Burnley’s schools have transformed over the decades, changing names, locations, curriculum and of course seeing a new flood of faces every academic year.
The pictures featured here are part of Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture, a two-year Lancashire Archives volunteer project bringing together people of different ages and backgrounds to digitise and make the collections of historic photographs in Burnley, Colne, Nelson and Accrington libraries more accessible, inclusive and sustainable. The project is funded by the The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Friends of Lancashire Archives.
Here are 13 fascinating photos taking us back in time as early as 1905:
1. Burnley Girls' High School
Dame Sybil Thorndyke visits Burnley Girls' High School (1941). Credit: Lancashire County Council Photo: Lancashire County Council
2. Padiham Council School
Opening of Padiham Council School (July 1910). Credit: Lancashire County Council Photo: Lancashire County Council
3. Heasandford Senior School For Girls
Heasandford Senior School For Girls, newly opened and refurbished. Pictured are pupils in the new Domestic Science classroom around 1937. Credit: Lancashire County Council. Photo: Lancashire County Council
4. St Stephen's CE Primary School
St Stephen's CE Primary School, Woodgrove Road in Burnley (1970). Credit: Lancashire County Council Photo: Lancashire County Council