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The Merrin Collection

Past exhibition · The top-floor gallery

Slate and Satchel Going to school from Tenter Lane, 1890 to 1964

Four generations of Merrin children at the board school up the hill: slates, satchels, reports and one note excusing Dorothy from games.

When
15 March to 31 August 2025
Where
The top-floor gallery
Tickets
Included with entry: £8, under-18s free
A small brown leather school satchel with one buckled strap, scuffed and soft from use.

The board school at the top of Neepsend hill taught four generations of the family. Slate and Satchel brought together what they carried there and what came back: slates, satchels, inkwells, school reports and a great many excuse notes.