They had had to deal with two serious floods; the first occurring in February, 1946, when delighted scholars returning to school on Monday 11th. February, found themselves sent home; the second being the disastrous flood of 1947, when, as Mr. Mansfield's camera has recorded; Tamworth Road lay under three feet of water, and the school was closed for a week.
Photo from Barbara Chadburn. Original Photographer Mr Mansfield
They had had to deal with two serious floods; the first occurring in February, 1946, when delighted scholars returning to school on Monday 11th. February, found themselves sent home; the second being the disastrous flood of 1947, when, as Mr. Mansfield's camera has recorded; Tamworth Road lay under three feet of water, and the school was closed for a week.
Photo from Barbara Chadburn. Original Photographer Mr Mansfield