About This Publication

This article was researched and written by the respected local historian H Jack Haden.

It gives a detailed account of the foundation of Brook Street School (in the face of considerable local opposition at the time), and the erection of its buildings in 1911-2 at a cost of £3450.

We are very grateful to Pat Haden and to Mike Pearson and James Morgan of The Black Country Society for their permission and assistance in reproducing this article.

Copyright (c) H Jack Haden 1990

First published in The Blackcountryman in October 1990 (Vol 23, No. 4), this article is reproduced with the kind permission of Pat Haden and The Black Country Society.