St Joseph's Scholars & St Matthew's Pupils, Blackburn (1905)

This film is part of the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - an amazing visual record of everyday life in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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[@stonedinsect]

footage like this is the closest thing we will ever get to a time machine
amazing moments in history thanks for sharing this

[@jackwatson3944]

Reading your comment is a bit like a time machine.

[@untalfelipin5202]

@@jackwatson3944
Yes, that comment is 11 years old, maybe the guy is already dead. 💀😅😂

[@Thatsswell-hr9ev]

@@untalfelipin5202 I doubt it. Some people appreciate history. I do also

[@robharding4028]

This film is a wonderful time capsule, I went to st Josephs as a young boy of 5, back in 1962, it may be a few decades after the film, But the walls were still the same when I was a pupil,

[@NegativeDee]

What is the location of the school Rob is it still there?

[@forlife69]

It's sad to think all them children would be dead now.

[@rossmorebaz]

sad to think that many of these young boys were to die in the trenches in France a decade later ..

[@robharding1957]

although the scene shows the teachers looking authoritative and the children in awe,, it also shows the total respect for authority, which is sadly no longer the case today,,it is rather sad to think all the teachers and in perticular the chidren are all long gone ,,atleast in most cases,,for the time of this film,, its amazing,,almost magical in its presentation,an age captured in the timewarp sphere,,,

[@Thatsswell-hr9ev]

Also the children are happy to just be in school. According to the film most of them would have been working in a factory a few years earlier instead of being in school. Something we all take for granted now.

[@robharding4028]

@@Thatsswell-hr9ev Absolutely.

[@Papdog1]

Many of the young boys here would die in the trenches of WW1. Strangely moving when you see the innocence here.

[@jackwatson3944]

Are you still around

[@waynerenshaw5010]

Love this stuff keep posting 👏

[@welshcourtland]

Cannot agree with the lady saying most of these children would have been working in the factories before 1902 act..An act of 1893 made school leaving age 11 and later act in 1898 made it 12.Looking at these children they look no more than 7 or 8 years old.Best to get the facts right.Wonderful film though.

[@Dude0000]

Not one still alive...amazing!

[@charlottebruce979]

Every living human and animal on the planet born then are dead.

[@Dude0000]

@@charlottebruce979 I think the odd turtle and/or whale may still be alive 🐢🐋

[@Dude0000]

@@charlottebruce979 oh, and everyone living today was dead then...spookay,

[@untalfelipin5202]

@@Dude0000
It is normal that everyone is dead, no one lives forever, and this video is 116 years old ... It is obvious that everyone is dead, it is not surprising.

[@paulcharles5128]

@@charlottebruce979 Wrong! KANE TANAKE was 2 years old when this film was made, and she's still alive today. She was born on the 2nd of January 1903, and recently celebrated her 119th birthday.

[@greenisland75]

One of the better Mitchell and Kenyon films. The children look healthy and happy. I expect they were thrilled to be filmed and also to get out of the classroom. However, Some of those teachers look a bit severe and strict it has to be said. None of them look at the camera.

[@wintergreen88]

Why has the film blurred? It was much clearer the last time that I was watching this video.

[@robharding1957]

this was my first school in blackburn,i was five,we had a xmas party that year and the school arranged tohave a reigndeer and asleigh go past the hall window with father xmas driving it, and it fooled the lot of us, sadly no longer there,

[@untalfelipin5202]

You were 110 years old when you wrote your comment. I wonder if you are still alive right now, at 122 years old.☠️💀😨

[@robharding4028]

@@untalfelipin5202 Yes, still fit as a flea.

[@sorayaluiz4920]

inteligencia,separar meninos de meninas,antigamente as escolas eram bem selecionadas,separar meninos de meninas em escolas e uma excelente forma de voltar o pensamento do aluno dentro da sala de aula apenas para o aprendizado,isso evita olhares maliciosos entre meninos e meninas,bilhetinhos de amor que sao passados escondidos dentro de sala de aula de alunos e alunas,o raciocinio antigo era uma forma excelente,ate em filas eram separados,existiam escolas para meninos e escolas para meninas,na minha opiniao isso deveria ser ate nos dias de hoje.

[@sorayaluiz4920]

criancas devem brincar juntas em parquinho e mesmo assim com supervisao de adulto.

[@charlottebruce979]

I assume the girls dressed all in black were in mourning. Given the life expectancy of those times they could easily be wearing it for a parent or sibling.