Burton Joyce, The New School c.1965
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Along Padleys Lane, which curves north out of the village amid 1950s and later estate houses, we pass Burton Joyce Primary School. This was built around 1960 using a system known as CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programmes). It consists of a light steel frame on a fixed module that was clad in solid panels or glass as required. The school has recently been refurbished. The CLASP system was highly praised at the time; Nottinghamshire County Council's architects department used it for numerous schools all over the county.

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Memories of Burton Joyce, the New School c1965

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One of the self-closing 'kissing gates' where the watercourse from under the Cattle Arch (St Helen's Grove) reaches the Trent. All the riverside land was owned by Nottingham Corporation (Stoke Farm or Bulcote Farm) back then but now Severn-Trent, I believe. A favourite walk, for many, along the bank of the river.
I started school here in September 1966. I remember driving up in my dad's van from the Crossing House at 23 Trent Lane where we lived for my first Day in Mrs Marson's class. The first year classroom was at the far end of the school in this picture.