Groomsport SCHOOLS
Find out about the Groomsport’s three schools at:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf and https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
Find out about the Groomsport’s three schools at:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf and https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
The First National School was built behind the Presbyterian Church in 1885. When it was replaced by the Second National School in 1895 it was converted into six dwellings. The building was demolished in the 1970s when the church was extended. The artist painted the School House from the memory of her mother who lived in one of the six dwellings.
Find out more about the National Schools at: https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
0019 Painting by Christine Scholes. Reproduced with permission.
This photograph, which is believed to date from 1919-1921, shows the children and staff of the second National School. After it closed in 1962, the school building becane the Presbyterian Church’s Walter Nelson Hall.
0163 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
and
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
The teachers in this photograph were Mr Brownlee and Mrs Bradley.
0164 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
and
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
0174 Photograph supplied by Maureen Erskine
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0175 Photograph supplied by Maureen Erskine
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0207 Photograph supplied by Julie Crawford
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Roberta Waterson Fraser is in the middle of the photograph, with her head turned to look at her sister, Maureen.
0165 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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Groomsport Primary School replaced the second National School (later known as the Public Elementary School) in a new building on Springwell Drive. It was opened on 15th March 1962.
0166 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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and
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
These pupils were experiencing what it was life to attend school in bygone years at the old school at the Ulster Folk Museum, cultra.
0162 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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and
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
0167 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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Find out more about Groomsport’s school at:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
and
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
Fire broke out in the roof of the Primary School on the night of 20th / 21st July 1996. Despite extensive damage, leading to part of the school being demolished, the school re-opened in September that year.
This photograph is the view from the Assembly Hall, which was destroyed by the fire.
0192 Photograph supplied by Margaret McCreedy
For more information about Groomsport Primary School, go to:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
Fire broke out in the roof of the Primary School on the night of 20th / 21st July 1996. Despite extensive damage, leading to part of the school being demolished, the school re-opened in September that year.
This photograph shows the Assembly Hall, the stage and the PE store
0193 Photograph supplied by Margaret McCreedy
For more information about Groomsport Primary School, go to:
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Fire broke out in the roof of the Primary School on the night of 20th / 21st July 1996. Despite extensive damage, leading to part of the school being demolished, the school re-opened in September that year.
This photograph shows the damage to the P1 and P2 classroom.
0194 Photograph supplied by Margaret McCreedy
For more information about Groomsport Primary School, go to:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
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Fire broke out in the roof of the Primary School on the night of 20th / 21st July 1996. Despite extensive damage, leading to part of the school being demolished, the school re-opened in September that year.
This photograph shows the damage to one of the corridors.
0195 Photograph supplied by Margaret McCreedy
For more information about Groomsport Primary School, go to:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
This photograph was taken just before the school closed in 2007.
0168 Photograph supplied by Linda Mehaffey
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Find out more about Groomsport’s school at:
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Primary-School-A5.pdf
and
https://discovergroomsport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/National-Schools-v1a.pdf
