pilgrim 118 Posted August 31, 2016 Report did Bedlington Grammar ever have a previous site? I recall passing the 11 plus as it was and being offered a choice of Ashington, \Bedlington \Morpeth, and \\\Blyth as well as another which I cant recall poss kings or RGS. Was juts wondering if Bedlington Grammar was older than the building?? and where it was located
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) 1,198 Posted September 1, 2016 Report Never found anything on the www to suggest a previous site. Just the info in Wikipedia about the new community school that gives a bit of history :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedlingtonshire_Community_High_School Thought the site the ex head boy, Mansel Dinnis, created would have had some facts but it's all photos, the earliest from the 40s : - http://www.sempersursum.co.uk/ I'm just a www searcher - never been to the Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives :- http://www.experiencewoodhorn.com/
lilbill15 60 Posted June 25, 2021 Report @pilgrim @Alan Edgar (Eggy1948), when I passed my 11plus @ the Cooncil Juniors in 1968 those were the schools offered, I went to BGS along with classmate Vivien Joyce, MiBestie Josephine Sumner got packed off to Morpeth. My impression is that it was choice then; decisions were based on travelling costs and parents history; my Dad was a BGS man , played school football with Bobby Charlton.🌈xx
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