Please note that the comments made about education apply to England and Wales only. John Knox stated that every church should have a school master to teach the rudiments. Much later, in 1696, there was passed an Act for Setting Schools which provided that every parish which didn't have a school had to establish one and there should be High Schools to teach Latin etc. Actual provision must have been patchy for some considerable time and take up of the opportunity was most likely uneven but from the eighteenth century an education system was well established with at least some sons of poor farmers etc making it to university.
It is many years since my father died and my memory may be at fault but I believe his little village school could teach to university level for those who would and/or could take advantage of this. He was born in 1903 and so I am talking around 100 years ago when public transport as we know it now was mostly not available and most people walked if they needed to leave their village. Otherwise comments about poverty apply to all parts of the UK. Patricia in Wales - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
