The last days for older children at St Bega's. In 1959,when St Peter's RC Secondary School opened in King Oswy Drive, only the youngest children remained at St Bega's until a new primary school opened 13 years later in Thorpe Street.
Date (of image) : 1959
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Creator : NDM
Location
The original school opened in 1884 in an old Presbyterian chapel and three cottages in Throston Street and there were 290 on roll. The current St Bega's School in Thorpe Street opened in 1973 and the old buildings were demolished in June 1976.
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