Laird School of Art

The Laird School of Art was a school of art situated on Park Road North, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, overlooking Birkenhead Park.[3] It was the first public school of art outside London and was given to the town by John Laird. The school opened on 27 September 1871[4] and was closed in 1980 when it merged with the Birkenhead College of Technology, formerly situated on Borough Road. The building on Park Road North is used as the John Laird Centre.[5]

Laird School of Art
The Laird School of Art is now the John Laird Centre
Address
4, Park Road North

Birkenhead
,
Wirral

England
Coordinates53.39473°N 3.033407°W / 53.39473; -3.033407
Information
TypeFurther Education
Art School
Established1871[1]
FounderJohn Laird
Closed1979[2]

Notable alumni
  • Trena Cox, stained glass artist.
  • Martin Cooper of the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
  • Gary Liggett (filmmaker & poet).
  • Alan Ball, [WWW.MB-miniatures.com] ( sculptor of miniatures , notably William Britain’s toy Soldiers and private commission’s )
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gollark: Here is one.
gollark: I have pictures somewhere.
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References
  1. The British East India Company : The John Laird Centre, The British East India Company, retrieved 19 January 2012
  2. The British East India Company : The John Laird Centre, The British East India Company, retrieved 19 January 2012
  3. The Laird Family, Birkenhead History Society, archived from the original on 8 February 2012, retrieved 19 January 2012
  4. Bidston 1978, p. 28
  5. The British East India Company : The John Laird Centre, The British East India Company, retrieved 19 January 2012

Sources
  • Bidston, Carol E. (1978). Birkenhead in Times Past. Chorley: Countryside Publications Ltd. ISBN 0861570030. OCLC 16480899.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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