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Old Birmingham Schools - Changed Or Demolished

Does anyone have an ancestor who attended Emily Penzer's School in the Balsall Heath area in the late 1800s or early 1900s? I would be so grateful for even the smallest information on this school. Thank you, Jay.
 
Birmingham Schools and The Elementary Education Act 1870


The elementary education act was quickly adopted in Birmingham with the first School Board for the town taking place in November of that year. By 1879, the Board had opened 24 schools, all of them architecturally considered, ornaments of the town. The following is a list of these schools with the date of opening,and the number of scholars for whom accommodation is provided including boys,girls, and infants;
Name of school Date of opening No of Children
Farm Street July 1873 1055
Bloomsbury March 1873 1059
Jenkins Street May 1873 1136
Steward Street July 1873 1055
Garrison Lane July 1873 968
Elkington Street May 187 4983
Lower Windsor Street November 1874 1055
Allcock Street April 1875 1052
Rea Street South July1875 1070
Osler Street November 1875 1025
Datmouth Street May-Oct 1876 1053
Smith Street June 1876 972
Bristol Street October 1876 1023
Nelson Street November 1876 971
Norton Street November 1876 994
Moseley Road January 1877 1017
FoxStreet January 1877 1017
Brookfields November 1877 1018
Summer Lane September 1877 1352
Oozells Street January 1879 807
Dudley Road June 1878 1220
Little Green Lane August 1878 1347
Hutton Street January 1879 1095
Montgomery Street July 1879 1000
The totalamount spent in the erection of school buildings and purchase of sites, is £349,575 19s 1d the total cost of school maintenance for eight years was£94,928.
This information was taken from Robert K Dents book Old and New Birmingham publishedin 1880.
 
Saltley College Primary School. Bridge Road Birmingham
1853 - 1940 Destroyed by enemy action 1940
Last Headmaster Mr Fleet.
Teachers Mr Court. Mr goode. Mr Rushton. Mr Turner (Woodwork)

Edit. Extract from British History Online:

SALTLEY COLLEGE C. OF E. SCHOOL, College Road, Saltley. Worcester Diocesan Practising Sch. opened with one master 1853,(22) comprising 2 schoolrooms accom. 185 B.(1, 29) A schoolroom and a classroom, accom. 456,(1) opened 1871.(22) Fees retained until 1904. Alterations made 1891, 1910, 1935. Reorganized 1932, 1935 for SB. Damaged by enemy action and closed 1941.(21)
 
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If no-one objects, over the next few weeks, I shall move posts and images relating to individual schools to each specific school thread. That way fellow pupils will be better able to access and enjoy the information members have kindly posted here.

I plan to leave a list of "changed or demolished" schools with a link to the specific school thread for more info. Viv.
 
adap2it said:
Does this fit in here?
Dave A
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Thanks Dave, Might be slightly out of the scope of this thread as its higher education, unless of course the school of art catered for up to 18 year olds (and it's changed in some way). I believe it's now part of Birmingham City university. Viv.
 
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Update on post #227.

I've now almost completed editing this thread. I've moved any general comments about individual schools to the threads covering each school. And I've left links (where possible) showing where further information might be found.

I have to say I'm truly astounded at the number of individual school threads we have and the contributions made by members. Believe me they make interesting reading. So thank you all (especially Mayfield for starting this off). Now go on, get in there and have a trip down memory lane......

AND if you have photos, school badges - in fact anything of interest- please add it to the inividual thread. Many thanks all. Viv.
 
Vivienne14 said:
If no-one objects, over the next few weeks, I shall move posts and images relating to individual schools to each specific school thread. That way fellow pupils will be better able to access and enjoy the information members have kindly posted here.

I plan to leave a list of "changed or demolished" schools with a link to the specific school thread for more info. Viv.
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I have some interests in schools attended by family members:.
Stanley House School Edgbaston - my dad 1934 to 1940
Edgbaston School for Girls - my aunt 1933 to 1940
Waverley School - my grandmother was in 6th form 1906
St Albans School - my aunt taught here 1960 to 1986.
Rosslyn School - my earliest school memory about 1960.

Am trying track down details of where my grandfather and great grandfather went to school, would be Aston / Small Heath area alongside other old family I'm hunting out through this brilliant site.
 
I have found an old book belonging to my Grandmother with a plate in the front awarding her the book from St James' Ashted Henry St Girls School. The problem is from what I have read that the school closed in 1894. This would have been before my grandmother was born, and the book itself was published in 1920. Anyone able to help to explain this please?
 
The c1916 maps show a school in Henry st, on the corner of Francis st, which the earlier maps show is St James School Ashted. The two cuttings below show that a St James School Ashted and a St James School , Henry St were still there in 1915 and 1919 respectively

Birm Gazette.28.10.1919.jpgEv.Despatch. 24.3.1915.jpg
 
roystonp123 said:
hello
Farm street and harry lucas are the same school when i went
Roystonp123

Edit. A link to the Harry Lucas School thread is here https://birminghamhistory
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Mayfield said:
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For those looking for details about individual schools, please type the school name in the search bar to bring up individual school threads.

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For those looking for old school badges see this link here https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/school-badges.21841/#post-394312
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With reference to thread concerning School Badges. I am compiling a list of obsolete Birmingham schools (schools no longer in existance). Please add the name of any school that fits the criteria. Here are some to start the list. Mabz

Rea Street Junior/Infant
Bloomsbury School
Farm Street Junior/Infant
Harry Lucas Secondary School
Gower Street
Lozells Girls School
Archbishop Masterson
Summer Lane
Burlington Street
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I went to Ley Hill Primary School Northfield aged 8 when it first opened in 1954. It's now changed its name to Orchard Croft Primary School. The majority of the Ley Hill council estate, which was built at the time, has now been demolished and new private houses built in its place. Perhaps the change of name was to reflect this.
 
I started off at St Patrick's Dudley Road, then St Peters off Broad St , then Cardinal Newman Poplar avenue . I know the second and third have gone , not sure about St Patrick's though
 
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