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Raddlebarn Junior School Selly Oak

Vivienne14

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British History Online tells us this about the School:

RADDLEBARN LANE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL, Selly Oak Lane Temporary Council Sch. opened 1905 by King's Norton and Northfield U.D.C. in temporary iron buildings for M, I. Selly Oak and Bournbrook Temporary Council Sch. closed when it opened. B dept., accom. 126, opened 1906 in Primitive Methodist chapel. A.a. 1906: 494. Permanent buildings opened 1909 as Raddlebarn Lane Council Sch., accom. 800 M, I, and replaced hut. B dept. opened 1910 and sch. reorganized for B, G, I. Altered and enlarged 1931 for SB, JI. Secondary Boys’ dept. became a separate sch. 1945 Accom. 1961: 12 classrooms, 2 halls.

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Source: British Newspaper Archive
 
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