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School book, ink pot and pen and photo of Bampton Infants School

The desktop inkwell  was filled with ink from a big bottle. People wrote with pens, like the one shown here, dipped in ink. It was difficult to write neatly. The wet ink was dried with blotting paper to stop it from smudging.

There were no fountain pens, handwriting pens, felt tip pens or biros.

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Roll over this photo of an ink well, ink pen and copy book to reveal an original photo of Bampton Infants School, Devon.

 


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