The Ragged School Museum has reopened

An East London museum that tells the story of education for the poor has reopened following the dual impact of covid and refurbishment works.At a time when most people lacked an education, a number of schools for the poor were being set up, and the largest was in east London, near Mile End. Opened in 1877 in a couple of disused canalside warehouses, it closed in 1908 when its function became obsolete thanks to the government finally deciding to provide free education to every child.
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