Anderson was a City of Leeds Training College student around the mid-1920s. In 1925, he became a teacher at Darfield Council School. He was associated with the Dearne Valley School Sports Association and was a keen cricketer at Darfield Cricket Club, where he occasionally acted as Chairman. He also played soccer for Darfield in the 1930s. As well as organising school sports teams, Anderson also supervised musical productions. At the time of his marriage in 1933, he taught at Darfield County Junior at Snape Hill. In 1938, he was a teacher at Great Houghton Council School. Anderson was transferred to the Darfield Senior School in 1941, Foulstone Modern. By 1960, Anderson was Headmaster of Birdwell School. In 1957, he was Army Cadet Battalion OC Major.
Anderson was born on 22 June 1905 in Darfield, near Barnsley. He was the son of George Anderson, a Colliery Labourer who later became a Greengrocer and Florist with his wife, Sarah Randerson. Anderson married Edna May Thompson in 1933. He died in 1978.
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Stanley Anderson attended the City of Leeds Training College in the 1920s and taught in schools in the Dearne Valley area of Yorkshire. In the 1960s, he became a Headmaster. He was a keen sportsman both at college and in later life.
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Items donated by Emma Dixon.
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The green jackets seem to be specific to college sports teams. The owl motif differs from the one used on the more common striped college blazer. The embroidered lettering stands for Association Football Club and Cricket Club.
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Stanley Anderson and Edna May Thompson were married in August 1933.
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Digital copy of a photograph showing Stanley Anderson (hands in pocket, cigarette in mouth, and wearing a blazer. Others in the photograph are unidentified.