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Former School
I'm trying to find some info and pictures of a former junior school in the area of lozells , Birmingham , which was knocked down around in the 80/90's
I cant remember the actual name of the school - but i know the name of the road that it was off .
Is there a site that lists historical data / archive phots etc , for particular areas of the UK ?
I cant remember the actual name of the school - but i know the name of the road that it was off .
Is there a site that lists historical data / archive phots etc , for particular areas of the UK ?
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I struggled a bit to relate your description to my location, Bazile. Perhaps a map would be easier?
Unfortunately Gerrard Street lies right on the edges of two 25" OS sheets but, having looked at the both, I can assure you that there's no school shown on the northern of the two sheets. The top edge of the southern sheet is shown in my illustration here:
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The school facing the mission hall, across Lozells Street, would seem to be Lozells Girls School. The 'schools' (note the use of the plural, presumably for 'infant and junior') diagonally across from the mission hall appear to be Lozells Street Infant and Junior Schools.
As my previous post shows, although the front of the building was on Lozells Street, there was also an entrance on Gerrard Street.
Unfortunately Gerrard Street lies right on the edges of two 25" OS sheets but, having looked at the both, I can assure you that there's no school shown on the northern of the two sheets. The top edge of the southern sheet is shown in my illustration here:
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The school facing the mission hall, across Lozells Street, would seem to be Lozells Girls School. The 'schools' (note the use of the plural, presumably for 'infant and junior') diagonally across from the mission hall appear to be Lozells Street Infant and Junior Schools.
As my previous post shows, although the front of the building was on Lozells Street, there was also an entrance on Gerrard Street.
Here's a 1952 OS map. The scale's not as good as my previous image but I've annotated it to make it easier to read:
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Many Victorian schools had separate entrances for boys and girls, as they were educated separately. This photo suggests that was likely to be the case at Lozells Street School, as there are 58 boys in this 1883 class shot, together with (what I assume to be) their class teacher and head teacher:
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Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service might hold records of the school, possibly including some photographs:
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Thanks for your help Buenchico
Just to clarify
If you walk along Lozells st , until you reach it's jucntion with Gerrard St . On the opposite side of the junction , directly in front of you , on Gerrard St was the location of the school
( see street view )
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Is that where you are describing below ?
//A bit more research suggests that the schools on the corner of Gerrard Street and Lozells Street were Lozells Girls School (on the right, as you turned right when walking away from Wheeler Street) and "the infant and junior schools" (with no name given in the relevant post, on the left if you turned left off Gerrard Street). //
Just to clarify
If you walk along Lozells st , until you reach it's jucntion with Gerrard St . On the opposite side of the junction , directly in front of you , on Gerrard St was the location of the school
( see street view )
https:/
Is that where you are describing below ?
//A bit more research suggests that the schools on the corner of Gerrard Street and Lozells Street were Lozells Girls School (on the right, as you turned right when walking away from Wheeler Street) and "the infant and junior schools" (with no name given in the relevant post, on the left if you turned left off Gerrard Street). //
See my first map link above (posted yesterday at 1905).
The 'Mission Hall' on that map is the modern day Lozells Methodist Church and Community Centre, on the left of the image you've linked to. As the map shows, there was a school directly opposite the Mission Hall. However there were also schools (plural) on the right before crossing over Gerrard Street to get to the Mission Hall.
As my previous links have shown, Lozells Street was home to both Lozells Girls School and to Lozells Stret Infant and Junior Schools. From the use of the plural, I've assumed that the Infant and Junior Schools were to the south of the junction, with the Girls School to the north.
This image appears to confirm that:
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However I suppose I could be wrong.
The 'Mission Hall' on that map is the modern day Lozells Methodist Church and Community Centre, on the left of the image you've linked to. As the map shows, there was a school directly opposite the Mission Hall. However there were also schools (plural) on the right before crossing over Gerrard Street to get to the Mission Hall.
As my previous links have shown, Lozells Street was home to both Lozells Girls School and to Lozells Stret Infant and Junior Schools. From the use of the plural, I've assumed that the Infant and Junior Schools were to the south of the junction, with the Girls School to the north.
This image appears to confirm that:
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However I suppose I could be wrong.
Buenchico - Right - ok i see
Lozells street ( originally ,unlike today ) continued over/ crossed over to the other side of Gerrard st - and as you state , although the junior school address was Lozells st , it also had an entrance on Gerrard St .
It's also interesting to learn that before it was a primary school , it was a boarding school .
Many thanks Chris, for researching this for me
By the way where did you search for the photos you posted ?
Lozells street ( originally ,unlike today ) continued over/ crossed over to the other side of Gerrard st - and as you state , although the junior school address was Lozells st , it also had an entrance on Gerrard St .
It's also interesting to learn that before it was a primary school , it was a boarding school .
Many thanks Chris, for researching this for me
By the way where did you search for the photos you posted ?
Thanks for your reply.
I simply googled "lozells street" "school" (looking both at normal web links and Google's 'images' section) to see what I could find.
The maps I've used were sourced from the National Library of Scotland's website, using the 'Find By Place' option:
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(I added my own notation to one by using Serif PagePlus desktop publishing software)
(PS: A 'board' school isn't a boarding school. School boards were the organisations which ran local schools, after compulsory education was introduced in 1870, until local councils took over the task in 1902: https:/
I simply googled "lozells street" "school" (looking both at normal web links and Google's 'images' section) to see what I could find.
The maps I've used were sourced from the National Library of Scotland's website, using the 'Find By Place' option:
https:/
(I added my own notation to one by using Serif PagePlus desktop publishing software)
(PS: A 'board' school isn't a boarding school. School boards were the organisations which ran local schools, after compulsory education was introduced in 1870, until local councils took over the task in 1902: https:/
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