sentences:  In 1870 it became compulsory for all children aged between five and thirteen to go to school, ending much of the hurrying.It was still a common profession for school leavers well into the 1920s.The 1969 song "The Testimony of Patience Kershaw" by Frank Higgins (recorded by Roy Bailey and The Unthanks) is based on the testimony of Patience Kershaw (aged 17) when she spoke to the Children's Employment Commission.