A school corridor and the feet of history

As I looked at this corridor yesterday evening for some reason it made me think about history. This corridor was built for the secondary modern child; in other words for those not bright enough to pass the 11+ examination. The first shoes to tramp these well-polished parquet tiles was in September 1939, in fact the week war against Hitler was declared. This corridor would have been the conduit for Mold children, along with many evacuees, initially from Liverpool, and later from London as the 'V' rockets caused chaos in the months before the war ended. Now the corridor carries the comprehensive feet of children that have not known the fear of bombs, and I am eternally grateful for that.

A corridor of history.