Furniture, old books and notebooks, leather smocks and school bags are all reminders of the school days of yesteryear.
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Come and visit the "Autrefois l'école" museum run by the Amicale Laïque de Fontenay-le-Comte and experience the setting and atmosphere of a reconstructed classroom from the last century.
Waxed pine or oak tables, blackboards, a wood-burning stove, an abacus, educational cupboards, wall maps, class books and prize books, exercise books and pupils' work, pen-and-ink writing, smocks, galoshes, not forgetting the children's single dormitory, the clock ticking away the hours and the bell calling...