Hello again Eunice and Ron.
The Hackney School of Industry was a parish charity - in parallel with
another free school which gave a more academic education, it trained the
children of poor parishioners for a practical trade so that they couldearn
their own living (and, presumably, not ultimately be a burden on the rates).
In the 1830s the boys (who were in a separate school from the girls) learned
tailoring, though it is not clera what else (and made their own clothes)
while the girls learnt to do domestic work and needlework. It was situated
for most of its life in Dalston lane, on the corner with Amhurst Road, and
though the boys school seems to have closed in the 1830s the girls' school
was still known as an 'industrial school' in the 1890s. The site continued
in use as the local college for vocational training.
I don't know anything about Belcher though. Some records of the school are I
believe at the London Metropolitan Archives. It would be interesting to know
more about the letter not least as the early 1830s was a period of change
for the school.
Isobel
----- Original Message -----
From: "E & R Shanahan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 02 September 2000 13:38
Subject: School of Industry Hackney
> G'day list members, another query for the local historians in the London
> area please
>
> I have a letter dated 31 st Dec 1831 from E Belcher of Dalston Lane
> Hackney and he ends his letter with
> quote
> Should you sir comply with my request I shall feel obliged by your
dropping
> a letter to me directed for me at the School of Industry,
> Unquote
>
> Would anyone there know anything about either Mr Belcher or the School of
> Industry in the 1830's
>
> Thanks in advance
> Eunice in Queensland
>
>
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