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Where is this Schools #3
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ladylinda
master brummie
Floodgate Street School was designed by Martin and Chamberlain and opened in 1891.
It is a Grade 2 Statutory Listed Building.
It had a building erected in the playground and children who had scabies used to go there twice a week for sulphur baths.
There is quite a bit about Floodgate School conditions here
https://birminghamchildrenslives.wordpress.com/tag/floodgate-street-board-school/
It is a Grade 2 Statutory Listed Building.
It had a building erected in the playground and children who had scabies used to go there twice a week for sulphur baths.
There is quite a bit about Floodgate School conditions here
https://birminghamchildrenslives.wordpress.com/tag/floodgate-street-board-school/
bobsummers
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
This is in fact the old school of St. Michaels RC. I should know I went there for 6 months and there is a thread under obviously " Schools"
jennyann
Gone but not forgotten. R.I.P.
Hi Phil: Thanks for posting the school photos. It's true that myself and I imagine a lot of us don't know much about the schools that we pass by and those that were not
located in the areas where we grew up. There is a list of old Birmingham Schools and their origins on the British History UK site.https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22984 However, it would be great to have more recent information on the schools that have survived over the decades and are still being used. Only one of the schools I attended is still in use, that is Marsh Hill Junior and Infants school in Erdington built in 1929. It has been completely rebuilt in recent years though. The other two schools Lawrence's College on Corporation Street, demolished several years ago and Fentham Girl's School in Erdington, still standing but used as an Education Resource Centre. Fentham School closed in 1979. It was discovered in 2003 that the school would have been 100 years old in 2004. A reunion was arranged and held at
Sutton Town Hall in April 2004. 350 ex pupils attended. Here is an outline of this event. https://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/Discussion/613937 Can't believe that come next year 10 years will have passed since this reunion.
located in the areas where we grew up. There is a list of old Birmingham Schools and their origins on the British History UK site.https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22984 However, it would be great to have more recent information on the schools that have survived over the decades and are still being used. Only one of the schools I attended is still in use, that is Marsh Hill Junior and Infants school in Erdington built in 1929. It has been completely rebuilt in recent years though. The other two schools Lawrence's College on Corporation Street, demolished several years ago and Fentham Girl's School in Erdington, still standing but used as an Education Resource Centre. Fentham School closed in 1979. It was discovered in 2003 that the school would have been 100 years old in 2004. A reunion was arranged and held at
Sutton Town Hall in April 2004. 350 ex pupils attended. Here is an outline of this event. https://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/Discussion/613937 Can't believe that come next year 10 years will have passed since this reunion.
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