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Photographs of Tyldesley schools

 

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Mission School during miners strike 1912.

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Gin Pit School, opened in 1904, and seen here in the 1950,s. Note Gin Pit headgear in background
Fred Longworth High School. Photograph taken on the opening day in 1964. Originally a girls school. Barnfield Mills can be seen in the background

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