Wapping Road School opened in 1877 and closed in 2000. It's a Grade II listed building so is obviously in quite a state. In 1887 the head saw several children keel over and faint during morning assembly. He sent out for bread, jam and tea and paid for it from his own pocket. It was also one of the first schools in Britain to have its own swimming pool.
Sphinx Commercial Ltd said it had bought the building from Bradford Council in 2006 with a view to transforming the building into around 20 apartments. A council spokesman said Sphinx was under no obligation to keep the swimming pool despite the building’s listed status.
The school has been set on fire, vandalised - basically had the life smashed out of it, its now used by drug users, theres enough used needles laying about to fill a skip! Visited with Merkal Jackson and non-member Magicman.
The smaller of the needle piles by the pool!
And if you would like to watch some video I shot you can do so here:
Thanks for looking
Sphinx Commercial Ltd said it had bought the building from Bradford Council in 2006 with a view to transforming the building into around 20 apartments. A council spokesman said Sphinx was under no obligation to keep the swimming pool despite the building’s listed status.
The school has been set on fire, vandalised - basically had the life smashed out of it, its now used by drug users, theres enough used needles laying about to fill a skip! Visited with Merkal Jackson and non-member Magicman.
The smaller of the needle piles by the pool!
And if you would like to watch some video I shot you can do so here:
Thanks for looking
