Princess Louise Opens an Institute at Deptford for Working Girls and Lads

Excitement runs high for Deptford residents hoping to catch a glimpse of Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's daughter.

Much excitement and flag-waving comes to Deptford in anticipation of glimpsing Princess Louise - the daughter of Queen Victoria. Alas, the Princess, who arrived by car, remains tantalisingly off-screen in this brief newsreel item, though it's now just as fascinating to see the ordinary folk who await her. The Institute for working girls and lads is likely to have offered literacy classes and other wholesome activities - alternatives to vices, like alcohol, to which the working classes were deemed at particular risk of falling prey.