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Article: Taste of life at Goathland School - 200 years ago VIDEO and PICTURES.
- Article from:
- Whitby Gazette (Whitby, England)
- Article date:
- June 27, 2008
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PUPILS have had a taste of how villagers before them lived as part of celebrations to mark the 200th year of their school.
Youngsters at Goathland Primary School have been learning about the building of their school 200 years ago as well as sampling what life was like for previous generations.
The children dressed in the traditional clothing of 1808 - much different to their current uniforms - to attend a service of thanksgiving in memory of the founders of their school, as well as performing maypole dancing and a play about the history of the school.
They arrived at the ceremony, which took place at the village's St Mary's Church on Wednesday, ...