Classroom retro: 38 pictures from the past of Winstanley CP School

By Charles Graham

Published 12th Jun 2024, 04:55 BST

We were there when Winstanley County (later Community) Primary School was first opened 52 years ago in 1972 and our photographers have been going back ever since.

We hope you enjoy this gallery of pictures taken during the school’s first four decades.

1. Winstanley CP School, Tan House Drive

. Photo: STAFF

2. Playing with jigsaws in 1976

. Photo: FO

3. John Vale's Creepy Crawly Road Show visited school. Pupils Nina Bennett, Ruth Gormer, and Ben Balmer got close up to an African Royal Python

. Photo: Gary Brunskill

4. Messy play 1976-style

. Photo: FO

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