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St Francis Grammar School, Garden Party July 1967. Admission 6d (approx 2pence).
Donor : W Henderson
Part of the "Business Cards" collection
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AdvertisementsA selection of printed material from the Robert Wood Collection. For more information see the note entitled 'The Robert Wood Collection' below.
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St Francis' R.C. Grammar SchoolThis building was originally a Victorian residence called 'Woodlands'. It became St Francis' Grammar School in 1956 established by the Xavarian Brothers and later taken over by the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Boys attended from Hartlepool and colliery towns of SE Durham. The final headteacher was Father John Bell and in 1973 he was also appointed head of the new English Martyrs Comprehensive School.
One of the large houses, Normanhusrt is now The White House public house and Woodlands and land around has made way for a small housing estate 'Woodlands
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