The desks fit only two people and were able to lift up, they were made out of wood and weren't very smooth. The classroom wasn't very big, they were in cabins and up high. The teacher didn't have any whiteboards they only had chalkboards and chalk.
The stationary equipment such as pencils were practically the same and same with rubbers and other stuff. But some of they're books were made out of different type paper. They supplied all the equipment for free and it was all payed for by the government. To be a member in the school as a student was also very cheap as the government helped with that too. (I know this isn't about the equipment but if they were naught they'd get smacked by the teacher, whipped by a cane or a metal chain would be rubbed against the disobedient studens wrist.)
rubber mostly, in the olden days to create a rugby ball they used pig bladders
Discuss the purification methods used in the olden days
in the olden days we used smoke,light reflection and beacons
Discuss the purification methods used in the olden days
Cloth.
on the water.
In the olden days there were no banks so people used to keep their money under their heads
letters
guns and cannons
In the olden days it was used for entertainment.
It all depends on what sense you are speaking of; because in the "olden days," as you say, candles were used in order to provide some light in dark places.
the roads were used for carriges and horses to get transport in the olden days.