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Title: Where is this? Post by: Tonji on June 19, 2008, 11:51:14 AM Hi all,
Anyone have any idea where this is. The photo is a bit faded, but I've included some close ups. Thanks, any ideas appreciated. (http://photo-history-books.co.uk/jmc1.jpg) (http://photo-history-books.co.uk/jmc1a.jpg) (http://photo-history-books.co.uk/jmc1b.jpg) Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: Rod Paradise on June 19, 2008, 11:52:51 AM I don't know, but there's a fair sized rookery in those trees.
Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: Snatiramas on June 19, 2008, 12:04:30 PM Bugger me how did you get that picture of my back garden
Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: phatomch on June 19, 2008, 01:04:38 PM to me it looks like the old war / mental hospital in royal victoria country park in southampton, it has since all been pulled down except the central tower.
Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: phatomch on June 19, 2008, 01:06:33 PM http://www3.hants.gov.uk/hampshire-countryside/rvcp/history-rvcp.htm
Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: phatomch on June 19, 2008, 01:07:34 PM cant find a picture of the front
Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: Tonji on June 19, 2008, 01:29:06 PM Cheers Phatomch,
That seems a good call. The towers are similar in shape, but because the photo has lost some contrast, the lack of detail makes it difficult to get a match. I think your on the right lines though, in that it was proberly something like a hospital, or I my first thought was a Public School. Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: Snatiramas on June 19, 2008, 01:32:29 PM Cheers Phatomch, That seems a good call. The towers are similar in shape, but because the photo has lost some contrast, the lack of detail makes it difficult to get a match. I think your on the right lines though, in that it was proberly something like a hospital, or I my first thought was a Public School. Anybody got any ideas why they are called public schools when they aren't for the public Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: phatomch on June 19, 2008, 01:53:15 PM i cant for the life of me think why they would knock down the rest of such a beutiful building and it was'nt that long ago they did it
Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: gatso on June 19, 2008, 01:59:57 PM Anybody got any ideas why they are called public schools when they aren't for the public something to do with them being open to everyone (although obviously they weren't really) back in the olden days as opposed to single religion schools which weren't. Title: Re: Where is this? Post by: Dino on June 19, 2008, 02:00:31 PM From Google
The reason that private schools are called public schools in England is historical. These older schools were formed when there was little or no school system; they were called public schools then, because at that time schooling was really only available for the elite by private tutoring. By comparison, these early schools were considered public ... as opposed to private tuition. |