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Four Dwellings Schools Quinton

Vivienne14

Vivienne14

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British History Online tells us:

FOUR DWELLINGS COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Quinton. Four Dwellings Council Sch. opened 1940 by Birm. C.B.C. Accom. 648 SM, JI. SM dept. became separate sch. 1945 (see next sch.). JI divided into 2 depts. 1950. Accom. 1961: 15 classrooms, 2 halls.

FOUR DWELLINGS BOYS' COUNTY MODERN SCHOOL, Quinton. Became a separate sch. 1945 (see preceding sch.), as a M sch. New G sch. built and opened 1953 (see next sch.), and this sch. used for B only N.o.b. 1961: 455.

FOUR DWELLINGS GIRLS' COUNTY MODERN SCHOOL, Quinton. Opened 1953 by Birm. C.B.C. (see preceding sch.) N.o.b. 1961: 640.

A visit to both Houses of Parliament by girls of the secondary school. Viv.

7AFB4A4F-75E8-41F4-A872-CC67E506B094.jpegSource: Brutish Newspaper Archive
 
My mother Kathleen Harper taught at Four Dwellings School in Quinton in the 1950’s.
I have a photograph of a party to celebrate the Queen’s Coronation taken with my mother and her class. I believe one of the pupils in the photograph is the young Martin Bell, the news reader.
He went to preparatory school in Norfolk but I can’t find for sure that he attended Four Dwellings. Both my parents are now dead so I can’t check with them!
Can anyone throw any light on whether he did in fact attend the Quinton School?
 
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