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PLYMOUTH SCHOOLS  |  POST-WAR SCHOOLS 1945-1996

PENNYCROSS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Pennycross Primary School is located at Arden Grove, Pennycross, Plymouth.

The School was opened September 1953.

The Headmaster of Pennycross Primary School in 1955 was Mr F G Uglow.  [1]

Pennycross 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 280 pupils at that time.  [2]

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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