My mother, born 1930, graduated from teacher training college in the spring of 1952. Here she is on her graduation day together with her parents. Her father was a school teacher as well. Her mother, before she got married, had had a secretarial job.
In the autumn of 1952, my mum moved to a small countryside village for her first teaching job. It was a very small school. From the few photos in her photo album, it seems her pupils were all ages, from beginners (7 year olds) to their early teens. (Rather reminding of Anne of Green Gables or Little House of the Prairie kind of schools.)
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| The school house |
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| "My children" |
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| "First year" |
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| "Break" |
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| (Drawing by my mum in her album) |
The school house from another angle. Photo taken when my dad (then her boyfriend) and his parents came to visit. My parents with my grandmother Sally + my grandparents' dog Zepp (a collie). Photo taken by my grandfather Gustaf. (My parents got engaged at Christmas that year, 1952.)
As teacher, my mum lived in this small cottage next to a farm house.
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| "View from my window" |
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| "Winter break" |
At the end of the spring term 1953, she took the older of her pupils on a school trip to Gothenburg.
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| Photo from tourist boat 'Paddan' in Gothenburg |
While I don't know how many of the young people aboard "belong" to my mum, I think I can spot evidence that her fiancé joined them for this boat trip: Dark-haired young man with sunglasses, next to dark-haired young woman - on the right, 7th row or so from the front...
Linking to Sepia Saturday 715
