| Elementary School |
school for children from 5 to 14 |
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| knickerbockers |
trousers that came just below the knee |
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| land-mine |
bomb that came down on a parachute |
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| untarred macadam |
the rolled gravel top surface was ground to dust by traffic,
and cars raised it in choking clouds; after tar-spraying had
been found to be unsuitable the stone layers were mixed with
tar to make tarmac, which is used today |
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| Miss. Cartwright |
Mr. Grew's Chief Assistant (deputy head) |
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| Birmingham School Board |
from 1870 to 1902 this was the body which built and maintained
most of the schools in the borough: after that the Education
Committee of the City Council became the Local Education Authority |
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| Honorary Freedom |
the greatest honour a borough can give to anyone |
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| University |
Birmingham University was founded in 1900, and new buildings
were being built on Calthorpe land in Edgbaston from 1905 |
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| Chamberlain Memorial |
behind the Town Hall |
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| Upper School Hall |
now the Junior School Hall |
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