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Spring Lane School and The Boroughs - Images of the last 130 Years
Northampton Castle and the Boroughs
Visit to Imperial War Museum Duxford
Spring Lane School Log Books in the Nineteenth Century
An Education at Spring Lane School, 1928
A New School - A New Start
Cloisters Pocket Park Tidy Up
Cloisters Pocket Park - Official Opening
A Trip to London
Central Area School Buildings Reborn !
The Boroughs 1831
The Boroughs 1610
The Boroughs - Celebrating the Coronation 1937
Memories of the Boroughs
Now and Then - The Boroughs
Vanished Streets of the Boroughs
The Mayorhold
The Boroughs in 1851
Multi-Cultural Event at Spring Lane School, February 26th 2005
Pubs in the Boroughs 1901
A Cache of Photographs from the 1960s
Shoemaking and the Boroughs - the First Shoe Manufactory
Caught in Time - Past Views of the Boroughs
Fun Day, the Boroughs July 22nd 2006
Fun Day Continued
"The Burrows"
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A New School - A New Start
Location: Northamptonshire
The opening of the new Spring Lane School in 1970 marked a new start for the children of the Boroughs. The school was architect designed to serve the needs of a modern education
The area of the school site in 1970 was two acres which included generous sized playing fields to the west of the school; some ten years before terraced housing which bounded the school had been cleared opening up areas of land for the playing fields which were then grassed over and planted
The only possible location for the new school was on the original site since the land drops away towards the river from east to west by twenty six feet
The construction project consisted of two phases. The children at the school were educated on site whilst building work took place
1. The children and staff were housed in the old two story east wing and the remaining structure was demolished
2. The children and staff then moved into the new building and the old east wing was demolished allowing the second phase of the building to be erected
The total cost of the rebuild was £77,480 and the cost per child was £206 1s 11d
The images to the left show the floor plan and the school site. The building is of split level design and the Junior and Infant areas were linked through the stage and dining area
The images to the left also show the new classrooms and canteen which were light, spacious and airy
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