Children playing outside the plastic classroom at Kennington Primary School

Date:
1974 - 1980
Location:
Kennington Primary School, Kennington Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire
Reference:
OP04552
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Attached to the back of the photograph is an extract entitled "Space Age Schooling Comes To Britain" with a description of the construction of the temporary classroom, which is made up of 35 tetrahedral panels. It was the first fully structural plastic building in Britain, being made from prototype glassfibre-reinforced plastic.

Content

This is part of the Collection: COI01 Central Office of Information

Rights

© Crown copyright

People & Organisations

Creator of Archive: Lancashire County Council

Keywords

Classroom, Late 20th Century Primary School