6th Form leavers 1968 outside the entrance to the wing built in 1957 which, after the school closed, became Eldon Grove Spa Centre before it was finally demolished.
from left
Carol Beresford, Frances Johnson, Pauline Butcher, Elizabeth Aisbitt, Evelyn Finlay, Susan Stelling, Christine Kooiman, Pamela Pearson, Kathleen Foley, Elizabeth White, Margaret Westgarth
Date (of image) : 1968
Donor : Frances Wilson
Location
West Hartlepool High School for Girls, Eldon Grove, Hartlepool, opened in 1912.
Prior to this, there was a grammar school department for boys and girls in the Technical School in Lauder Street. When Hartlepool schools adopted the comprehensive system in 1973, the High School buildings were used as part of Brinkburn Comprehensive School. In the late 1980s, the building was demolished and Eldon Grove Academy (a primary school) opened on the site in 1989.
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