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The Demise of West St. Leonards School
- Derek Jempson
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The Demise of West St. Leonards School
I wonder if anyone knows the approximate date of the demolition of the original West St. Leonards Primary School?
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Re: The Demise of West St. Leonards School
I've had a scout around but struggling to find an info on when it was demolished.
- Derek Jempson
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Re: The Demise of West St. Leonards School
Thanks Geoff - I can't find anything either. Looks as if I'll have to wait until the British Newspaper Archive scans and indexes the Hastings & St. Leonards Observer a bit more (currently, it's up to 1954, which is about the time when I became a pupil at the school, so a long way to go).
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Re: The Demise of West St. Leonards School
Try the Reference Library for the Hastings Education Committee records unless it was post 1974 after local govt reorganisation when it went over to ESCC.
Re: The Demise of West St. Leonards School
East Sussex Records Office has a site called 'The Keep'.
http://www.thekeep.info/collections/get ... 9_E_SC_286
West St Leonards Community Primary School (formerly Bopeep National School; Bopeep Infants and Mixed Schools)
The school opened as Bopeep National School. Bopeep Mixed School (juniors) opened on 30 August 1895. The infants school reopened in new buildings as West St Leonards Infant Board School on 16 May 1898. The infant and junior schools were amalgamated on 11 April 1967. Previously at 130 Bexhill Road, the new school building in Harley Shute Road opened in September 1996.
I have no idea if this is the school in question but it seems to draw in some general information.
http://www.thekeep.info/collections/get ... 9_E_SC_286
West St Leonards Community Primary School (formerly Bopeep National School; Bopeep Infants and Mixed Schools)
The school opened as Bopeep National School. Bopeep Mixed School (juniors) opened on 30 August 1895. The infants school reopened in new buildings as West St Leonards Infant Board School on 16 May 1898. The infant and junior schools were amalgamated on 11 April 1967. Previously at 130 Bexhill Road, the new school building in Harley Shute Road opened in September 1996.
I have no idea if this is the school in question but it seems to draw in some general information.
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