Lacewood School, Barnsley October 2010

[VFR800]

Hi. Here's a post of Lacewood Primary School in Bolton on Dearne. Built in 1896, there were orignally 2 main buildings (infant and junior) and a caretakers house. A seperate nursery building was built in the 1980s. The infant building has been kept as a community centre, but the junior building has now been demolished.

This is the junior school building:

The kitchens:

Hall - loads of hardwood parquet flooring - what a waste.

Not much left really:

Nursery building: (Conservatory help up entirely by the doors - didn't stand under this bit!)

Stone:

This one was taken a few days later, very sad really:

Classroom, nice moss growth:

Entrance down to boiler room:

In the boiler room:

Caretaker's house:

Cellar in caretaker's house: (Was pitch black - camera flash did a good job)

Another one of the cellar - didn't expect to find a drum! (Pitch black again obviously)

Hope these are of interest to people. I'm open to constructive crititcism!

 

[krela]

Only the one piece of constructive advice; Please rotate your portrait photographs in the future, I don't like cricks in my neck

 

[VFR800]

Ah, fair point that. And hopefully now sorted

 

[Goldie87]

Shame it got demolished, seems such a waste of a nice building.

 

[KooK.]

Yeah shame its gone, looks like it was a nice building.

 

[vanburen]

Nice one for doing a report on this,im only round the corner from it.Its a good job they left the war memorial alone thats in the school yard.Ive got an old meat slab like that in my cellar.Good work brother-it is now documented and not lost forever !

 

[VFR800]

Cheers. I've got a few more photo's if you're interested. PM me if you want.

 

[LilLuna91]

Ah, fair point that. And hopefully now sorted

Just having a nosey online at pics of bolton upon dearnes past and these popped up, I grew up in bluffs farm (would love to see if you have any pics of that Emily Blakeley on fb to reply) also my ex was the care takers son so the drum is most likely his (Ben Hobson)