Figure 1.--This London primary school was St. Pancras N. We think the N. means North. London is a big city. There may have been ore than one St. Pancras schools. The religious name suggests it was an Anglican or perhaps Catholic school. The photograph is notdated, but it looks like the late-1920s or early-30s. The children look to be about 8 years old. Primary schools at the time did not require uniforms. It looks like the children are coming together in a central location to get their milk. Notice the boy's snake-clasp belt. Very ommom in English schools.

This London primary school was St. Pancras N. We think the N. means North. London is a big city. There may have been ore than one St. Pancras schools. The religious name suggests it was an Anglican or perhaps Catholic school. The photograph is notdated, but it looks like the late-1920s or early-30s. The children look to be about 8 years old. Primary schools at the time did not require uniforms. Schools with a religious association were largely maintained by state funding. The photograph shows the children receiving their morning milk. I recall this in my American elementary school. We had to bring milk money to school. We are not sure about England. We always got our milk in the classroom at our desks. Sometimes we got orange juice. The school here was located on Torriano Avenue, L.C.C.J.M & I School N.W.5. That would mean London County Council Junior Mixed Infant School. The N.W. 5 is a poatal code. It looks like the children are coming together in a central location to get their milk. A British reader writes, "School milk did not taste pleasant when it was luke warm in summer. Looking at the photograph brought back memories of school milk. The strongest memory is of a hot summers day when the milk had been left to stand for a few hours. Gastly and worse than Coka Cola unrefrigerated on a hot day. Winter time it was a lovely refreshing mid-morning drink." Another English reader writes, "I also remember school milk. Sometimes there might be some milk left so the prefects got the first chance to drink an extra milk. If they did not want it. The next group was the best behaved children. A girl and boy would be selected from those that wanted extra. We did not pay anything but got no biscuit to go with it. I had a cake racket. There was a bakery which sold yesterdays cakes in a bag for a 1p. I resold then at 3p each. Then gave the money to the school fund for extra treats." Notice the boy's snake-clasp belt. Very commom in English schools.

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