The first thing that greeted me upstairs was another poor, thrashed harmonium. Considering that I had already found two behind the gym, I found the number of these quite large for such a small school.
First floor corridor. The fire services have probably used the school as their practise ground, as the doors have been sawed to pieces.
Moodboards on display.
The first classroom. So far the place has looked just like like an ordinary old school in a small village.
I can remember those orange chairs from my own school years in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. The desks don’t look like normal school desks, however.
The classroom also featured a doorway to the adjacent classroom. A rather strange feature.
Behind the first classroom was a small storage room. It’s beginning to look like this was the handcraft class.
There were patterns to several different clothes laying on the floor. We never did anything this advanced in school.
This is probably where they stored all the fabrics and equipment needed in this classroom.
Yarn samples. This is probably the first time I see something like this.
Another small room, which raises a lot of questions. Why is there a bed in a school?
The corner of the room featured a pile of miscellaneous magazines. But wait a second. Let’s take a closer look at that book.
All this time I thought I was photographing a primary school, which is grades 1-6. They don’t start teaching home economics until the 7th grade and this book is for 8th graders.
It’s starting to seem like this school wasn’t quite what I had expected after all.
Hey there! Oh boy, do these pictures bring back memories!
First off, those sewing patterns? Total blast from the past! It’s been ages since I’ve seen those. Nowadays it often turns out pricier to DIY than to just pick something off the rack.
Then, about those doors sawed in half. In my 22 years with the fire service, we’re trained to pry doors open, usually with a combination of a pry bar and a fire axe. Sawing is an option too, but typically we’d simply cut out a square around the doorknob. Never in my career have I seen anyone slice a door clean in half like that. At least not here in the USA.
And finally, yarn samples!!! It’s been forever since I’ve seen those. They remind me of the days when I’d spend hours picking out the perfect yarns for my projects. Such nostalgia!
These pictures are like a little trip down memory lane. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I’m glad I could provide the trip. The best and most valuable thing about publishing photos is when the audience reacts and feels!
I’ve never seen things like that in a school, but then on the other hand I only did the few mandatory courses. On grade 5 we would decide if we wanted to work with fabrics or with wood and metal, and that choice remained until the end of grade 9. Almost everybody chose wood and metal, as our handcrafts teacher was pretty mean and sometimes outright violent.
Come to think of it, I’ve seen doors cut in half horizontally, but never like that either. I can’t think of anyone else than the authorities to be behind that.