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Midlothian / Re: Red House, Inveresk
« on: Wednesday 13 October 10 09:59 BST (UK) »
Red House School. Musselburgh was a residential school for children of impoverished families , apparently anywhere in Scotland. The qualification for entry must have been flexible as I had a relative there whose father was employed and whose mother was not dependent on Parish relief.
I have a good deal of basic information (legal stuff) about the school and its origins. Closed now. My relative was a pupil there from age 11 or so until 17. Pupils all recorded individually on census records
It had a good reputation as an educational establishment.
Certainly not a workhouse or industrial school so far as I can make out.
My source was Haddington Library local history section.
I have a good deal of basic information (legal stuff) about the school and its origins. Closed now. My relative was a pupil there from age 11 or so until 17. Pupils all recorded individually on census records
It had a good reputation as an educational establishment.
Certainly not a workhouse or industrial school so far as I can make out.
My source was Haddington Library local history section.