much ofhis fiction 5 The young Lawrence attended Beauvale Board School(now renamed Greasley Beauvale D.H.Lawrence Primary School in his honour) from 1891 until 1898,becoming the first local pupil to wina County Council scholarship to Nottingham High School in nearby Nottingham.He left in 1901,working for three months as a junior 5 clerk at Haywood'ssurgical appliances factory,but a severe bout of pneumonia,reportedly the result ofbeing accosted by a group of factory girls(as detailed by school friend,George Neville),ended this career.Whilst convalescinghe often visited Hagg's Farm,the home of the Chambers family,and began a friendship with Jessie Chambers.An importantaspect ofthis relationship with Jessieand other adolescentacquaintances was a shared love of books,an interest that lasted throughout Lawrence's life.In the years 1902to 1906 Lawrence served as a pupil teacher at the British School, 5 Eastwood.He went on to become a full-time student and received a teaching certificate from University College,Nottingham,in 1908. Duringthese early years he was workingon his first poems,some short stories,and a draft ofa novel,Laetitia,that was eventually to pecome The White Peacock.At theend of 1907 he wona shortstory 5 competition in the Nottingham Guardian,the first time that he had much of his fiction. The young Lawrence attended Beauvale Board School (now renamed Greasley Beauvale D. H. Lawrence Primary School in his honour) from 1891 until 1898, becoming the first local pupil to win a County Councilscholarship to Nottingham High School in nearby Nottingham. He left in 1901, working for three months as a junior clerk at Haywood's surgical appliances factory, but a severe bout of pneumonia, reportedly the result of being accosted by a group of factory girls (as detailed by school friend, George Neville), ended this career. Whilst convalescing he often visited Hagg's Farm, the home of the Chambers family, and began a friendship with Jessie Chambers. An important aspect of this relationship with Jessie and other adolescent acquaintances was a shared love of books, an interest that lasted throughout Lawrence's life. In the years 1902 to 1906 Lawrence served as a pupil teacher at the British School, Eastwood. He went on to become a full-time student and received a teaching certificate from University College, Nottingham, in 1908. During these early years he was working on his first poems, some short stories, and a draft of a novel, Laetitia, that was eventually to become The White Peacock. At the end of 1907 he won a short story competition in the Nottingham Guardian, the first time that he had 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’ 5’