Album Stockheath School from John Oram

Stockheath School (39) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Mon, 18 May 2020 06:54:09 +0000

Looking Back

This picture is part of a very niche album which I regard as an important part of the social history of Havant in Hampshire.

Stockheath School was a repurposed Naval Camp and comprised infants and junior schools to support developing residential areas which grew in the Havant area (specifically Bedhampton and Leigh Park) as housing stock was built to replace some of that in war damaged Portsmouth and in response to population growth. It was located between Burgate Close and Hooks Farm Way with the infants school closer to Burgate Close. It was demolished in 1986 and that process was well under way when I took my pictures.

In this last picture in the album the view is along a quiet Burgate Close towards the school now nearly completely demolished but with the fence and gates still in place for the time being.

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Stockheath School (38) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Mon, 18 May 2020 06:54:08 +0000

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This picture is part of a very niche album which I regard as an important part of the social history of Havant in Hampshire.

Stockheath School was a repurposed Naval Camp and comprised infants and junior schools to support developing residential areas which grew in the Havant area (specifically Bedhampton and Leigh Park) as housing stock was built to replace some of that in war damaged Portsmouth and in response to population growth. It was located between Burgate Close and Hooks Farm Way with the infants school closer to Burgate Close. It was demolished in 1986 and that process was well under way when I took my pictures.

The notoriously inhospitable toilet block was, perhaps inevitably, was amongst the last buildings to be demolished. I guess you could say it was built like a brick ..... well, you know what. Standing outside the toilet is what appears to be one of the ubiquitous flip lid desks which filled the classrooms. There could be no more enduring symbol of education at Stockheath.

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Stockheath School (37) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Mon, 18 May 2020 06:54:07 +0000

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Stockheath School (36) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 17 May 2020 16:42:39 +0000

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Stockheath School (35) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (34) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (33) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sat, 16 May 2020 14:23:25 +0000

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Stockheath School (32) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (31) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (30) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Fri, 15 May 2020 19:15:44 +0000

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Stockheath School (29) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (28) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (27) - 3 July 1986

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Thu, 14 May 2020 17:26:13 +0000

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Stockheath School (26) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (25) - 3 July 1986

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Stockheath School (24) - 15 May 1985

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 10 May 2020 16:50:09 +0000

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This picture is part of a very niche album which I regard as an important part of the social history of Havant in Hampshire.

Stockheath School was a repurposed Naval Camp and comprised infants and junior schools to support developing residential areas which grew in the Havant area (specifically Bedhampton and Leigh Park) as housing stock was built to replace some of that in war damaged Portsmouth and in response to population growth. It was located between Burgate Close and Hooks Farm Way with the infants school closer to Burgate Close. It was demolished in 1986 and the site is now occupied by Tarrant Gardens which means that the erstwhile Burgate Close is now a through route.

This nostalgic view encompasses a host of memories. Taken from the school main gate, it looks across the junior school playground to the infants school and Burgate Close. This picture concludes the series of 24 showing the school before demolition. There follows a shorter series of 15 pictures taken during that demolition.

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Stockheath School (23) - 15 May 1985

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 10 May 2020 16:50:08 +0000

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Stockheath School (22) - 15 May 1985

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Stockheath School (21) - 15 May 1985

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 10 May 2020 16:50:04 +0000

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This picture is part of a very niche album which I regard as an important part of the social history of Havant in Hampshire.

Stockheath School was a repurposed Naval Camp and comprised infants and junior schools to support developing residential areas which grew in the Havant area (specifically Bedhampton and Leigh Park) as housing stock was built to replace some of that in war damaged Portsmouth and in response to population growth. It was located between Burgate Close and Hooks Farm Way with the infants school closer to Burgate Close. It was demolished in 1986 and the site is now occupied by Tarrant Gardens which means that the erstwhile Burgate Close is now a through route.

The caretaker's gates stood between the school and 'the fields' as they were always known as far as I remember. In my childhood 'the fields' stretched a long way down to parts of Bedhampton and the one large open field, seen here, had two smaller fields beyond and side by side with a considerable amount of vegetation. Those were cleared to create the site for Bidbury School. In the present day (2020), the southern end of the main field is the home of Havant RFC.

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Stockheath School (20) - 15 May 1985

nobody@ipernity.com (John Oram) — Sun, 10 May 2020 16:50:03 +0000

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