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Later in Queen Victoria's reign a number of day schools had begun, including the British Schools, and the Ragged Schools (so called because of the tattered clothes worn by poor pupils). In 1870 a law was passed saying that children aged between five and ten had to attend weekday school. Even so, many children were kept away by parents and employers who would rather have them earning money. This was no such concern for the parents in the north of the city - and so for those not tutored by personal governesses, there was this school. Unfortunately the establishment shut down in 1880, half destroyed in a fire. It remains a grim place, with windows high up so that children could not see out. In the western wing that remains untouched by the damage, there is little on the drab walls, most stripped down with only the odd alcove detailing a stern text or biblical passage. One grey room houses a variety of toys: hoops, tops, skipping ropes and broken marbles. The locks are broken throughout the school, allowing free passage to the silent rooms and dusty chalkboards and musty desks.