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Western
County Junior School
Great Harwood
Open
Day. February 12. 2005. |
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on Commercial Road ceased to be used as a school when more spacious
facilities became available in the old Secondary Modern School,
Rushton Street, which had the added advantage of being next to the
Infant School. For
years the windows were boarded up but recently the building was
bought by a breakaway church and refurbished. An Open Day was held
when the following photographs were taken. |
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The partitions
which divided the left hand side of this space, in my day [1955-59],
into Miss McVitie's and Mr Ward's classrooms plus Mr Eddy's room have
been removed. The resulting space seems surprisingly narrow. Another
example of adult disillusionment when considering childhood memories!
Anyway it is now a pleasant, airy space.
The stage area,
which housed Miss Chester's class, has had very little done to it apart
from replacing the windows. |
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I think
I sat somewhere around here! 
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And the blackboard
was on this wall.
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Below the stage was
an area I never ventured into, as here were the boys' toilets,
and beyond
them the boiler room.
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This original boiler, though
obviously having undergone adaptations,
is no longer in use,
but
can this piece of more up to date technology,
on the opposite wall,
REALLY
perform the same function?
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There was of course
only one 'proper' classroom in the building, which was the top
class, Mrs. Muttock's room.
On Open Day it was rather crowded with church members singing.
The area that was the
girls' cloakroom opposite the 'top class' is now a modern well
equipped kitchen.
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Outside the
playgrounds are sadly overgrown. |
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The small,
boys' playground is particularly bad, looking more like a garden
gone to seed!
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It was
interesting to see how smart the interior of the building looks,
but sad to see the state of deterioration of the outside areas.
Maybe the new owners have plans to do something about this, I
hope so.
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Photos
tastefully arranged by ifinwig
Last updated 4th March 2005
All property might be theft but if you take any of this that's what
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