.
14 Answers to Questions in
‘Survey of Church Schools’ –
1944. Rochester Diocesan Archives. |