Eleanor Street School, Grimsby

The old school building is in a sorry state.

You can see the photos I took on 26 June 2013 at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201314357643236.1073741849.1301721739&type=1&l=58c8515e52

A brief history:
Eleanor Street School, Grimsby

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EventSource 　　　 1895 10 24 School opened. Architect Herbert Scaping. ""The new school had a playfield, swimming baths, laboratory and a lecture Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.Error! Hyperlink reference not valid. vividly shown in the Grimsby News drawings."The new college that opened to its first pupils at 9am on Monday, November 4, 1895, was to quote the advertisements of the time, designed to give 'A sound modern education affording preparation for universities, professional and commercial life'.
"The college had a staff of 30 university graduates and specialists supervised by the principal, Mr Ernest J Stream MA."


""After the Technical School finally closed, the building became Grimsby Art College. It was then envisaged that the building would be converted to apartments, but unfortunately the school's main hall was demolished and the remainder of the building allowed to fall into disrepair."


http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Undefined-Headline/story-11535408-detail/story.html#axzz2XJxdY954 1935 c "It was big enough to teach 900 students and was the second largest co-educational school in England in the mid-Thirties."

http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Race-save-crumbling-Wintringham-Grammar-School/story-17040653-detail/story.html#axzz2XJxdY954 1995 08 15 Designated as Grade II listed building.Nationally Listed Buildings in Grimsby 2008 02 09 Video on YouTubehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvHBAREVFDo 2010 12 29 50% already demolishedhttp://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Undefined-Headline/story-11535408-detail/story.html#axzz2XJxdY954 2012 10 00 google maps. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=%22eleanor+street%22+school+grimsby&hl=en&rlz=1T4TSEI_enGB375GB375&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&biw=1024&bih=365&wrapid=tlif137232206750010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl 2012 10 05 Race to save the 'crumbling' former Wintringham Grammar School building in Grimsby
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/Race-save-crumbling-Wintringham-Grammar-School/story-17040653-detail/story.html#axzz2XJxdY954