Both the boys' technical school in Lauder Street and the girls' techical school at Brierton Hill had this blazer badge which was used throughout the 1960s and early 1970s before the comprehensive school ststem began.
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Location
This school opened in 1961 and closed in 1973 when the building became part of Brierton Comprehensive. The building was demolished in 2012.
More detail »Opened as an art and science college where previously classes had been held in the Athenaeum in Church St and the YMCA in Whitby Street.
The first Grammar school was opened in the Technical School in 1902 for 120 boys and girls. In 1912 the West Hartlepool Girls' High School opened and in 1938 the Boys' Grammar School at Brinkburn opened and the school became the Technical Day School.
In 1938 the Art Department moved to Church Square School.
In 1941 girls were admitted and in 1954 these were relocated to Tunstall Court as the Commerce Department.
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