Sheffield retro: 31 nostalgic photos capture school life in the 60s, including 'housecraft' and metalwork

These photos take you back to the 60s, showing what school life looked like all those years ago.

They capture pupils in the classroom and at play in schools around Sheffield more than half a century ago.

Several of the schools pictured have since closed, including Myers Grove, Gleadless Valley and Hurlfield secondary schools, and Bluestone County Primary School.

It’s not just the schools that have changed, but the subjects taught there too, as this retro gallery shows.

In the 60s, ‘housecraft’, or domestic science, was compulsory for many girls, who were forced to learn cooking, needlework and cleaning at school, while boys were more likely to study woodwork and metalwork.

Pupils would sit at wooden desks, often still featuring ink wells; children lived in fear of the cane, with the ban on corporal punishment in schools many years away; and the sound of chalk scraping across blackboards echoed around classrooms.

These photos show schools, pupils and their teachers at schools around Sheffield during the 1960s? Do they bring back any memories for you?

The photos featured are taken from The Star’s archives or shared courtesy of Picture Sheffield.

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