The School for the Blind, Hardman Street, Liverpool application form
MMM.1994.37.3
Information
After attending the School for the Blind Children’s Branch in Wavertree for 3 years, Caroline France applied to the Hardman Street School for the Blind, 1921, aged 16.
Her application form includes questions to be answered by the parent or guardian and by a “medical man”. It is signed by George France, Caroline’s father, who is listed as being a labourer, living at Forbes Street, Edge Hill, Liverpool. Caroline attended the School and taught machine knitting, basket making and chair caning until 1957. She later lived in Woolton.
On the application form is a list of clothing required by pupils on entering the School. For women the items were -
Two Black or Navy Blue Dresses
Two Skirts (Washing)
Two Flannel Petticoats
Three Pairs of Calico Combinations
Four Pairs of Black Stockings
Three Night Gowns
One Cloth Jacket
Two Black Hats with Black Trimming (no Feathers or Flowers)
Two Vests of Flannel or Woollen Material
One Pair of Corsets
Six Pocket Handkerchiefs
Three Blue Overalls
Two Pairs of Boots
One Pair of Slippers
One Comb, Hair Brush, Tooth Brush, Clothes Brush and Nail Brush.
One box