Throughout his time at Croydon Lawrence lived with Mr Jones, a Lancashire man, who was the School Attendance Officer. Mr Jones, who has now retired, has given me a very interesting account of Lawrence during this period. Though Lawrence disliked teaching, Mr Jones said, he was conscientious about it, and got on well with the boys. He was good with children of any age, and when Hilda, Mr Jones’s
... [Show full abstract] daughter, was six months old, Lawrence used to walk her up and down, exclaiming, ‘You shall walk! You shall walk!’ Mr Robertson, an elderly Scotsman, and somewhat pompous, did not like Lawrence. When he came into the classroom, and the boys stood up, saying ‘Good morning, sir,’ Lawrence used to scowl, and would not ‘sir’ him.