Nott Street Primary School

This postcard shows the old Nott Street Primary school and dates from 1910-18. Also known as State School 1472, the school was opened in 1874. As Margaret and Graham Bride point out in The Borough and its People, by 1880 the school fell into disrepair. ‘The school grounds remained poorly drained and the toilets inadequate. Twice in its early years, the school was closed: once in 1891 when the caretaker had typhoid and in 1912, during a diphtheria epidemic.’

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