Trent Bridge School demolition


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My Aunt who lives quite near to my old school-TB-infoms me it is shortly due to be demolished to make way for affordable houses !

I'm sure many of the people on this site went there.

I left in 1964 and have very many happy memories.

Kind regards,

Tony

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I've just had a telephone call from Arthur Clarke ( i'm sure many will remember him ) to say our old school TB has finally gone.

The 'New Block ' is still standing.

I left in July 1964 and have very many happy memories of my 5 years there

and can recall all the teachers well.

All for now,

Kind regards,

Tony ( Paine )

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I managed to secure a brick from the demolition as a momento for my mother who was there in the early 50's. Only wish I could have got the one that my dad carved his initials on when he was there as well

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Me too Zachariah. My partner who went to TBS along with me in the 60's & early 70's carved his name on a brick at the twitchell side of the school,wish I had that as a keep sake :rolleyes:

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My old church (Main Street Methodist on Carlton hill) is now partially Russian orthodox . Wesley will be turning in his grave

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Visited some of my old schools in the Meadows yesteday ,and here is a round up of news

Collygate infants school - main old building still standing now a muslim centre

XXXXXXX infants school - demolished, This was round the corner from Collygate in Mundella Road and we were transfered here when Collygate closed in 1959. Anyone recall its name?

Trent Bridge Junior School - demolished ( became Trent Bridge Primary School)

Trent Bridge Seniors - back part demolished but an old building at the front remains and is now an independent Christian School!

Trent Bridge Senior - new block - still standing

Trent Printers opposite the new block was in the process of being demolished too. I wil upload some pics to Photobucket soon

Oh yes Suspension Bridge still closed - dont hold your breath on this one either if its metal fatique in the cable strands which is what I preume is the reason....

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Walked down Green Street last week. Quite large housing complex -well advanced beeing built where the old TB infant school and TB girls stood. TB boys school as such still standing and mostly unchanged form when I left in 1964.

Happy memories

Tony

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Last time I went down it appeared to have been used as a storage area?

The railings were still there where I was given 'The Rack' treatment.

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Walked down Green Street last week. Quite large housing complex -well advanced beeing built where the old TB infant school and TB girls stood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEpUlg550zA

You mean this Tony?

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=oES6hha00_k

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I actually went back there in the  late  1980s early 1990s took a bunch of colour photographs of the "Juniors" I have the images in black and white as well.

My older brother enticed me to TBJ from "Welbeck" telling me that they gave you fizzy lemonade drinks at dinner times, I should have known better :( I found  it hard to

settle in as the "new kid". I was there for just under three years. Class teachers ? I had Mr Griffin, Mr Williamson and Mrs McCarthy the latter positively hated me,

I never did find out why. The head was Derek Smith used to walk around in black football kit quite a lot like a referees kit I recall.One room near to the staff room had  a stuffed owl in and other dead things in glass cases, made it hard to concentrate :Shock: I've had to reduce the picture size and picture quality to attain the size of image allowed on here so I uploaded just one to see if its worth attempting to put more up for people. I never had any class photographs or ever went on a "paid for" school trip as such expenses would have eaten into my parents beer money, I am certain I wasn't the only child who was raised in such circumstances either.

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