Figure 1.-We know next to nothing about the Parkfield School except that it was located in Horsham. Based on the available photograph it is a small girls' school. The photographg shows about 30 girls who look to be 7-14 years old, suggesting a very small school. The girls all wear similar plain white dresses with strap shoes and white socks. There seem to be about 6 women, quite a large number for such a small school. It seems to be some kind of prise day because there are two award cups. We see one boy at the school, presumably the child of one of the head mistriss or one of the teachers. He is one of the younger children. The photograph is not dated, but it looks like the 1930s.

We know next to nothing about the Parkfield School except that it was located in Horsham. This is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun. Market towns were commonly located on rivers. It is on the fringe of both the Weald (a geological formation) in West Sussex and the London metroploitan area. It is situated between and Brighton on the coast. Based on the available photograph, Parkfield was a small girls' school. Given the age of the girls it may be a small preparatory school. Today girls tend to leave for their senior schools at about age 11 years. Boys leave a little later at about age 13 years. We are not sure that age difference was the case in the 1930s. The photographg shows about 30 girls who look to be 7-14 years old, suggesting a very small school. The girls all wear similar plain white dresses with strap shoes and white hosiery. There appears to be a badge of some sort on their breast pocket. The white long stockings are a good indicator of the 1930s. This was presumably the girls' summer uniform. There seem to be about 6 women, quite a large number for such a small school. It seems to be some kind of prise day because there are two award cups. We see one boy at the school, presumably the child of one of the head mistriss or one of the teachers. He is one of the younger children. The photograph is not dated, but it looks like the 1930s. We thought that the school no longer exists, but there are several schools named Parkfield in England. A reader tells us that the school does exist. There is a Parkfield School in Horsham with children aged from 4 to 18 years of age. The teaching is Montessori based in the primary department. There are records in Kew for 1932 about this school.

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