More of the city's schools which were demolished or transformed into something else
In July, we ran an article about a handful of lost Leeds schools that were demolished or turned into something else.
5. Christ Church Infant School This little school was behind the former Christ Church, on the corner of Great Wilson Street and Meadow Lane. The school, which is most likely late Victorian or Edwardian, was still in use in the 1950s but appears to have closed by the late 1960s. In 1992, the school was renamed East Leeds High School before its closure four years later. The building was used as East Leeds Family Education Centre before its demolition in 2009.8. Green Lane Council School Originally Green Lane Board School, it was opened in 1874 by the school board's chairman Sir Andrew Fairbairn. The school, which accommodated 1,035 pupils, aged three to 12, was best known for its rooftop playground.
The school was closed in 1992 and demolished shortly afterwards. Today the site is occupied by the smaller Kirkstall Valley Primary School. Indoor scenes for the ITV drama The Beiderbecke Tapes, starring James Bolam and Barbara Flynn, were filmed inside the school in 1987 shortly before its demolition.The school between Princess Field Place and Bowling Green Terrace was probably built in the 1880s, as it appears on an Ordnance Survey map from 1889. The boys' and girls' school appears on another OS map from 1968 although the building is no longer labelled as a school, indicating it may have closed.
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