Jacksdale School 1907 to 1949

1907 Jan 11 SELSTON’S FIRST COUNCIL SCHOOLS ******* TEMPORARY BUILDING OPENED ******* SOLVING THE RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTY. Saturday afternoon saw opened at Jacksdale a temporary Council school the first Council school in the parish at Selston. This is the but the forerunner of a permanent scheme, which eventually ensure accommodation for some 500 scholars, and has been rendered imperative by the overcrowding of all the departments, save the infants, of the existing schools. The overcrowding, in fact has been so serious that numbers of scholars have had to cross over the border into Derbyshire, to receive their tuition for which favour the Nottinghamshire authorities have recognised their indebtedness, and the neighbourly spirit in which it has been granted. The site acquired for the new scheme comprises an area of about 4,840 square yards, the cost being 3s per square yard. The temporary school has been erected on a portion of this land, is an iron building, and is constructed to accommodate 100 scholars from the west side of Selston. When the time arrives for its replacement, it can be taken down in sections for use elsewhere. Plans for the permanent block of buildings have been drawn up, and tenders are to be dealt with this month. The scheme is to be carried out in two sections, the first portion for 250 scholars being designed in such a manner that is can be subsequently be added to and accommodation for a further 250 children provided. Permanent out-offices have already been erected, and the total expenditure entailed is estimated to be £5,500. Mr. B. McLaren (chairman of the school managers) declared the temporary school open and ready for use. He was supported by Mr. G. R. Oakes, Mr. T. L. K. Edge (chairman of the Sites and Building Committee), Mr. T. P. Barber, Mr. A. H. Bonser, Mr. C. J. Bristowe (Director of Education), the Rev. C. Harrison (vicar of Selston), Mr. C. Green, Mr. J. Vickars, Miss Laverick, Mr. J Brown (chairman Parish Council), and Mr. R. Hill (school managers), Mr. W. Wood (Basford District Council), Mr. J. Sander (architect), members of the Parish Council, teachers, and others. Mr. McLaren said the actual building was not the reason for making that an auspicious occasion, but the fact that it was the commencement of large new schools. They desired to do anything they could to see to the future welfare of the children and those living in the district knew the requirements far too well. There were children who for years had been running about the neighbourhood who had never been to school. With this new building it would be possible to relieve other schools by removing some of the scholars to Jacksdale. (Applause). Mr. C. J Bristowe pointed out how a great many children had been crowded into the existing schools, and how necessary relief should be given at once---hence that building. The education authorities had had a great deal of difficulty selecting a site, and had delayed action in the interests of the ratepayers. Mr. Edge announced apologies for absence from Mr. H. Mellish (chairman of the county Education Committee) and Mr. R. B. Bagnall-Wild. The cost of the permanent schools to the parish, including the furniture, would be about £315 a year, he said. It would mean probably about a 3d. rate, as compared with 6d. one at Hucknall Torkard for school undertakings, and a 7½d. at Sutton-in-Ashfield. The cost to the parish in respect for works already in hand would be about £118 for the first year, with a gradual reduction. Mr. A. H. Bonser claimed for the county education authority that it had never considered politics or religion in appointing its managers. The county felt there must be religious instruction given, and that the teachers were the best able to give that instruction, Biblical and moral. They had solved the problem of Religious Instruction in Nottinghamshire, for when the authority was conveyed to them they selected a committee of Churchmen and Nonconformists, asked them to promulgate and promote a scheme to satisfy all, and this they had done. Church masters had admitted the scheme propounded to be almost as good as they could have propounded themselves. Then why had not Parliament done it? Because the County Education Committee were business men, while he was afraid that in Parliament they did not get all business men. The Vicar, in proposing a vote of thanks to the visitors, said that if ever as a manager he showed the slightest partiality he hoped he would be hounded out of that position. Miss Laverick, who is the first lady manager in the parish, seconded the resolution. Subsequently a tea was given in the Institute. Replying to a vote of thanks for providing this, Mr. G. R. Oakes said it was three years ago since he first heard about the want of a school in Jacksdale, and he could not help saying that it had been a very long time getting to the beginning of what was wanted. He should have liked to have seen a permanent school but that would soon come now. 1908 Jan 10 JACKSDALE DIABOLO. - The new and popular game; complete sets at Brittains Toy Shop, from 6d. upwards. PERMANENT SCHOOL. – twelve months ago a temporary school was opened by the Notts. County Council, on a site near the Institute Jacksdale, to provide accommodation for the increasing population. About 100 scholars have been dealt with in this room. But a section of the permanent school has been built, so that the accommodation now provided is for about 450 scholars. On Monday morning 260 scholars took possession of the schools. A short opening ceremony took place, and there were present the Rev. G. Harrison, Miss Laverick, and Mr. R. Hill (managers), and a considerable number of the parents. Mr. Harrison gave a general welcome to the children, expressing gratitude to the Ironville School authorities for so long sorting accommodation for so many Selston children, and hoping that the two authorities would work ? together. The staff he also welcomed, and he thought it would be ? ? to some in this district. Miss Laverick and Mr. R. Hill ? ? both ? ? ? ? of the school and its appointments. 1909 March 26 JACKSDALE ENTERTAINMENT. – An entertainment was given in the Council Schools, Jacksdale, on Monday by the school children. An attractive programme was gone through, consisting of songs, duets and dialogues. One of the most attractive features of the evening was a humorous sketch, entitled “The Persecuted Policeman.” The Rev. C. Harrison presided, and the proceeds were for the library and the picture funds. A concert was also given by the Underwood Schools by the children for the same purpose. OBITUARY. – Much sympathy was aroused in Jacksdale on Saturday, when it became known that W. Mills, aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos Mills after only a short illness, had passed away. He had been removed to the General Hospital, Nottingham, to undergo an operation for appendicitis on the Tuesday previous, but complications followed, and little hope was entertained for his recovery. Amid many manifestations of grief the funeral took place in the Westwood Cemetery on Wednesday, and the Rev. J. Pleming conducted the service. Wagner’s “Funeral March” and the “Dead March” in “Saul” were rendered on the organ, and the hymn “Rock of Ages” was impressively sung. The bearers were Messrs. W. Gilbert, P. Davis, J. Gent, W. Mildenhall (fellow workmen), and the whole staff of Messrs. W. Greaves, Ltd were there to pay a sad tribute of respect, including Mr. F. S. Greaves (managing director), and Mr. Holmes (manager). There were many beautiful wreaths, and among others there were tributes from Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Greaves, Mr. and Mrs. W. Gilbert, and the employees of Messrs. W. S. Greaves, Ltd. 1912 Oct 25 JACKSDALE ACCIDENT TO A SCHOOLBOY. - While playing in the Jacksdale Council School’s playground on Tuesday, a schoolboy named Straw, of Pyehill, accidentally fell down, fracturing his leg. He was taken home and medically attended. 1913 Jacksdale TechClass JACKSDALE TECHNICAL CLASSES PRIZE DISTRIBUTION The Rev. C. Harrison, Chairman of Day and Evening School Managers presided at the annual prize distribution on Tuesday evening. Miss Laverick, Messrs. I. Clayton and R. Hill represented the Managers, and there was also a large gathering of student, parents and others interested in educational matters. Before distributing the prizes the Rev. C. Harrison dealt with the development of evening school work from the humbler curriculum which obtained in his early life to the much more advanced technical instruction now provided by education authorities. He pointed out that opportunities now presented themselves on every side to the aspiring and preserving student, and that, with the increased application of science to industry, the day of mere manual labour was passing away, supplanted by an era of technical skill. He referred to the scholarship successes during the past year in both day and evening schools, and noted that the previous record of evening school scholarships had been broken by this year’s results. Mr. Stringfellow and his staff were always breaking records of some kind or other, and he hoped, in conclusion, that future successes would be such that the record would not only be broken, but “smashed to atoms. (Loud applause) Mr. G. W. Stringfellow dealt with various points of organisations connected with the classes, and he said that he hoped in future the prize distribution would be the occasion of an Old Scholars’ Reunion connected with both day and evening departments. He referred to the very great interest taken this year by the managers of the chief industrial concerns in the neighbourhood, and read letters from Messrs.

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