Many children unknown and this would be at the Whitby Street School.
The photograph was taken in the schoolyard at the rear of the school, the entrance of which was in Scarborough Street.
The First Communion Mass Saturday 23rd October 1937.
Back row last lady on the right is Miss Sparks, boy directly in front of her is Francis McDonough (donator of this information), the boy to the left of Francis is ? Feeney.
The boy sat in the chair on the right wearing a smart shirt and tie is Attilio Bianco whose family owned the Ice Cream Parlour in Whitby Street.
The boy sitting on the floor in the front row (last on right) is ? Amerigo whose family had the Ice Cream shop on the corner of Elwick Road and Penrhyn Street.
Donor : Margaret Hodgson/St Joseph's
Location
This school opened in 1873, replacing an old school opened in 1857 in a loft in Stockton Street, and closed in 1957 when children were transferred to the nearby new St Joseph's Primary. The school was damaged in World War 2 and the empty Exchange School in nearby Reed Street was also used by St Joseph's until 1957. The old building on the corner of Whitby and Musgrave Streets was demolished in 1967
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