Rosebuds of the roaring twenties

Built in 1874 on what was then known as Dog Acre Field, Rose Lane School or Hicks Pits College as it was also called, educated Biggleswade children for around 100 years up until its closure in the 1980s. Many older Biggleswade residents will recall attending it, or will have had parents or grandparents who did.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Jul 2013, 13:47 BST

This photograph is an early glimpse of of a class at the school which was taken c.1920.

Peter Horn kindly emailed us the picture which includes his mother Edith Horn nee Albone in the back row on the extreme right.

Edith didn’t talk very much about her school days and, although over 90 years have gone by since this photo was taken, Peter wonders whether any Memory Lane readers might be able to identify some of the other members of the class.

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