School Days

Explore life at school a hundred years ago

Have you ever wondered what it was like to go to school a hundred years ago?

Nottinghamshire Archives holds a whole range of records that tell us what it was like to go to school in the past.

Opening day

See a photo of the opening of Brunt's School, Mansfield, in 1900...

Art lesson

View the art class at Brunt's School in 1906...

Physics laboratory

Explore the physics lab in 1908...

Workshop

See pupils at work in 1900...

Classroom

See a lesson in Retford in 1922...

Examination

See an exam certificate issued in West Bridgford in 1894...

Class photo

Find out how different pupils looked in a Nottingham class photo of the 1900s...

Exercise book

Find out about a domestic class in Sneinton in 1936...