West Midlands College of Education in Walsall 1970
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West Midlands College of Education in Walsall 1970
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 1 Feb 1970
Looking north-west from the main teaching block and towards Gorway Road. The teaching college was built circa 1963. Much of it has now been demolished* (2006-2008). With a lot of new building and extensive open air facilities, the site now functions as a sports centre, aping the Americans by being referred to as the Walsall Campus of the University of Wolverhampton. * The far building on the right survives. It housed the students bar, and tutorial rooms. Closer and also surviving, is the wing which housed tutorial rooms and music practice rooms. In the foreground is the top of A Block (student and tutor residential wing), now demolished. Not a good image, but so much has changed it is worth retaining. The image has been scanned from an underexposed Agfa CT18 transparency dated February 1970.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.572437
Longitude
-1.968971