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Bob Dobson · 20-01-2010, 20:11

The Grammar School left Blackburn trd in 1968 to go up to Moorhead. I don't know what occupied the building after that - certainly the catering dept side of Accrington College of FE(?) However, before that the top floor of the building was used as an art school. It was linked with the one in Portland St/College Street. I have a list of the pupils in the 1930s made out by one of them. They included the world famous Gerard de Rose, who has been the subject of several postings & threads. I hope Garinda knows about him. The thought that it was inituially linked to the textile industry may be correct, as what became the Grammar school started out as a Technical School and the local industrialists were prominent in getting it started.
One very early pupil at the Technical School was the artist Leo Chaney who designed the Johnnie Walker whisky logo. It became the Grammar School in 1921 just after a new headmaster had taken over.

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Bob Dobson Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Staining, Blackpool Posts: 3,096 Liked: 407 times Rep Power: 158676	Re: The Old College The Grammar School left Blackburn trd in 1968 to go up to Moorhead. I don't know what occupied the building after that - certainly the catering dept side of Accrington College of FE(?) However, before that the top floor of the building was used as an art school. It was linked with the one in Portland St/College Street. I have a list of the pupils in the 1930s made out by one of them. They included the world famous Gerard de Rose, who has been the subject of several postings & threads. I hope Garinda knows about him. The thought that it was inituially linked to the textile industry may be correct, as what became the Grammar school started out as a Technical School and the local industrialists were prominent in getting it started. One very early pupil at the Technical School was the artist Leo Chaney who designed the Johnnie Walker whisky logo. It became the Grammar School in 1921 just after a new headmaster had taken over.