“Forgotten Halls of Learning: Sheffield’s Lost Schools From the 60s to the 90s”

The bustling cor­ri­dors would soon fall silent, and the class­rooms would begin gath­er­ing dust.

But these pho­tos take you back to the days when these lost Sheffield schools were still buzzing cen­tres of edu­ca­tion.

They are sure to bring back hap­py mem­o­riesfor the thou­sands of pupils who passed through their doors dur­ing the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s, as well as the teach­ers who worked there.

Many of the build­ings have been demol­ished, includ­ing one which host­ed a sem­i­nal gig by future rock leg­ends before being razed to make way for a hous­ing estate.

But these nos­tal­gic pic­tures, show­ing the play­grounds echo­ing with the sound of young­sters, and pupils hard at work inside, bring the schools back to life again many years after they shut their doors for good.

The schools pic­tured in this retro pho­to gallery include Abbey­dale Grange Sec­ondary School, Earl Mar­shal School, Nor­folk Park School, Myers Grove Sec­ondary School, Owler Lane High School, the old West­field Sec­ondary School build­ing, and Glead­less Val­ley Sec­ondary School, among oth­ers.

Is your old school among them and do these pho­tos bring back any hap­py mem­o­ries of your time there, your old class­mates and your favourite teach­ers?

We’d love to hear your mem­o­ries, if you want to share them in the com­ments sec­tion below.

All the pho­tos are shared cour­tesy of Pic­ture Sheffield.

1. Myers Grove Secondary School

Myers Grove Sec­ondary School, on Wood Lane, in Stan­ning­ton, Sheffield, in March 1966.

2. Abbeydale Grange

Abbey­dale Grange Sec­ondary School, Mill­hous­es, Sheffield, pic­tured in 1975. The school, which had around 600 pupils, shut for good in 2010, despite a cam­paign to keep it open. | Pic­ture Sheffield/Sheffield News­pa­pers

3. Earl Marshal School

Earl Mar­shal School (for­mer­ly Owler Lane Sec­ondary School) and Owler Lane Infant School (for­mer­ly Owler Lane Coun­ty School), on Owler Lane, Sheffield, in Feb­ru­ary 1975

4. Norfolk School

Nor­folk School, on Crad­dock Road, Sheffield, in Feb­ru­ary 1975