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    School for Domestic Service Training

    Thanks for the suggestion, have had a quick look but no joy. The Census 1911 is very precise about the title of the school. Definately NOT the Dissenting Protestants as suggested in a previous answer. Having read through their aims etc, my Grandfather was too much a C of E man to consider...
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    School for Domestic Service Training

    This is all very strange. The Census shows a large establishment of a superintendent, two assistants and 42 young girls from 9 to 15 years of age in residence on the date the Census was taken. The property number in Frederick Street is difficult to ascertain, could be 61.
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    School for Domestic Service Training

    Can anyone helop with further information on the above please. I discovered from the 1911 Census that my mother was placed to the above school (in Frederick Street) at the age of 10 - after her mother died. Can't find any info on the Internet.:uncomfortableness:
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