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From: "Jane Woodall" <>
Subject: Re: Wesleyan Day School, Grimsby & Charlie Doughty
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:16:10 +0100
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Sorry for such a late reply - I'm working through a backlog of messages

In Edward Drury's book the Great Grimsby story he says in 1856 the town had
14 private schools for fee paying pupils. The three Corporation (ie council)
grammar schools (boys, girls and preparatory) catered only for the children
of Freemen. Canon Ainslie had built the National School in the new Market
Place (think those are schools town councils etc were authorised to set up
under the 1870 Education Act) and the Wesleyans had the George St rooms. The
Wesleyan Chapel in George St expanded and prospered even though it charged
4d a week for kids aged 6-8 and 6d a week for over eights.

He also mentions the Wesleyans, after using the Appollo Lodge (spelt that
way) in 1851 were training 200 children. A new school followed in Victoria
St to cater for 800 young people - opened in 1858. He says they had
temporary rented premises from July 1850 (but not where!) until 1857 when
the Victoria St premises opened at a cost of £2,200. Mixed school 297
pupils, infants 204.

I'm not much wiser, but it looks like George Street. No idea where that is
in the town.

Perhaps a hint to anyone writing history books - don't assume your reader
knows where you're talking about - spell it out!

Cheers

Jane
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Readman" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:07 PM
Subject: Wesleyan Day School, Grimsby & Charlie Doughty


> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> Does anyone know the location of such a school in Grimsby, in 1862 that
is?
> Apparently previous pupils of the school included:-
>
> George, Harry and Charlie Doughty, T.C. and Fred Moss, Bob Roberts, George
> Goddard, George W. Goulding, Dick and Joe Atkinson, Jack Leonard, Tom and
> Charlie Johnson, Jack Sheppard, Bill Mudd, Joe and Bob Hewson, Dick
Carter,
> Sam Buston, Bill and Joe Readman ( my relations), G.H. Emerson, G. Bates,
> Harry Marrows, Charley & Bob Horn, Jim and Jack Southern, J.W. and J
Wilkin,
> H. Crabtree, Charlie Inkpen. The main tutor was a Holtby Kennington. All
> the above information comes from a book I own called “The Life of Sir
George
> Doughty” by Bob Lincoln, also a pupil at the school. The book has a photo
of
> Sam Buston, a fish merchant.
>
>
>
> George Doughty later became Sir George, MP and local business man. Harry
was
> his brother also a councillor, but what happened to Charlie Doughty? All
I
> know is that he married a Kate Windley and had 3 children Bertha, Harry
and
> Doris.
>
>
>
> John Readman
>
>
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