Mearns Street School (Greenock)

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Mearns Street School (Greenock)
Mearns Street, Greenock, Inverclyde

Badge as depicted in Bunty #88 [19 Sep 1959]

B088 [19 Sep 1959].jpg

Mearns Street School opened in January 1877. Many of the children who attended this school would have had parents who worked in Greenock's shipyards and mills. The building was demolished in 2014 and replaced with a new apartment block.

Some information and photos here:
http://thegreenockian.blogspot.com/2013/12/mearns-street-school-greenock.html

and here:
https://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/heritage-services/collections/museum-collections/photograph-collections/old-inverclyde-schools

Mearns Street School (Greenock) OS1965.jpg
1965 OS map showing the school.
(Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland)