St Joseph's Junior School, Nelson

iBase ID

290859

Reference identifier

ENE-N01-S3-59-1

Title

St Joseph's Junior School, Nelson

Place

Nelson

Personal names

Sister Mary Peter Headmistress at the time of the school being destroyed. Photo L to R . Back row Lawrence Commons, John Wilwohl, Brendan Aherne, Peter Greenwood, Mrs Margaret McDemott, 3rd row. Boden Iyra, Raymond Schofield, Paul Smith, Frederick Chew, Adrian Evans, Stephen Metcalfe, David Boardman, Walter Gray, John Broderick. 2nd row Priscilla Eastwood, Frances Needham, Susan O'Donnell, Patricia Redmond, Margaret Richardson, Rosie Carroll, Joan Ferenc, Mary Towers, Mary Mullian, Sheila Grimes. Front row Freda Wilcock, Anne Singleton, Jean Smith, Leslie Brindle, Kathryn Holden, Catherine Odgers, Kathleen Plant, Lorraine Culshaw, Freda Nolan

General notes

Photo taken in March 1960 . this building on Macleod Street was burned down a month later during the Easter holidays. fire thought to have been caused by the vestry curtain blowing against lighted candles. St Joseph's Church was the upper storey of the school and the whole building was completely destroyed except for the wall by the statue of St Joseph. The statue stood on the gable end above the church doorway. The Priest's house and the Infant School still stand because the school yard separated them from the main building. The church was rebuilt but the school was removed to the unused Holy Saviours building Bankhouse Road.

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Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

1960

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Subjects

Place Names > Nelson

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