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View of Green Lane Council School, formerly Green Lane Board School, located on the west side of Green Lane and now demolished. The school, constructed in red brick in 1874, incorporated a rooftop playground for the girls. The classrooms were located on the first floor beneath the series of decorative arches. Boys and girls were taught separately with the boys classrooms on the right and the girls left, The central arch on the ground floor was flanked by the girls' cookery rooms, left, and the boys' woodwork workshops, right. The central arch was, at one time, open at either end and provided shelter for the pupils during wet playtimes. Green Lane Board School was opened on 11th November 1874 by the Chairman of Leeds School Board, Sir Andrew Fairbairn. The children were organised into classes on 20th November and the school was described as in a 'very unfinished state' on 27th November, with only three classrooms in use. Within a short time the school was catering for 1,035 pupils from ages three to twelve or thirteen.The School Boards were abolished in 1902 by an Education Act and Education Committees from the Town and County Councils were appointed to take control of elementary education, hence the name change to 'Green Lane Council School'. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Green Lane Council School Green Lane Board School Green Lane | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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