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View of Morley Grammar School which opened on 4th July 1909. Alderman Samuel Rhodes, the Mayor of Morley laid the foundation stone on the 5th October 1907. 4 acres of land was purchased for the new school which included plenty of space for playing fields. The cost of the new building was ?13,471 and apparatus and equipment totalled ?2,418. The Earl of Dartmouth offered the land at a reduced rate and donated ?600. The Chairman of Governors, Alderman Charles Scarth donated ?1,500. The school had many faculties, a central hall, seven classrooms, Library, gymnasium, chemical, physical and domestic laboratories, lecture theatre, textile, engineering and art rooms for the Technical School. The school was originally called Morley Secondary School.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Morley Grammar School Fountain Street Morley Secondary School | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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