Hi there,
This is really tied up with genealogy, but I wondered if anyone knew anything about St James Edgbaston Infant School - which does not appear still to exist.
An inscription in a "Commentary on the New Testament" book shows that it was presented to my husband's grandmother (Ida Mary Davis) in 1888 for being a "first-class candidate". It doesn't say at what. She would have been aged 17.
Another inscribed book ("Prayer Book with Commentary"), from the same school a year later, mentions her as "pupil teacher".
I'd be interested to know where the school was exactly, and whether any records of its staff are likely to be available anywhere.
Angela
This is really tied up with genealogy, but I wondered if anyone knew anything about St James Edgbaston Infant School - which does not appear still to exist.
An inscription in a "Commentary on the New Testament" book shows that it was presented to my husband's grandmother (Ida Mary Davis) in 1888 for being a "first-class candidate". It doesn't say at what. She would have been aged 17.
Another inscribed book ("Prayer Book with Commentary"), from the same school a year later, mentions her as "pupil teacher".
I'd be interested to know where the school was exactly, and whether any records of its staff are likely to be available anywhere.
Angela