Froebel House School. 1911
Little is known about Froebel House School. The school is known to have existed
in 1900 and was located somewhere in Stoke; this can be ascertained from the Subscribers
List to Henry Whitfeld's Plymouth and Devonport in
Times of War and Peace. Whitfeld's book was published in 1900 and one
of the subscribers was Charles Alfred Organ, BA, with his address given as Froebel
House, Stoke, Devonport.
The images below are from the summer prize-giving programe of 28th July 1911. Judging
by the person presiding over Prize Day, the Reverend Alexander Sharpe, MA, perhaps
the school had links with a nearby church? If any reader can throw more light on
Froebel House School it would be good if you would write-in please.
The school was definitely for senior pupils, as many of the prizes were for the achievement of
vocational skills, such as passing the Civil Service exams, or for Pitman's Shorthand.
And there's one more thing that can be ascertained from this programme ... that it was quite a good school, just look at their attainments.
Rather than translate all the pupils' names from this document, I've scanned each
page. The images below are very easy to read if you are looking for a Devonport
ancestor.
page uploaded 25 April 2011.