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j08 Wed 27-Feb-13 14:24:13

My kindle fire keeps inadvertantly flicking over to this page, so I see a lot of this picture and I'm getting to sooo like it! grin

It reminds me a lot of a picture I have of my mother, taken in her young days.

I wonder who they are/were. Where they had come from and where they were going. Just out of a factory, or off on an charabanc outing? Would love to know the history behind it. smile It's so charming.

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j08 Wed 27-Feb-13 14:25:34

They look such a happy bunch of girls! smile

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harrigran Wed 27-Feb-13 19:13:48

Looks as if they were turning out of the mill, or there again they look a bit happy to have done a long shift.

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bookdreamer Wed 27-Feb-13 19:32:12

Yes they do look as if they've just finished work. But don't most of them look so young to have done that!

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j08 Wed 27-Feb-13 19:45:32

Ah! It's from the front cover of a book. looks like mill girls could be right

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j08 Wed 27-Feb-13 19:48:59

I wonder why the photographer suddenly decided to take a picture of them.

Yes. They do look young.

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Ana Wed 27-Feb-13 20:28:05

I expect they left school at, what, 14 in those days.

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j08 Wed 27-Feb-13 20:37:55

Yes. Just read this:

"In 1939 the government considered raising the leaving age to 15 [from 14], but this was delayed due to the onset of World War Two. The Education Act 1944 did succeed in extending compulsory education to 15 and this took effect from 1947"

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