Brundall Primary School - 1969-1970 2019-2020 Celebrating 50 Years of Learning - Brundall Local History Group
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Brundall Primary School
1969-1970 2019-2020
Celebrating 50 Years of Learning
A special study week, 10th - 14th February 2020
supported by Brundall Local History Group
Supported by the Co -operative Group’s Local Community Fund
Village Schooling before 1969
The idea of building a new school in
Brundall had been debated by the local
education authority since the end of WWII.
No action was taken because only
about 16 children of primary school age
lived in the village during the 1950s.
Strumpshaw School, c.1952
Most Brundall children attended
Strumpshaw or Blofield Primary Schools
which had been designed and built in the
late Victorian era.
Children walked long distances to school,
cycled or went on the bus, which some
families could not always afford. Mrs Buckton’s class, Strumpshaw School c.1952
1960s Village Development
As post-war industry and commerce rapidly expanded in Norwich, the decade
witnessed the building of hundreds of new homes in Brundall.
The village was well placed for easy commuting to the city, with two railway stations
and direct bus routes. More people than ever before could afford to buy cars.
Many acres of farmland, orchards, nurseries and private gardens were sold to developers.
Brundall’s population rocketed from 988 in 1951 to 2,600 in 1971.
1962-1963: The Close, St Laurence Avenue
1963: First bungalows, St Laurence Avenue
1963-1965: Braydeston Crescent
1964-1967: Springdale Road and Crescent,
1965: Beverley Road, Westfield Road, Blofield & Flegg RDC council estate
Deacon Close & Morse Close
1965-66: Brecklands Road
1967: St Michael’s Way
1960-1968: Individual houses gradually erected in
Chancel Close 1968: St Laurence Avenue, Brigham Close,
Page Road, St Clement’s Way,
1970: Finch Way estate completed on Nurseries Avenue & Longmeadow
the site of Brundall House
Brundall Primary School opened
in September 1969
Brundall School from the air
© Mike Page
This was the FIRST school to be built in the village and the
FIRST school in Norfolk to be constructed with a completely open-plan design.
A Beacon School 1969-1970 s Modern methods of teaching and learning , such as group working, could be put into practice in bright, airy classrooms. Spaces were designated for specialised activities such as art and science studies. The high level of achievement through these pioneering ideas so impressed Norfolk education providers that the school became a model others would follow.
Brundall Memories
Special History Study Week:
10 th – 14 th February 2020
Penguins project
To mark the school’s 50th anniversary, Brundall Local History Group created a collection of
learning resources derived from its oral history and digital image archive.
Together with the expertise and ingenuity of the school teaching team, this material aimed to
inspire activities around the idea of comparing everyday life in 1970 to 2020.
General Historical Time Line
Extract of significant events & technological developments 1945-2020
1970 General Election: Edward Heath became Prime Minister of
the Conservative government.
1970 The pocket calculator was invented in Japan.
1971 15 February: Britain changed over to decimal currency
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Prior to 1971, there were 12 pennies to the shilling and 20 shillings
to the pound. There were guineas, half crowns, three-penny bits,
sixpences and florins. This old system of currency, known as pounds,
shillings and pence or Lsd, dated back to Roman times when a pound
of silver was divided into 240 pence, or denarius, which is where the
‘d’ in ‘Lsd’ comes from.
(Lsd was short for librum, solidus, and denarius).
1970 1971 First single chip computer developed. 2020
1972 School leaving age was raised from 15 to 16 years.
1973 First hand held cell phone developed.
1974 General Election: Harold Wilson became Prime Minister of the
Labour government, followed by James Callaghan until 1979.
1975 Sex Discrimination Act: This guaranteed minimum standards for
equality on grounds of gender.
1976 Race Relations Act: This guaranteed minimum standards for
equality on grounds of race.
1976 Apple produced one of the first home computers.
2020
1976 1978 First barcode used in a UK supermarket.
1979 General Election: Margaret Thatcher became the first woman
to become Prime Minister and lead the Conservative government.
Brundall Time Line
Extract of significant events and developments in the village
1971 Jim Biss formed Vauxhall Cricket Club with Roy Wilkerson of
Acle on land previously used as a rose nursery.
It was named after Jim’s holiday park in Great Yarmouth.
A pavilion was officially opened by Matt Monroe in 1978.
1971 The old Brundall Memorial Hall hut was demolished and a
sports hall was built to replace it. Funded 50% by the
Department for Education and Sport, 25% Parish Council
and 25% by local fundraising over two years.
Designed by local architect Peter Dean.
1971 A new Parish Room, built in a hexagonal shape in the north
churchyard, was named after Beatrice Moss whose legacy
helped towards the cost. It was extended and refurbished
in 2017 and renamed the St Laurence Centre.
1972 Brandon Court housing development built.
1972 New automatic telephone exchange built and opened 26th
September in East Avenue. The exchange took Brundall
and eight surrounding villages, some 1600 subscribers, into
a new numbering system with area codes. All local
numbers were preceded by the figures 71 from now
onwards.
Brundall Memories Reading Cards
Recollections by local residents of everyday life during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
A collection of 18 different themes
Local Newspaper Reports
Local Maps
Brundall Street Map 2017
Ordnance Survey 1957
(Copyright)Further Reading and Links to
Films and WebsitesA collection of replica memorabilia representing childhood in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s was also donated to the school
Nightingales studied a ‘decade a day’.
They were able to learn about changes over time, then and now, and also see progression through
the decades. Each day a floor book was made as a ‘snapshot’ of what they had learned that day.
Here’s a selection of their work.......1970s Fashion and toys
1971: Britain’s 1973: Britain joined the Common Market currency decimalised 1970: Cyclone in Bangladesh claimed 500,000 lives
1970s technology:
•Limited access to television and telephones
•Intercity 125 diesel train introduced
•Portable manual typewriter1970s music appreciation and dance
1980s fashion and toys
1981: Royal Wedding
1982: Falklands War
1989: The Berlin Wall came down1990s fashion, music and toys
1990s: Communications revolution after invention of the Internet in 1989.
1991: Wearing of seat belts for rear seat passengers compulsory for everyone.
1994: Channel Tunnel officially opened.
1997: Britain transferred control of Hong Kong to China.“We looked at 24 of the most popular books of
the last 50 years. We tried to guess what decade
they were written in and voted to see which
was the most commonly read.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid was our class’s favourite
followed closely by Matilda.”Special Research Project: Brundall Medical Facilities “We have compared and contrasted the facilities in 1970 and ‘now’ in 2020. We worked with the local history group and the medical centre.” Nightingales Medical Facilities in Brundall Then & Now Sheet 1
Nightingales Medical Facilities in Brundall Then & Now Sheet 2
Nightingales Medical Facilities in Brundall Then & Now Sheet 3
Nightingales Medical facilities in Brundall Then & Now Sheet 4
www.brundallprimary.com Toucans maths and art project
Toucans project
Hawks playing classic school
games with Hula Hoops and
skipping ropes
Hawks learning about changes in
video games over the decadesImages: www.brundallprimary.com
Kingfishers:
“We have had a very enjoyable week
looking at environmental issues during
the 1970s and comparing them to
modern day perspectives... took our
environmental banners on a protest
march around the school.”
“A huge thank you to the children’s families for helping
them find 1970s costumes ...they were all amazing!
Whilst in costume, we enjoyed making Angel Delight
and cheese and pineapple hedgehogs.”Undoubtedly, the spirit, colour and graphics of the 1970s caught the children’s creative imaginations.
This presentation was produced by
Brundall Local History Group
in association with
Brundall Primary School
Our sincere thanks to:
Mr R Stuart-Sheppard, head teacher
Mrs A Whitehead, lead teacher for history and geography
and all the school staff.
Due to the success of our fundraising appeal supported by the
Co-operative Group, announced in November 2020,
Brundall Local History Group will be publishing some new learning resources in 2021.
A BIG thank you to everyone who supported our cause this year!
To read or download Brundall Memories pages and learn more about our village visit:
www.brundallvillagehistory.org.uk
Supported by the Co -operative Group’s Local Community Fund
Compiled and designed by Chloe Veale, Brundall Local History GroupBrundall Local History Group
Linking generations across the community through
collecting, preserving and sharing
information and memories
about our history and heritage
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