My Mum in school

The picture above was taken about 78yrs ago, so please excuse all the scratches on it and dirt. I wanted to keep it sort of natural.
The girl sitting in the front row, closest to the camera is my mother. The school is in Liverpool. My mum was able to name nearly all the girls in that photo, a few she was unsure of, but most she thought she knew still. Mum is now 84.
I was fascinated by the classroom furniture, the walls, the lack of smiles of the kids, so different from today.