Figure 1.--This cabinet card shows a class group at the Dyffryn Infants School in 1931. The class is Standard 2b. That is the form meaning the second year of primary school. The 'b' means that there were at least two standard 2 classes. The children would have been 7 years old. The girls mostly wear dresses, although two girls wear a sweater and skirt. Some of the hems are quite short a major change from earlier decades. The boys wear a mix of suits and jumper (sweaters). We see some ties, but not many. All the boys wear short pants, still cut quite long.

This cabinet card shows a class group at the Dyffryn Infants School in 1931. Dyffryn, often spelled Duffryn, is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales. Dyffryn is best known for its Dyffryn Gardens and its megalithic monuments nearby including the Tinkinswood and St Lythans Burial Chamber and also the caves of nearby Goldslan. The Dyffryn estate dates back to the 7th century. In Britain, infants schools is aerm used for a type of primary school which did not have the older primary years. The portrait was taken in 1931. The 1930s was the last decade we still see cabinet cards. The class is Standard 2b. That is the form meaning the second year of primary school. The 'b' means that there were at least two standard 2 classes. The children would have been 7 years old. The girls mostly wear dresses, although two girls wear a sweater and skirt. Some of the hems are quite short a major change from earlier decades. The boys wear a mix of suits and jumper (sweaters). We see some ties, but not many. All the boys wear short pants, still cut quite long. The photogra[her was Geo. Holdsworth & Son, Scholastic Photo Specialists, Hartlepool. This is where the photographic company was located, not the school. They photographed schools throughout England and Wales

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