SCHOOLS IN CASTLE HALL

SCHOOLS

CASTLE HALL DAY SCHOOL

Castle Hall school on Brierley Street opened in 1864 and the new extension which became the Infants' Department
was added in 1908. It was a Church of England school and consequently many church activities also took place in this building.

The top floor of the school belonged to the Juniors and there were four classrooms and a large main hall.
The Head Teacher's office was also on this floor, it was quite a large room and held a lovely old desk and chair and around the
room were various cupboards and shelves. There was a large fireplace to your left as you entered the room and in my day
a picture of a very young Queen Elizabeth II hung on the wall.

Outside the Head Teacher's office were the old stone steps which led to the lower floor. To the right at the bottom of these stairs
were the canteen, kitchen and store rooms. The Infants' Department was to the left and that contained a further three
classrooms which were separated by folding wooden partitions which had glass windows. The middle section also served as a hall.

Bad news arrived in 1963. Our wonderful old school was to close, well at least the Juniors' department.
After almost one hundred years since it was built it had been declared unsafe and had to be demolished.
For a time we used classrooms at Hob Hill Unitarian school but a few years later a brand new school was built and
named Gorse Hall. It was no longer a church school.

CASTLE HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL PHOTO GALLERY
( and a few of Gorse Hall )

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1. Castle Hall School	2. 1884	3. 1910	4. 1922	5.1925	6. 1928
7. 1929/30	8. 1920's	9. 1920's	10. 1946	11.	12. 1955
13. 1956	14.	15.	16.	17.	18.
19. 1956	20. 1961	21. 1961	22. 1960	23. 1965	24.
25.	26.	27.	28.	29.	30.
31.	32.	33.	34.	35.	36. 1920/21
		37. 1940's	38. 1955/56