April 12, 2024
1902 Coronation Medals Edward VII and Alexandra
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Here are two Nice King Edward and Queen Alexandra Coronation Medals. Regularand punctual attendance The precise definition of regular and punctual attendance varied slightly over the years but in their conception the requirements were very strict. The 1902 School Management Code, for example, stated that ‘a medal is to be awarded to every full-time scholar who has attended punctually on every occasion on which the school has been open during the educational year ending July provided that absence on not more than four half-days or two whole days in a year shall not debar any child from receiving a medal if at least two days’ notice of such absence has been sent by the parent or guardian’. ‘Attendance at school at 9 am in the morning and 2 p.m. in the afternoon’. These were, of course, the standard starting times in the days when virtually all children went home to their midday meal. As a proviso, the Code stated that ‘No child may receive a medal who has not satisfied the head teacher as to his or her cleanliness,tidiness and good conduct throughout the year’. For some years after 1908, a restriction of not more than six medals per class or form at any school was made. Records No central register or index of the recipients of awards was maintained. Names of recipients were engraved on medals but the London Metropolitan Archives
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