Sutherland Road, New Housing Development
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Sutherland Road, New Housing Development
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 14 May 2014
Sutherland High School, on Sutherland Road at Darnhill, was opened in 1966. Its name was changed to Heywood Community School in the 1990s. Closed in June 2010 (http://menmedia.co.uk/heywoodadvertiser/news/s/1193762_school_party_to_mark_the_end_of_an_era - Heywood Advertiser and http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8940000/8940501.stm - BBC Education), it was demolished during the winter of 2010-11 and by 2014, a development of new houses was being built. There is now little or no evidence to show that the school buildings once stood on this site. Compare with Image], taken in 1977, Image], Image] and Image] taken in 2012.
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Image Location
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53.587669
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-2.25118