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LIPSON VALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Updated:  21 November 2011 

Lipson Vale Primary School is located at Bernice Terrace, Lipson Vale, Plymouth.

Opened 1955?

The Headmistress of Lipson Vale Primary School in 1955 was Miss M J Cummings.  [1]

Lipson Vale Primary School was one of ten new schools in Plymouth declared officially open by the Minister of Education, the Right Honourable Sir David Mcadam Eccles KCVO MP, on Friday June 15th 1956.  The ceremony was actually held at the then Penlee Secondary Modern School, at Stoke, and was in the presence of the Deputy Lord Mayor, Alderman T H Watkins, and the Director of Education, Doctor Andrew Scotland.  The School had accommodation for 240 pupils at that time.  [2]

Celebrated 25 years (Silver Jubilee) in March 1980. Miss Cummings had been the Headmistress for all those 25 years.

Sources:

[1]  "Kelly's Post Office Directory of Plymouth and District 1955", Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1955.

[2]  "Sir David Eccles at City Ceremony: Formally Opens Ten Plymouth schools and Unveils Plaque", Western Evening Herald, Plymouth, June 15th 1956.

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