Figure 1.-- Here we have an unidentified school in or near East Grinsted. It looks like a private prep school to us, but all we know for sure is the location and the fact that the portrait was taken in September 1953. The children look like the older students at the school, probably about 12 years old as this is the beginning of the school year. The boys wear long pants and short pnts suits. The short pants are worn with knee socks. The girls wear skirts witn tights. There is no uniform, although clearly the school provides some guidance. All of the boys wear ties and all but one wear suits. The girls seem more cassually dressed. This is a little unusual as most prep schools had uniforms and were single gender schools. The schools looks to be a converted mannor house rather than a purpose-built school. A photograph of a younger class at a later shows some of the boys wearing knickers, but we do not see any knickers here.

Here we have an unidentified school in or near East Grinsted. This is a town near London located at the northeastern corner of Mid Sussex district of West Sussex in England near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders.It looks like a private prep school to us, but all we know for sure is the location and the fact that the portrait was taken in September 1953. The children look like the older students at the school, probably about 12 years old as this is the beginning of the school year. Th boys wear long pants and short pants suits. The short pants are worn with knee socks. The girls wear skirts witn tights. There is no uniform, although clearly the school provides some guidance. All of the boys wear ties and all but one wear suits. The girls seem more cassually dressed. This is a little unusual as most prep schools had uniforms and were single gender schools. The schools looks to be a converted mannor house rather than a purpose-built school, typical for boarding prep schools. A photograph of a younger class a bit later shows some of the boys wearing knickers, but we do not see any knickers here.

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