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The Window Opener

1955
The Window Opener
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Probably still used today, this was used to open and close the large Sash windows fitted at the time.
Usually given as a perk for being good, most children were more worried about putting it through the glass as they were rather unwieldy.

Stuart Laidlaw Added by Stuart Laidlaw

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Location:
Sighthill Murrayburn Primary School Sighthill
Categories:
Childhood Education
Contributor:
Stuart Laidlaw
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Stuart Laidlaw's Classroom memories of Murrayburn and Wester Hailes Primary Schools in the 1950s

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