DATE | DIARY TRANSCRIPTION |
1st July 1864 | 12a.m. First Class kept in for Arithmetic and Home Lessons. 3.20 pm Fifth sent out to play being very noisy. Returned for regular attendance 3/11 to over 90 children. |
4th July 1864 | School pence 16/0 present 118. Application made to send to children by Mr.White a Signalman at Station. |
5th July 1864 | Heard that T. Tidey is wanted to work for Mrs Oldham. |
6th July 1864 | Work as usual. Kept 2 Infants in when the rest went out to play. |
7th July 1864 | Mrs. Carr complain (sic) of the children pulling her son about the Tale turned out to be a myth. |
8th July 1864 | 1.30 Will. Waller severely punished for stone throwing. Returned 4s for regularity. Gave notice of holiday on Monday; for Oddfellows Fete. |
11th July 1864 | Holiday for O.F. Fete. |
12th July 1864 | 118 present. Two new scholars admitted. Several away from First Class. 12/0 pence. |
13th July 1864 | First Class thinly attended. Lower classes very noisey. (sic) |
14th July 1864 | Work as usual. |
15th July 1864 | Returned for regular attendance 4/6. Gave notice that names of mothers who wish to attend the school treat must be sent in to me. |
18th July 1864 | Present 134, never so many before. Johnson and Billy Coomber fighting at noon. |
19th July 1864 | Requested children to bring names of mothers who desire to be at the treat. Work as usual. |
20th July 1864 | Gave notice that Holidays commence next Friday. Received names of 45 mothers. |
21st July 1864 | James Johnson allowed to leave at 11am. Work as usual; - gave notice that Prizes would be given tomorrow. |
22nd July 1864 | Returned 4/5 for regular attendance. Rev. R. E. Wyatt attended and several ladies and gave out the Prizes. Holiday for 1 month. |
[11 Aug 1864] | [Not mentioned in the logbook, but on this day headmaster John Bailey who wrote this logbook married Alice Maria Head at Holy Trinity, Cuckfield] |
22nd Aug 1864 | School commenced again. 99 present, several at work 10/0 pence. First Class very thinly attended. |
23rd Aug 1864 | Very wet only 45 present. Work slow. |
24th Aug 1864 | William and Mary Ann Stebbings have left, there (sic) parents being about to leave the Heath. |
25th Aug 1864 | Third Class writing particularly bad, many mistakes. Make inquiries about what children Mrs Oldham will pay for. |
26th Aug 1864 | Returned 2/0 for regular attendance. Second Class lazy at Arithmetic; must pay more attn. to Catechism. |
29th Aug 1864 | 104 present 13/0 School pence. 1st Class small. Work as usual. |
30th Aug 1864 | Ditto. Lady Dealtries visit sch. |
31st Aug 1864 | First Class thinly attended. Noisy in lower classes. Work rather loose. |
I'm delighted that during the course of this month's entries I've been able to contact a direct descendant of John Bailey the headmaster who wrote the original logbook. John Bailey taught at the school from 1859-1865 before moving on to Upton Magna in Shropshire and Eastry, Kent, eventually retiring to south London.