The Knock-Through (#1451 - 1452)

1451. An A4 sized hole in the end of the Teaching Wing provides a view of the new school. (16/DEC/2014)

1452. The new hole in the wall in the end of the Teaching Wing - upstairs - where the school will connect.  (16/DEC/2014)

More Memories ... (#1449 - 1450)

These 2 photos were provided by Vanessa Lees and were taken circa 1972-3

1449. The Rendezvous cafe is upstairs with the entrance on the left, while the chapel is on the right. 

1449. The Rendezvous cafe is upstairs, while the chapel is on the right. You can see Johnston House over the top of the building, background left. 

Update (#1444 - 1448)

1444. Patch, who belongs to one of the Grounds Team, came to visit the OLRC yesterday. (11/DEC/2014)

1445. Work is continuing on the removal of the basement of what was once Johnston House. (11/DEC/2014)

1446. Work is continuing on the removal of the basement of what was once Johnston House. Concrete had been broken up, crushed, then laid down to fill the hole. (11/DEC/2014)

1447. Work is continuing on the removal of the basement of what was once Johnston House. Concrete had been broken up, crushed, then laid down to fill the hole. (11/DEC/2014)

1448. All that is left of Johnston House. Alan Geale House can be seen in the background. Taken at the back of the OLRC facing north west. (11/DEC/2014)

First School Bricks Laid and Johnston Basement Dug Up (#1433 - 1443)

1433. A huge folding crane arrived on site yesterday to lift widows into position.  Taken in the OLRC car park. (09/DEC/2014)

1434. The huge crane, unfolded. Taken in the OLRC car park. (09/DEC/2014)

1435. The first row of bricks laid on the north-east side of the building. (03/DEC/14)

1436. The same team that are building the new school are also digging up the basement of Johnston House, the rest of which was demolished this time last year. Taken from the footpath at the back of the OLRC. Facing south west.(08/DEC/2014)

1437. Starting work on the basement of Johnston House. Taken at the back of the OLRC facing west. (08/DEC/2014)

1438. View of the remains of Johston House viewed from the 1st floor of the OLRC. (08/DEC/2014)

1439. View of the remains of Johston House viewed from the 1st floor of the OLRC. (08/DEC/2014)

1440. After the concrete had been broken up, a digger sorted the debris. (09/DEC/2014)

1441. Clearing the debris from the basement of Johnston House. Taken from the footpath at the back of the OLRC. Facing south west. (09/DEC/2014)

1442. Clearing the debris from the basement of Johnston House. Taken from the footpath at the back of the OLRC. Facing south west. (09/DEC/2014)

1443. Clearing the debris from the basement of Johnston House. Taken on the site where Johnston House stood, at the back of the OLRC. Facing south. (09/DEC/2014)

Memory Lane (#1427 - 1432)

These photos were kindly supplied by Sheila Russell, who lived in the Kingsmead building, on this site, with her husband, who was Principal from 1977 - 1995.

1427. The Friends Foreign Mission Association. "Kings" building. The Original Quaker College, opened in 1905. Later it also trained Methodist missionaries. It became wholly Methodist in 1960 and closed in 1993.

1428. Kings Building viewed from Bristol Road.

1429. The Porter's Lodge and the chapel viewed from Bristol Road.

1430. Kingsmead family flats.

1431. Kings Building. 

1432. Queens Building (now called Elmfield House) was built in the 1960s. View from 'the meadow' across Bristol Road.

OLRC Christmas Tree (#1426)

1426. This year's OLRC Christmas tree.

Inside the New School (#1344 - 1425)

1344. The new school building - east wing. Taken where Frank Price Building once stood. Facing north. (21/NOV/2014)

1345. Inside the new school building - the lunch hall. (21/NOV/2014)

1346. Inside the new school building - looking towards the sports hall and Hamilton Drive. (21/NOV/2014)

1347.  Inside the new school building. View of Weoley Park Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1348. Inside the new school building. View facing Weoley Park Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1349. Inside the new school building - an office. View of Weoley Park Road. Facing north. (21/NOV/2014)

1350. Inside the new school building - the sports hall. Hamilton Drive in the background. (21/NOV/2014)

1351. Inside the new school building -  the lunch hall. Facing north. (21/NOV/2014)

1352. Inside the new school building - the changing rooms for the sports hall.  Facing south-east. (21/NOV/2014)

1353. Inside the new school building -  the lunch hall. Facing north-west and Weoley Park Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1354. Inside the new school building -  the lunch hall. Facing north. (21/NOV/2014)

1355. View from what will be the school's main entrance. Weoley Park Road in the background. (21/NOV/2014)

1356. Inside the new school building -  the lunch hall. (21/NOV/2014)

1357. Inside the new school building -  the lunch hall. (21/NOV/2014)

1358. Inside the new school building - offices. (21/NOV/2014)

1359. View of Weoley Park Road and St Mary's Church. (21/NOV/2014)

1360. View of Weoley Park Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1361.  Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1362. View of the blue cedar on the corner of Hamilton Drive and Weoley Park Road. Facing north. (21/NOV/2014)

1363. Inside the new school building. A stairwell in the background and a well for cables in the foreground. (21/NOV/2014)

1364. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1365. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1366. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1367. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1368. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1369. Inside the new school building. Facing south-east. The teaching wing can just be seen on the far right. (21/NOV/2014)

1370. View of the OLRC from the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1371. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1372. Inside the new school building - lunch hall. (21/NOV/2014)

1373. Inside the new school building - lunch hall - skylight. (21/NOV/2014)

1374. Inside the new school building - lunch hall. (21/NOV/2014)

1375. Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1376.  Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1377.  Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1378.  Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1379.  Inside the new school building - the toilets. (21/NOV/2014)

1380.  Inside the new school building. (21/NOV/2014)

1381. View of George Cadbury Hall from the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1382. Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1383. View of the OLRC and teaching wing from the southern stairwell. (21/NOV/2014)

1384. The southern stairwell and view of what used to be the meadow. Facing Bristol Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1385. The teaching wing and connecting corridor before the knock-through. (21/NOV/2014)

1386. The teaching wing and connecting corridor before the knock-through. The OLRC is in the background and the OLRC car park is on the right. (21/NOV/2014)

1387. The teaching wing and connecting corridor before the knock-through. (21/NOV/2014)

1388. View of the OLRC and edge of the meadow. Facing south. (21/NOV/2014)

1389. The teaching wing and connecting corridor before the knock-through. (21/NOV/2014)

1390. Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1391. Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1392. Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1393. Inside the new school. This room will be the show room, the first classroom to be completed. (21/NOV/2014)

1394. Inside the new school. This room will be the show room, the first classroom to be completed. (21/NOV/2014)

1395. Inside the new school - view of the lunch hall from upstairs corridor. (21/NOV/2014)

1396. Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1397. A recess for a water cooler. (21/NOV/2014)

1398. View across Bristol Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1399.  Inside the new school - lunch hall. (21/NOV/2014)

1400. A recess for a water cooler (left). (21/NOV/2014)

1401.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1402.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1403.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1404. View across Weoley Park Road. (21/NOV/2014)

1405. View out towards the top of Hamilton Drive. BMS in the background. Facing north-west. The blue cedar is behind the taller cabin. (21/NOV/2014)

1406. The "road to nowhere" is now a fully extended road to the car park where the meadow once was. Weoley Park Road in the background. Facing north. (21/NOV/2014)

1407.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1408.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1409.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1410.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1411.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1412.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1413.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1414.  Inside the new school. (21/NOV/2014)

1415. View of the OLRC through the kitchen window. (21/NOV/2014)

1416.  Inside the new school - kitchen area. Facing south-west. (21/NOV/2014)

1417. View of the OLRC from the kitchen window. (21/NOV/2014)

1418. View through the lunch hall to the sports hall. Facing Hamilton Drive. (21/NOV/2014)

1419.  Inside the new school - looking through the sports hall to the lunch hall. Facing north-west. (21/NOV/2014)

1420. The front of the new school (north-west side). (21/NOV/2014)

1421. The front of the new school (north-west side). (21/NOV/2014)

1422. Sample of the bricks that will be used on the exterior of the new school. The central colour will be the main colour used, while the darker, outer bricks will be used in between windows. The front of the new school (north-west side). (21/NOV/2014)

1423. Bricks that will be used on the exterior of the building. The front of the new school (north-west side). (21/NOV/2014)

1424. Bricks that will be used on the exterior of the building. The front of the new school (north-west side). (21/NOV/2014)

1425. Plastic that will encase the southern stairwell (see picture 1384). (21/NOV/2014)