Knowle Parochial School (Solihull)
Kenilworth Road, Knowle, Solihull

Badge as depicted in Bunty #70 [15 May 1959]



Knowle Parochial School was built in 1871 by Knowle United Charities at a cost of £508.3s.9d. The school was built for 200 children, but was soon enlarged. There are numerous school group photographs and many memories. It was the main school in Knowle until 1958, when Arden School (now Arden Academy) opened to cater for children over eleven from both Knowle and Dorridge. The old school remained in use for children up to eleven until the present primary school was built in Kixley Lane in 1966.

After standing empty for several years and much heart searching about its future the old school was converted into sheltered housing by The Royal British Legion in 1979, and named after Colonel Paterson, a long-standing past chairman of the Knowle branch.

[ http://www.knowlehistory.org.uk/people&places/kenilworthroad/patersoncourt.html ]

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• Story Papers & Comics / Bunty / Bunty 070 [16 May 1959]

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