Colston Public School
- Reference:GB 243 D-ED7/46A
- Dates of Creation:1906 - 1989
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.20 Linear Metres [19 items]
Scope and Content
Log books, 1906 - 1988; Admission registers, 1948 - 1983; Miscellanea (including a school history), 1969, 1989.
Administrative / Biographical History
Formerly Colston Public and Colston Special School. Closed June 1989.
The school was designed by Duncan McNaughton & Son for the Maryhill Parish School Board in 1907 and was located on Newbold Avenue and Springburn Road. The public school was originally constructed for children who, until 1907, had been taught in temporary buildings on the Milton Estate to the west of Colston. It became a school for physically disabled and partially sighted children and in 1947 became a junior secondary school. In 1970 it was granted comprehensive status and was greatly extended. The school's roll fell throughout the 1980s and it was closed in 1989 when one of the newer blocks was refurbished and taken over by the Strathclyde Regional Chemist and Public Analyst. In 1993 the original sandstone building was gutted by fire and demolished to make way for a housing estate.
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Access Information
Open
Log books closed for 50 years; admission registers closed for 30 or 75 years depending on format.
Other Finding Aids
Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives.
Conditions Governing Use
Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist
Corporate Names