Figure 1.--Here we see a ceremony at the St. Clement's School, we think in the early 1930s. (It was clearly before 1934 when the second story collsapsed. The press photo was captioned, "Licerpool school boy gains high honor". The text read, "Rach year the most populsr boy in the St. Clement's School, Liverpool, England, is knighted by the Lotd Mayor of Liverpool as a mark of destinction. This year Philip Prso, 14, was judged the winner of the honor, and he is shown October 30 as he was 'dubbed' by the Lord Mayor. On the right is Edna Severn, 13, the Maid of Honor, and was crowned as the most popular girl of the school. The custom has been in practice 28 years." Note Edna is wearing black long stockings, we believe this was more common in Anglican schools than other British schools.

St. Clement's was an early Liverpool primary school. We believe it was an Anglican school and associated with St. Clenent's Church. The original two-story building was built on Upper Stanhope St (1841). I am not sure just what this school wiuld have been called at the time. We are not sure it would have been a public school in the svence of a state supported tuition free school. Perhaps it was only for parisioners of the associated Anglicam Church. Perhaps readers will know more about this. There were both Junior and Infant departments listed in the 1859 Directory. We are not sure what this meant in terms of age range at the time. Upper Stanhope Street became the present Beaumont Street. It also was located on Church Street, which was just a lane to get to the Church. In the mid-19th century there were open fields to the rear which were generally filled in as the city expanded and enveloped the school and church. Church St eventually became Dove Street (1860s). The separate infants' department was an one-story extension built adjacent to the original building (1863). A Primary School before World War II included a program for younger teenagers up to about 14 years of age. Most students at the time did not go on to secondary schools. Authorities closed the Junior School when the upper floor of the original building collapsed during the end of term concert (December 1934). The Junior pupils were moved to Tiber Street as an annex. The St Clement's buildings were used for Air Raid Precautions (ARP) training. This became an increasing concern in the later 1930s. The juniors' building was eventually demolished. The infants' department building continued to be used. It became an annex to Tiber St. Primary amd subsequently Dove Street County Primary (1970). St. Clement's School was finally closed (1997). The children moving to Tiber St. Primary.

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