Image ID: 20612

Grove Street Infants School, Retford, c 1975

Courtesy of Nottinghamshire County Council

Grove Street
Retford
England

The school opened in 1863 taking infants and junior mixed. The pictured building was opened in 1878 as separate premises for the infants. The school closed in 1976. This view shows the playground with the premises of E Hurton & Son, Funeral Furnishers, just over the boundary wall, the original picture caption making a point of highlighting the fact the playground adjoined ab 'Undertaker's embalming room'!

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