Stronsay’s Side Schools, Part 10 – The end of an Era

By Ian Cooper from his excellent series, Records of a Bygone Age, first published in The Stronsay Limpet, and republished with permission. Last month’s article ended with the appointment in September 1935 of Miss Frances Drever as teacher at the North School, moving into the Schoolhouse with her sister Lily as her housekeeper. A school photo from around the time of her appointment shows most of the pupils who would…

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