Brendan 1 Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Hello and thanks for taking the time to read this plea! I live in Carlton (Cavendish Road) and I am a teacher in a nearby school (Priory Junior School). I have recently started researching my local area and, as you may expect, with every discovery comes more and more questions - I won’t bore you with them all! I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with the school on the map though. Name, type etc. It looks like it stood on the site of Carlton Square? Thanks again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Welcome Brendon , My mum lived on Park Rd , just to the east of that school . I have her report card for 1926 (when she would have been 13) and it gives the name of her school as . "CARLTON UPPER STANDARD COUNCIL SCHOOL" I assume it was that school . According to someone on the Gedling Local History Facebook page it later became "Carlton Central County Primary School" . Later that was demolished and turned into Carlton Precinct. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brendan 1 Posted July 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Thank you David, very interesting! I hadn’t come across either School name in my quest for the answer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brendan 1 Posted July 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 I have just found this - thanks again David. https://www.inspirepicturearchive.org.uk/image/101/Upper_Standard_Council_School_Carlton_c_1925 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,683 Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just found this from The Mansfield Reporter August 1st 1913 and again assume it refers to this school : "Carlton, site for a permanent upper standard school............ The Committee had had sketch plans prepared of a school at Carlton for 400 upper standard scholars, with rooms for domestic subjects for girls, and manual training for boys, to be erected on the site recently purchased. The estimated cost was £7,600". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 If you look at this old thread, scroll down to the post from Beefsteak in September 3, 2008, and you'll see a photo of the site after the school was demolished. https://nottstalgia.com/forums/topic/4538-carlton-square/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brendan 1 Posted July 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Thanks for the information guys. I’m particularly interested in local schools and education through the 1900’s in Nottingham(shire) and in particular Gedling Borough. Any sources of information would be much appreciated. Maps provide a source of intrigue as they show where schools were located, but provide little else! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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