Some interesting sidelights on the way the people lived almost a century ago have already been mentioned. The following extracts from the log-books of those early days are in some cases quite amusing, and in others rather pathetic.

1868   February 4th, A little boy got his arm fast between two boards - had to send for the joiner to get
           it out.
1868   February 18th, Wrote to some of the schools in Leeds to see if we could be supplied with a pupil
           teacher.
1968   June 17th, The children cleaned the school in the afternoon.
1869   February 2nd, Catechism not learned properly by some of the children.
1870   March 29th, Examination of the school by the Misses Nicholson.
1871   February 6th, Re-admitted Emily Merchant, to the school she, had been kept at home more than a year to            nurse. Mrs. Nicholson sent a quantity of work for the girls.
1871   November 29th, Good attendance - some or the children away 'pulling' turnips.
1872   June 27th, Thin attendance. A great many children away in the hay fields.
1872   August 20th, Several of the children are away at feasts in the neighbourhood with their parents
1875   June 12th, One of tile boys paid 1½d. for breaking a window.
1875   December 18th, Caroline Thorne to be engaged as monitor at the rate of £5 per year.
1876   May 4th. closed school at 3.45 as some of the elder boys are to clean the windows.
1877   September 4th, Cross Gates flower show - several children absent In the afternoon.
1877   November 22nd, No school in the afternoon - preparing the room for a Missionary Meeting and Sacred            Concert in the evening.
1878   February 9th, school closed this week, on account of measles being so prevalent, and until Monday March            11th, (When school did re-open the M.O.H for the district would not allow any child to enter without a            certificate of health. One parent wrote saying he did not intend getting a certificate!)
1880   August 3rd, the infant boys made their first attempt at knitting.
1880   November 10th Leeds Fair; the attendance is not good.
1881   November 23rd, closed school for the remainder of this week and next on account of the fever
1886   February 25th I gave a lesson on the 'Elephant' to the infants before the pupil teacher.
1887   May 6th, the scholars worked hard and the teachers likewise
1887   October 10th T.P. Brocklehurst Esq., Manager, allowed Mr. Gribbon, a blind person, this morning to give            the scholars an illustration of his Reading and Arithmetical powers with which they were much pleased and            surprised.