Remember , Sharon, that the school leaving age was much lower at that time. During the first half of Victoria's reign most children left school at about 11 years to start working. The next 75 years 1870 - 1845 brought many changes. 1. 1870 Act Compulsory attendance from 5-13 (with exceptions) 2. 1876 Act . No employment was allowed under 10 years of age. Children over 10 and under 13 could be employed if they held a certificate issued by a school inspector. 3. 1880 Act . Penalised employers of children under 13 years who did not have a certificate that they had reached the educational standard required by the local bye-laws 4. 1893 Act Minimum leaving age raised to 11 5. 1899 Act Minimum leaving age raised to 12 6. 1900 Act No employment under fourteen without a certificate 7. 1918 Act Full-time education compulsory from 5 - 14 years. 8. 1926 The Hadlow Report recommended raising the minimum leaving age to 15. 9. 1929 Legislation introduced to raise the leaving age to 15. Defeated. 10 1936 Act The school leaving age to be raised to 15 as from September 1939. Not implemented because of Second World War. 11 1938 The Spens Report said that raising the school leaving age to 16 may not be immediately practicable but was inevitable. 12 1944 Act The leaving age was raised to 15, but was delayed for two years 13 April 1947 School leaving age raised to 15. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Anchors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: RE: [HantsLife] What Age? > Goodness that was very young!! Thank you Chris, hope you're well. > Cheers Sharon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris and Caroline [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 December 2005 16:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HantsLife] What Age? > > Some were taken in at a very early age Sharon, as young as 13 or 14. > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Anchors" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:59 PM > Subject: [HantsLife] What Age? > > > > Hi List, > > Can you tell me at what age did girls go in to domestic service, please? > > Cheers Sahron. > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list: > Mail: [email protected] > Digest: [email protected] > In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the > message box > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >
Thank you David that's very useful, I'll keep that on file. Cheers Sharon. -----Original Message----- From: DAVID PARKER [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 05 December 2005 22:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HantsLife] What Age? Remember , Sharon, that the school leaving age was much lower at that time. During the first half of Victoria's reign most children left school at about 11 years to start working. The next 75 years 1870 - 1845 brought many changes. 1. 1870 Act Compulsory attendance from 5-13 (with exceptions) 2. 1876 Act . No employment was allowed under 10 years of age. Children over 10 and under 13 could be employed if they held a certificate issued by a school inspector. 3. 1880 Act . Penalised employers of children under 13 years who did not have a certificate that they had reached the educational standard required by the local bye-laws 4. 1893 Act Minimum leaving age raised to 11 5. 1899 Act Minimum leaving age raised to 12 6. 1900 Act No employment under fourteen without a certificate 7. 1918 Act Full-time education compulsory from 5 - 14 years. 8. 1926 The Hadlow Report recommended raising the minimum leaving age to 15. 9. 1929 Legislation introduced to raise the leaving age to 15. Defeated. 10 1936 Act The school leaving age to be raised to 15 as from September 1939. Not implemented because of Second World War. 11 1938 The Spens Report said that raising the school leaving age to 16 may not be immediately practicable but was inevitable. 12 1944 Act The leaving age was raised to 15, but was delayed for two years 13 April 1947 School leaving age raised to 15. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Anchors" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: RE: [HantsLife] What Age? > Goodness that was very young!! Thank you Chris, hope you're well. > Cheers Sharon. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris and Caroline [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 05 December 2005 16:10 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [HantsLife] What Age? > > Some were taken in at a very early age Sharon, as young as 13 or 14. > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sharon Anchors" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:59 PM > Subject: [HantsLife] What Age? > > > > Hi List, > > Can you tell me at what age did girls go in to domestic service, please? > > Cheers Sahron. > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > > "GENEALOGISTS DO IT IN TREES!" > > > > ============================== > > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list: > Mail: [email protected] > Digest: [email protected] > In both cases put "unsubscribe" in the subject header and no text in the > message box > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== > Visit Where your ancestors lived..... > SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visit Where your ancestors lived..... SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx