High School dramatisation on the stage in the new gymnasium which later became Eldon Grove Sports' Centre before it was demolished in about 2005 to make way for extra tennis courts.
Date (of image) : 1959
Donor : Joan Smith
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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