School buildings

A major fire broke out at our school in the early hours of Monday, 17 May.

Follow the news updates of this tragic event in our special fire damage report page.

There have been calls for urgent repairs to be carried out on our school buildings. Sefton Council has written to the present owners reminding them of their responsibilities while owning a listed building. An Urgent Works Notice could be served on the owners, but if they don’t comply with this, the work will be carried out anyway. (Thanks to Sue Tinsley for highlighting this in the Guestbook.)

The next Birkdale Reunion, set for 2 October 2010, will now take place at the Scarisbrick Hotel on Lord Street, Southport. This is a change of venue from the Talbot Hotel that was previously advertised. Ticket prices & other details to be announced when finalised.

As reported by Ronnie Gilbody on our Guestbook, southport.gb.com have said vandals continue to target our old school buildings. The photos on that website show the buildings falling into disrepair with broken windows an all too common scene.

The grounds being empty and unused is a magnet for such destruction. Plans for refurbishment mentioned last year appear to be on hold. Quite why is anybody’s guess?