Perhaps for a concert or school assembly at the Towers? We particularly like the harp, not an instrument for street musicians!
Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.
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 This image is at slight odds with the records which we now have available to the Archive. Despite showing the young ladies enjoying tennis in the lower valley at Saltburn, it is understood that the school had purpose-built tennis courts on the what is now the site of the library on Windsor Road. However Callum Duff explains: ”I would imagine that Towers School used these tennis courts for competitions and their own for lessons. The land on either side of the valley offering the opportunity for pupils and staff to spectate as can be seen here.” Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century, many thanks to Callum Duff for resolving our uncertainty.  A further view of a Towers School sitting room, which obviously doubled up as the practice room for music. Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  Towers School c.1905 (described in the brochure as ‘Girl’s sitting room’) obviously a quiet room; a place for reading and quiet contemplation. No television (too early), not even a phonograph in sight. How different such a room would be today. Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  Edith Mary Lillian Haycraft to give her full name was headmistress of Towers School, Saltburn until c.1939. She retired to Castleton, but for the last few years of her role as head at Towers School she was ‘guardian’ of her niece Joan Dibdin. Joan’s parents Lionel Dibdin and Cecily (nee Haycraft) were killed in a plane crash in 1933 leaving two orphan children; Peter and Cecily. Cecily spent her school holidays from Bexhill with Edith, in 1939 Cecily left Bexhill to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London. Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  A dressmaking class, Towers School, Saltburn; early 1900’s. No electric sewing machines, the old fashioned treadle machines, just like mother had! Am I showing my age? Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  Swedish Drill we presume, although the style of dress precludes any violent exercise. This from the days as my grandmother used to say: ” ladies ‘glowed’, men ‘perspired’ and horses “sweat”! As we commented in the previous post does the room look familiar? Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  The dining hall for Towers School pupils obviously had a dual role as you will note in the image. This view carefully conceals the gym equipment evident in other images on the site of the school’s facilities; truly a multi-functional space. Image courtesy of a promotional brochure for Towers School at the turn of the 19th century.  I wonder if they won more matches than the mens England team? Not the usual attire for a cricket team; but the Towers School pupils Saltburn were of course all girls in the photograph. They are shown on their ‘playing field’ under the Halfpenny bridge over the valley; in those days there was no miniature railway to get in the way! Image from a collection received by the Archive which included promotional material for Towers School. All the Towers School images were loaned to us by a person who does not wish to be named, to whom we are grateful.  Once again a Towers School photograph, not a lot of pupils in the class; the range of subjects available gives an indication of the school’s aims – “To provide an education to prepare young ladies to take a proper place in society” – which the promotional material projects. I wonder what the subject to be drawn, sketched or painted were? Image from a collection received by the Archive which included promotional material for Towers School. All the Towers School images were loaned to us by a person who does not wish to be named, to whom we are grateful. |
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