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Here is a collection of photographs that shows the Girls’ Intermediate School at various times throughout this and the last century until the school’s closure in 2014.

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The first three images are taken from behind the school from what was the spoil heap, called Tip Cinders or Tip Heronries, which resulted from the activities of the old Abernant Iron Works. Nowadays this raised ground is covered in trees and the housing development called The Walk, so it is difficult to get a contemporary photograph to compare with those below.

Before the school was built

Just after the school was built

Probably in the 1960s


	The following photographs show the front of the school together with a few of the rear aspect.

A postcard used in 1912	A very early undated postcard	A later picture
Post-marked 1914	Post-marked 1914	Post-marked 1914
1923	1930s	1935
The Rear Field with Country Dancing	1960s	1960s
1990s	1996 pencil drawing
The photographs below were taken on July 14th, 2014, during the last week of the one hundred years existence of the building as a school for girls.
Looking to southeast along the front facade	Looking to the northwest along the front facade	The Main Entrance - almost unchanged after 100 years
The rear of the main 1913 building, looking south west


	These photographs show various areas inside the school.

Cookery Room unknown date	Gymnasium & Hall, 1923	Gymnasium & Hall, unknown date
Cookery Room 1935	Staff Room 1935	Dining Hall 1935
Upper Corridor 1935	Art Room 1935	Biology Lab 1935
Gymnasium & Hall, 1935	The Library 1935

First Floor Corridor	Chemistry Lab	Chemistry Lab
South-east Staircase	Ground Floor Corridor south-east end	Stained Glass Panel
Trophy Cabinet	Sports Shield Detail	Brass Door Latch
Classroom Door	Headmistress’s Traffic Lights	Sculpture
Newel Post	Parquet Floor	Assembly Hall Hymn Board
Wall Tiling on south-east staircase	Entrance Foyer	An Entrance to the Main Hall
Windows to Main Hall from Upper Corridor	Ceiling detail of Main Hall	The IT Room
The Biology Greenhouse	A stairwell	The original Annex
The “new” Gym	The “new” Gym store area	Cloakroom Area of External Block
A Lab in the External Block


	These photographs show various locations around the school after it had been vacated by the teachers and pupils. new

Southern exit doors of ground floor corridor	An abandoned microscope	Upper Corridor
The empty trophy cabinet without the silverware	Unknown area of ground floor	Staff room
South staircase	Part of loft space	Library
Part of Head’s Study	Anteroom to Head’s study Secretary’s Room	Assembly Hall with stored furniture
Side entrance to Assembly Hall	Computer Room, originally dining room	Chemistry Lab
Original name of school above the front entrance

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