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Woodfield School outfit 1939.
Woodfield School outfit 1939.
Photo: Barrie
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Item #: 35568
On a previous Woodfield School photo, I spoke about my two elder sisters attending between 1938-into the 1940's. This family photo shows elder sister(age 5+) in her school outfit during the Easter break when the family went to visit their grandparents in Buckinghamshire where Father came from. From Father's diary School fees were £4-4-0 per term. The coat cost £1-6-6, Blazer 10 shilling &11d, Hat 9 shilling and 11d, shoes 2 shilling and 11d. Robina joined her sister in 1941 at school.

Comment by: Helen of Troy on 19th January 2025 at 07:31

What a great pic Barrie. I have no idea what I wore to Woodfield but I remember wearing a grey hat like the one your sister is wearing when I had to go to a boarding school in Buxton....not because my family were upper crust or wealthy but because of family circumstances.

Comment by: Graham Parkinson on 19th January 2025 at 11:44

I had no idea that Woodfield was previously a fee paying school. From what I have read it was at one time the prep school for Wigan Girls High School bought by the Education Authority due to a lack of space. It was altered in 1920 and closed briefly in 1940 due to the war. After the war it ceased to be part of the High School (and Grammar School) and became Woodfiel County Primary School. I was there from 1953 - 60 and have very fond memories of the school.

Comment by: Veronica on 19th January 2025 at 12:22

Notre Dame Convent on Standishgate also had fee paying school children from aged 5. Beside the pupils who passed scholarships.

Comment by: Graham Parkinson on 19th January 2025 at 14:49

I had no idea that Woodfield was previously a fee paying school. From what I have read it was at one time the prep school for Wigan Girls High School bought by the Education Authority due to a lack of space. It was altered in 1920 and closed briefly in 1940 due to the war. After the war it ceased to be part of the High School (and Grammar School) and became Woodfiel County Primary School. I was there from 1953 - 60 and have very fond memories of the school.

Comment by: Veronica on 21st January 2025 at 09:23

Both schools had similar uniforms. The High school uniform was predominantly brown and yellow and the Convent’s uniform was brown and blue if I remember.

Comment by: Donald Underwood on 21st January 2025 at 19:16

When I began at Wigan Grammar School in 1943 ,although a Scholarship boy, the fees were £9 guineas a year

R A Butler's 1944 Education Act put an end to that when implemented in 1946,seeing the demise of the Preparatory Department and the departure of Miss McCartney

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