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Name: SOLLY (Miss)

First Date: 1924

Profession: Teacher

Area: Kitale

Book Reference: Trans Nzoia Scrap Book

General Information:

Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - 'Private Schools' - As well as Kitale School, the African Union School, Trans Nzoia (Asian) School, all dealing with primary education, some small private institutions were run by enterprising people to cater for children who were too young to be boarders or who lived too far away to go daily. The first of these was on the North side of Elgon near the Suam Sawmills run by Miss Berggren and Miss Solly in 1924. Mountain roads are notoriously sticky and it was quite a feat for the visiting music teacher who lived at the Mt. Elgon Sawmills to arrive on time for her lessons. ….. This was unfortunately burnt down …..

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