This 132-year-old schoolbook shows how kids used to be taught - including perfect handwriting and complex maths.<br /><br />The book belonged to Charles Stevenson who in 1891 had beautiful cursive writing - aged just 13.<br /><br />He was also learning complicated equations, fractions and percentages.<br /><br />His nephew, Peter Mowbray, 82, recently dug out his uncle's old books when he heard Rishi Sunak discussing his new maths policy.<br /><br />Mr Stevenson died in 1958 and Mr Mowbray had stored the books away until he read the PM wants students to continue maths up to 18.<br /><br />Mr Mowbray, from Sibsey, near Boston, Lincs., said he was "shocked" at the difficulty of the sums in the book.<br /><br />He believes it shows how the standards of schooling have changed over the centuries.<br /><br />He said: "Me and my uncle were very close, he was like a grandfather to me.<br /><br />"He left me all his old maths books and the sums are really tricky to work out - considering calculators hadn't been invented yet!"<br /><br />Mr Stevenson went to Sibsey Village School and grew up to be a coal merchant.<br /><br />He left Mr Mowbray a variety of possessions when he died in 1958, including all his maths books.<br /><br />Mr Mowbray hadn't looked at the books for 20 years when Mr Sunak announced his plans.<br /><br />After hearing the announcement, he dusted off the books to compare the standards of maths taught nowadays.<br /><br />He discovered page after page of complicated equations, fractions and percentages, which were jotted down by Charles 132 years ago. <br /><br />Mr Mowbray, a retired farmer and dad-of-one, said: "I decided to fish his books out after hearing Sunak's plans to make maths mandatory until 18.<br /><br />"The calculations inside are really complicated - I couldn't even think of doing them without a calculator.<br /><br />"It just shows how difficult school was back in Victorian times - but you were expected to just get on with it.<br /><br />"The books have survived two World Wars and they're still in quite good condition. My uncle's handwriting is even quite neat - for a 13-year-old!"
