A group of children sit outside the Technical School, now part of Blackburn College, but founded during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebrations. A competition produced this French Renaissance style building, which was submitted by the Manchester architects, Smith, Woodhouse and Wiloughby. The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone in 1888 and the building eventually opened to students three years later.
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I attended Blackbrun "Tech" in the mid 70's and had some english classes in this building. I also seem to remember the art students being housed here.
14th Dec 2012