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Jean St School Port Glasgow and then where?
« on: Saturday 15 August 20 12:06 BST (UK) »
My dad went to Jean Street, Port Glasgow, in the 30’s where would he have gone at secondary age?

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Re: Jean St School Port Glasgow and then where?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 15 August 20 12:16 BST (UK) »
I don't know about the Port Glasgow schools, but in the 1930s you could leave school at 14. If you had an acceptable standard of education and had a job to go to, you could also apply for an exemption which allowed you to leave at 13 1/2.

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Re: Jean St School Port Glasgow and then where?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 15 August 20 12:23 BST (UK) »
Certainly Dad was out by 14, granny packed him off to work on a farm as his elder brother died of TB. I assume, therefore, that he went from Jean Street to the farm?
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