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Re: Slater Street School
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 01 September 18 22:53 BST (UK) »
Not unlike my grandad, his paintings were beautiful but his parents couldn't afford to send him to art school as the eldest brother was sent to Theological College.
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Re: Slater Street School
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 01 September 18 23:01 BST (UK) »
It is so sad to read how past generations were thwarted in their ambitions. My father painted beautiful pictures and quite breathtaking charcoal sketches when he was 11. When he left school at 14 he went to a yarn dying factory and because of his artistic flair was sent to their laboratories to mix dye colours! I suppose it was a bit better than working on the factory floor and he worked there all his life.
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