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S.G.S. Snippets from Thirty,Forty,Fifty (and more) years ON.
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1734. A Salford Grammar School opened by the Rev.John Clayton in a building adjoining his house in
Gavel Lane, Salford.
1810. A Salford Grammar School opened in Leaf Square (on the opposite side of the Square from where
the later building was located almost a century later). This Grammar School had very strong Nonconformist connections.
1914. The Municipals Boys School in Leaf Square officially opened on the 16th July, by Sir William Mather.
Unfortunately, six months later it was converted for World War 1 Military Hospital use and pupils and staff were accomodated in the Technical Institute, Peel Park, until hostilities ceased.
1937. Salford Education Committee aquire the house and grounds of Claremont, formerly the private
residence of Sir Percival Heywood.
September 1939 - March 1940. School evacuated to Lancaster. Click here for more.
1942. The first of three "Nashcrete"huts with which Salford is being supplied by the Ministry of Food for use
as British Resaurants, arrived this week .It will be errected on a site near Cross Lane Market at the side of the Cattle Market Hotel. S.C.R. 25/9/1942. Ref 1.
Some Old Salfordians may have memories of this establishment when it was used for school dinners in the
late 1940's - "The Clarendon"
March 1946. The School Magazine "The Salfordian" reappears after an absence of six years due to the
Second World War.
1949. With the fitting of the iron railings round the plot at the junction of Broad Street and Frederick Road,
Pendleton, the first part of the Broad Street Boulevard has been completed. S.C.R. 21/1/1949. Ref 1. |