Dr Anne Allsopp was born in Luton and attended Luton High School for Girls. She taught in local schools before gaining an MA and PhD at the London Institute of Education. She has published a history of Luton and an account of Luton High School and the Technical School. Her particular historical interest is the lives of ordinary people. Martin Deacon joined Bedfordshire County Council as a records management assistant in 1990, qualifying as an archivist in 1994. He joined Buckinghamshire Archives on a temporary contract in 2018 cataloguing the Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society collection.
An extraordinarily exacting study.well-produced and
well-illustrated. Just about anything anyone could want to know
about education in Luton is at some point covered. It is a
remarkable effort.[...] This is a good local study, which will be
of value to anyone engaged in work on Luton, Bedfordshire, or
late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century British girls' schools
more generally. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
Anyone who has an interest in the development of education from the
private schools into compulsory state directed universal education
will find this book interesting. BEDFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY
SOCIETY JOURNAL
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