Sunderland Junior Technical School
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Photo sent in by Allan Fulcher, Sunderland.
Editor:
Sunderland Junior Technical School in the 1940's, which I think was situated in Villiers Street. It had no playground, but had cycle racks at the front of the building (as you can see at the R/H side). It was quite common to have Technical Schools in the town centre in those days. A Technical School (or college) was an alternative to a Grammer School, but the pupil was still required to pass the 11 plus exam.
Ken Graham wrote:
I can add a little about the date of the Villers Street Junior Technical School Sunderland. It is pre 1946. I noticed none of the pupils were wearing School Blazers. These were brown and had a school Badge. While never compulsory quite a lot of pupils parents forked out both cash and clothing coupons to provide one in 1946 when I started. However, the real clue is none of the pupils were wearing the short white jacket that we all wore under our normal jackets. These were similar to lab coats but only half length and one again they worn in 1946. I have a very small photograph in poor condition taken in front of the school and all pupils were wearing the white jackets beneath their jacket or blazer. I also have a half postcard holiday snap of a school organised holiday in the Lake District circa 1948/49. I would also mention that entry to the school was not linked to the 11 plus. It was a seperate exam and we entered at the age of 12. One further note. The photograph shows no indication of how run down the school was. I recall there was a newspaper or magazine article with photographs showing how poor the school toilet facilites were. I have no idea whether this was local or national media. Not that the pupils worried about the facilities, as in many cases they were better than available at home.
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