Date & Thoughts Please! Langley Lambkin Group (Probably taken in Maidstone)

[-Glen-]

Hello All,

Any thoughts on this one? Could it be a school photo?
And when would you say it was taken??
It was amongst my great grandmother's half-a-dozen photos, so it may possibly be St Paul's in Maidstone, but I don't know that for sure.
She was born in 1892, if that helps with the year.

Thanks so much for your help,
Glen

[jim1]

It's Edwardian but difficult to say which part.
If she's in this she would be one of the older girls.
It does have elements of a school photo but I don't think it is.
You wouldn't see a schoolmaster in shirt & waistcoat with a
pipe in his mouth.

[japeflakes]

Sunday school?

[-Glen-]

What are the two boys sitting at the front wearing? Is that regular clothing for the period? Or could they be Altar Boys?

Or maybe it's just a family group shot? Do the two women look like they could be sisters? Perhaps 

[Neale1961]

Maybe some special event.  Sunday school was my thought too.
2 boys (far left and right) dressed for sport – cricket?
2 younger boys sitting wearing unusual jackets with large white collars.
Lots more girls than boys, and some of the older girls appear to be wearing flower corsages on their dress.

[glenclare]

The older boy standing third from the right, has, I think a tricorn hat under his right arm and is wearing quite an elaborate top.

As others have said, not an obvious school photo as there is a much younger child being held at the back of the photo.

[PurdeyB]

I don't think it's a school photo. I have my gran's school photo from 1919, and it's a more formally arranged group and one child is holding a slate with the school name and year which I think was fairly typical. It could be Sunday school although I might have expected a more formal grouping with the vicar as well. They do seem to be in their Sunday best though.

[-Glen-]

Hi All,

Any thoughts on a date, for this one?

Thanks so much for your help