Gordon's School, West End
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Gordon's School, West End
Image: © Alan Hunt Taken: 15 Jan 2016
The school buildings viewed from Streets Heath. The school was originally commissioned by Major-General Gordon of Khartoum fame as a home for necessitous boys in 1885. Following his death the home attracted royal patronage led by Queen Victoria which has continued to the present day. In 1943 it became a school and was renamed the Gordon's Boys School, a name that prevailed until 1990 when the school became co-educational and the name was changed to The Gordon's School. A bronze equestrian statue of Gordon which once stood in Khartoum was moved to the school grounds after the Sudan achieved independence.
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