 Crookhill and Emmaville Schools have
recently celebrated their
centenaries. In 2009 it will be
Greenside's turn, and new Head Teacher
Dawn Foster is already planning
ahead. Actually, the original
Greenside School opened in 1813 on the
site of the present Old School Houses
near the Social Club. Audrey Pyle,
chair of the Local History Group, and
former teacher at the present-day
school, is a mine of information on
the School's history, and has produced
several displays of old photographs
and documents, and given talks, so
obviously she will be very much
involved with the centenary
celebrations.
The School had to expand and move to
new premises because the opening of
Greenside Pit in 1905 brought a huge
influx of new workers and their
families into the village. The
history of school and pit go hand in
hand, so it is no surprise that Jack
Graham, Chairman of the Governors and
of Banner Tales Should suggest
replacing the picture of the Miners'
Convalescent Home with a picture of
Greenside School on the back of the
new Miners' Banner, unveiled this year.
The new banner replaces one that was
used up to the closure of the pit in
1966, and was discovered hidden away
in the Social Club a few years back, a
little the worse for wear. This one
was repaired, but the ambition of
Banner Tales (a Greenside community
group set up to celebrate the area's
mining history) to have a brand new
one was realised this year.
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