Thousands
of people
have enjoyed their schooldays - or perhaps not - at Fartown
High School.
The school off Woodhouse Hall Road opened its doors in the
autumn of 1968 under the watchful eyes of head teacher Horace
Shaw and his staff.
But for many of the older generations who grew up in Fartown,
secondary schooling meant a trip to the building that is
now Birkby Junior School on Wasp Nest Road. That served
as Fartown County / Secondary Modern School for many years.
Schooling in the Fartown area can be traced back as far
as 1770. Records show that a Fartown School was in use on
land off Woodhouse Hill. It was extended considerably in
1882 and was renamed as Fartown Grammar School in the wake
of the Education Act 1881. The school closed its doors in
July 1927 and pupils transferred to the building in Wasp
Nerst Road.
The old school closed down and the land and buildings were
sold off to a Huddersfield businessman called Isaac Timmins
for the princely sum of £1,850. The old school was
eventually demolished in 1971.
It was Huddersfield Town Council who decided in the spring
of 1962 that Fartown needed a new secondary school. But
it was to be another four years before building work finally
started on the land and a further two years before the first
students arrived. Now the school is thriving with more than
700 students and has seen its reputation enhanced in recent
years.
Repairing
books
in the library
Instumentalists
and singers
Boys
making
plaster figures
Woodwork
lessons
for the boys
Pupils
at work
in the classroom
Girls
shown how
to hem drresses
A
game of rugby
in Norman Park
Needlework
class
for the girls
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