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Can you name this Catholic school?
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Alan | Report | 23 Dec 2015 15:00 |
I have placed a photo in Keepsafe - Shared Media, which I hope someone will recognise. This photo was taken in the mid-1960's and is a Catholic School in the London area. I would be pleased to know if anyone here could identify it for me. |
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Rambling | Report | 23 Dec 2015 15:12 |
Alan you will need to post the link to the keepsafe photo so that people can have a look :-) |
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Alan | Report | 23 Dec 2015 15:46 |
Thank you Rambling Rose, I am most grateful as this is the first time I have tried this. |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 23 Dec 2015 16:00 |
I can't help you Alan but I wondered if there was any way of enlarging the picture without it becoming fuzzy or perhaps try to view the original through a magnifying glass. It looks as though the name could be on a board on the wall if you could manage to enlarge the image somehow. |
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Alan | Report | 23 Dec 2015 16:40 |
It is tantalizing to think the boards could give a clue but unfortunately the photo is not good enough to gain any info from enlarging or by using a magnifying glass as I've tried both. I am hoping someone will know the place although it may not exist now. |
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Rambling | Report | 23 Dec 2015 16:52 |
Someone might be able to recognise the flats if they saw them being built ? I'm having a look at google images of flats built in the early 60s London, and trying to cross reference with images of RC schools, no luck as yet. |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 23 Dec 2015 17:00 |
Been trying to find a contact us link on the Catholic Diocese of Westminster schools page without success |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 23 Dec 2015 17:06 |
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Rambling | Report | 23 Dec 2015 17:08 |
The flats/building in the background has quite distinctive windows, are they crittall windows does anyone think? |
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RolloTheRed | Report | 23 Dec 2015 17:33 |
It might be Thomas More RC School, Purley. |
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Alan | Report | 23 Dec 2015 17:40 |
The windows in the background building certainly look like Crittall type windows. I first thought it was a business/office block but the large windows suggest to me it might be residential. |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 23 Dec 2015 18:10 |
My first impression was that the building was residential but now I am wondering if it is commercial. |
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Alan | Report | 23 Dec 2015 20:45 |
My elderly Aunt for whom I am searching this place for and who supplied the image, believes it is in London. She attended the school when very young and before her parents set sail for Australia. Between the years 1951 to 1957 the family lived in Ebury Street, SW1 and Lisle Street WC2 prior to travel and she believes it may be near these places. |
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SuffolkVera | Report | 23 Dec 2015 22:18 |
Could it possibly be St Joseph's, Cadogan Street? This is about a mile from Ebury Street. If you go into google images and put in St Joseph's, Cadogan Street you will see that the street and buildings are similar to those in your photo, though there are differences. I am not really convinced your school is St Joseph's but it might be worth a look, even if it's just to rule it out. |
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Joeva | Report | 23 Dec 2015 22:42 |
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Alan | Report | 24 Dec 2015 00:01 |
Thank you to all of you who are putting such effort into helping me. I realize that a task such as this is what we all enjoy getting involved with. I have looked at all the suggestions so far and feel the place we are looking for does not now exist. I think I hope to discover an archive photo that will help identify the place or find someone with first-hand knowledge. In the meantime thank you all for your efforts so far and I hope you keep looking for me. |
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Susan10146857 | Report | 24 Dec 2015 03:53 |
Maybe English Heretige could help with the name and place of the flats |
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MotownGal | Report | 24 Dec 2015 12:06 |
Could it be Our Lady of the Rosary school in Marylebone Road. I know this to be a large imposing building. Although I have to say I have not been along there for quite a few years. |
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