Today there are restrictions on what photographs can be taken of children - especially at school, writes Robert Heaven.
But before all this, it was a regular activity to record classes, groups and individuals at school - to be published in the Wilts and Glos Standard and for parents to frame at home.
Today's pictures are from 1923, 1928 and 1963
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