A cookery lesson at Possilpark Public School in 1916. The classroom has a combination of regular desks and more specialised cookery equipment.
The girl closest to the camera is tending to two large pots on a stove while her classmates listen attentively to their teacher. The headmaster, John Craig, is standing near the door.
Reference: D-ED 5/21/7
Reproduced with the permission of Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning
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children, classrooms, cookery lessons, cooking, domestic science, girls, headmasters, Possilpark Public School, primary schools, pupils, stoves, teachers, women