Bury, Grammar School 1895
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
36790
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Memories of Bury, Grammar School 1895
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During World War Two I was evacuated from London to various locations three times, the last of these was Bury, in Lancashire. My older brother and I stayed with two families sharing a house at 16 Swallow Drive in what was referred to as 'the Dickie Bird Estate.' All the street names were named after birds.
There was some consternation at the school because we were 'Church of England' and ...see more
By the 1940s the Grammar School had been rebuilt in Tenterden Street. The building in the photograph became The Wylde Clinic which was the centre for mothers and babies and of course housed the 'dreaded' school dentist. My younger brother went to the Wylde Clinic for 'sunray treatment' where all the children had to wear goggles to protect their eyes. The Wylde Clinic was still operating in the 1960s for mothers and babies, ante-natal care and school health referrals.
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