Overview
The Barlo-Dale Public Primary School was a former school on the corner of Barloseweg and Het Villeken. The drawing above, by Jan Straaijer, shows the Barlo-Dale public school, probably in its early years.
For children from the rural hamlets, attending school was not easy because the schools were difficult to reach. The journey to and from school was long and, especially in winter, the roads were hard to travel, so children often stayed at home. Small room schools were therefore established in the hamlets. A room school in Barlo at the Bullens farm is mentioned as early as 1667. Much later, the municipal council minutes of 31 March 1860 record that there was a public school in Barlo. This school was at Barloseweg 5.
After the Christian National School in Barlo opened in 1906, a municipal report from 1907 recorded the pupil numbers at the two Barlo schools:
“The public school has 36 boys and 20 girls, while the Christian National School under headmaster Bos has 37 boys and 41 girls.“
Because pupil numbers had fallen sharply, the public school closed on 1 April 1922.
That same year the building was sold to the highest bidder, Willem Piek, who established a blacksmith’s forge there. In the building where children had for so many years been taught the basics of arithmetic, writing and reading, the clear voices of children were heard no more; from then on came the industrious hammering of the blacksmith.
Residents
Address directory 1934
Dale 88 > Barlo 2
Address directory 1967
Barlo 2 > Barloseweg 5
Owners
This overview is not complete.
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