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Location
62 Crocker Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5DA. IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40747 Historic England Listing Status 62 Crocker Street is Listed Grade II. Description The former Blue Coat School was renovated as a Nursing Home as a War memorial. The Newport Borough War Memorial was paid for by public subscription, some 1500 people contributing a total of £1562 10s 8d. A surplus of £450 from the fund was used to purchase the Newport Blue School as the Newport War Memorial Nursing Home. Opened in 1921 as the Nursing Home by Lady Seely. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
NEWPORT DISTRICT
NURSING ASSOCIAT'N THESE PREMISES WERE PURCHASED AS A WAR MEMORIAL HOME TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914 - 1918 ------ "THEY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT BY THE PATH OF SACRIFICE AND THE GATE OF DEATH"
THE BLUE SCHOOL FOUNDATION
1761 - 1907 The School was housed in this building from 1877 - 1907. The original foundation was on the site of 10 Lugley Street. The School trained young girls for domestic service. The "Blue Jenny" figure in the school dress was replaced by public subscription initiated by the Newport Group of the Isle of Wight Society in 1980. |
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