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Hambrook School – 1912

Levi Luff supervises the boys’ gardening lessons.

Left to right: 1 Dick Johnson; 2 Kingsley Palmer; 3 (behind) Fred Close; 4 (in front) Harry Edwards; 5 (behind) Pete Maggs;

6 (in front) Ernie Woodley; 7 Head Teacher Levi Luff; 8 Hulbert Shepherdson; 9 (in front) Alden Collett; 10 Bill Malpass;

11 Jack Mapstone; 12 (in front) Cliff Pearse; 13 Percy Mulls; 14 Charlie Woodley; 15 Charlie Hillier; 16 Bert Fowler.

The school garden was begun in January 1911, just after the new school opened.

In August 1911 prizes were gained by the children at the local flower show. 3^rd prize for dwarf beans, these were from school gardens in open competition with all the cottagers in parish. The 1^st prize for best collection of wild flowers was obtained by Albert Fowler of the Infant Class.