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| Description | 15 black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of Eveline Lowe Primary School, London. The photographs show the dining areas, shared spaces and play areas. Folder also contains an envelope with A4 plans of Eveline Lowe School.
Photos, all b/w, as listed below:
1. Exterior of the school, also shows high rise flats surrounding the school. Text on reverse 'Eveline Lowe, June 1971 (307/29) " the planning breaks down what might have been an institutional block into something more akin in character to a very small village within which one can wander without being aware of the whole."
2. Group of young children standing round a table. There is a set of scales on the table and one of them is weighing out flour into the scales. There is a teacher getting something out the oven beside them. Copyright - Freddie Squires Ltd 14-15 Rodmarton St, London, W1.
3. Group of children outside. three of them are standing round a rabbit hutch with the door open and a rabbit peeking out. The other three children are standing behind, one of them is holding a rabbit. Text on reverse 'Eveline Low, June 1971 (307/23 To share same caption as photograph 308/28.' Crown Copyright. (this photo is also in ABB/A/27/18 and there is a scanned copy under the ABB reference).
4. Group of children sitting indoors with an adult. They are all holding books. Text on reverse 'Eveline Low, June 1971 (308/17) " the first priority in shared spaces is for quiet withdrawal areas provided on a generous enough scale to make withdrawal a workable reality." Crown Copyright.
5. Three children, one is sitting on a step holding a word card to face the other two children. Crown Copyright.
6. Meal time in the school, children sitting at tables with teachers. There is a dinner lady with a trolley in the foreground. Copyright Henry Grant AIIP, 34 Powis Gardens, NW11.
7. School exterior with children playing, also shows high rise flats surrounding the school.
8. Children in classroom spaces. In the foreground there are children sitting on the floor doing art, a child is running up some stairs beside them. Other children are in the space behind, sitting at desks. Copyright Henry Grant AIIP, 34 Powis Gardens, NW11.
9. Five children playing in a wooden boat outside the school, you can see the school building behind them then the highrise flats behind the school.Reverse text "Eveline Low, June 1971 (307/25) "There are various small, protected play areas and places for most knock about games and for constructions. There are changes of level, water plants, animals and grass.". Crown Copyright.
A digital image of this photograph is available.
10. Exterior of the school, also shows high rise flats surrounding the school. Text on reverse 'Eveline Lowe, June 1971 (307/29) " the planning breaks down what might have been an institutional block into something more akin in character to a very small village within which one can wander without being aware of the whole."
A digital image of this photograph is available. (this is the same as photo 1. but a larger print).
11.Children running and playing outside the school. Photo is dated 1968.
12. Groups of children sitting in various partitioned areas drawing and writing. Copyright - Freddie Squires Ltd 14-15 Rodmarton St, London, W1.
13. Children sitting and standing in a classroom, there is a teacher sitting in the foreground and a teacher standing beside a door.
2 A4 plans of the Eveline Lowe, Rolls Road, School. One plan (reference PS 457 (2)) shows the different areas, indoors and outdoors (there are 2 copies of this). The other scan (reference PS 458) shows the same layout but includes details of where the tables, chairs and other furniture are to go (there are 4 copies of this).
Digital copies of both PS 457 (2) & PS 458 are available.
Some of these photos and plans were used in the Department of Education and Science Building Bulletin 47 'Eveline Lowe School Appraisal'. This report is in folder reference ME/R/3/44. |