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The Lancaster Road site was set up in 1904 as a private boarding school for boys, known as 'Terra Nova'. It was taken over by the Central National Registration Office[CNRO] in 1939, and used throughout the Second World War as a Records Office. Following the end ofthe war, The Liverpool School for the Partially Deaf was officially opened by the Earl of Derby on Saturday, 11 September, 1948. From 1948 until 2003 when the school was closed, Birkdale School For Hearing Impaired Children (as it became known) has seen generations of children with moderate to severe/profound hearing loss pass through its doors. The Grade II listed building and playing fields were an ideal environment for the education of children with special needs. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
After the closure of the school in 2003, (as a result of the then Government of the day's drive tointegrate special needs education into mainstream education), there followed a decline in the physical condition of this wonderful Grade II listed building when it was taken over by property developers seeking to redevelop the site. In the summer of 2010, a major fire broke out, destroying part of the main building which is Grade II Listed. Despite the promises of the developers to rebuild the damaged part to the exact style of what was destroyed in the fire, they still intend to submit plans to redevelop the school into private dwellings.
We feel that a more appropriate use can be made of the building that would benefit the wider community and not just a few wealthy individuals or families who would buy the planned dwellings. Please can you support us by signing our petition to save a Grade II listed building from being foreverruined by theproperty developers.
Please use your full name and not an online user name as we are likely to present this petition to Sefton Council at a future date. Any nicknames or pesudonyms will be erased!
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This place means so much to our family. My uncle went there in the 70s and still has friends from back then. Developers just want to ruin everything for a bit of extra cash.
Such a shame to see it looking like this now. Pass it all the time and it breaks my heart. Leave the old school alone.
So many memories. Why do they keep trying to destroy it? Leave it be.
BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ARE IRREPLACEABLE. stop letting these greedy developers tear down our local history just to put up crappy flats no one needs.
Used to play footy on those fields as a kid. Sad to see how it ended up. Keep the site intact.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
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The Lancaster Road site was set up in 1904 as a private boarding school for boys, known as 'Terra Nova'. It was taken over by the Central National Registration Office[CNRO] in 1939, and used throughout the Second World War as a Records Office. Following the end ofthe war, The Liverpool School for the Partially Deaf was officially opened by the Earl of Derby on Saturday, 11 September, 1948. From 1948 until 2003 when the school was closed, Birkdale School For Hearing Impaired Children (as it became known) has seen generations of children with moderate to severe/profound hearing loss pass through its doors. The Grade II listed building and playing fields were an ideal environment for the education of children with special needs. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
After the closure of the school in 2003, (as a result of the then Government of the day's drive tointegrate special needs education into mainstream education), there followed a decline in the physical condition of this wonderful Grade II listed building when it was taken over by property developers seeking to redevelop the site. In the summer of 2010, a major fire broke out, destroying part of the main building which is Grade II Listed. Despite the promises of the developers to rebuild the damaged part to the exact style of what was destroyed in the fire, they still intend to submit plans to redevelop the school into private dwellings.
We feel that a more appropriate use can be made of the building that would benefit the wider community and not just a few wealthy individuals or families who would buy the planned dwellings. Please can you support us by signing our petition to save a Grade II listed building from being foreverruined by theproperty developers.
Please use your full name and not an online user name as we are likely to present this petition to Sefton Council at a future date. Any nicknames or pesudonyms will be erased!
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My brother attended his school when it was in its prime. It really saddens me to think that the school could be knocked down and turned into different properties when it is such a beautiful building. I wish I had money. I would reopen it as a school as it did so much for the hearing impaired children. It breathed life. It had a good school fair and every child was happy and prepared for the world as it taught them to lip read. I loved this building. Please, please, keep it as it is, and help hearing impaired children as it always has since it was opened.
This place means so much to our family. My uncle went there in the 70s and still has friends from back then. Developers just want to ruin everything for a bit of extra cash.
Such a shame to see it looking like this now. Pass it all the time and it breaks my heart. Leave the old school alone.
So many memories. Why do they keep trying to destroy it? Leave it be.
BUILDINGS LIKE THIS ARE IRREPLACEABLE. stop letting these greedy developers tear down our local history just to put up crappy flats no one needs.
Used to play footy on those fields as a kid. Sad to see how it ended up. Keep the site intact.
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My brother attended his school when it was in its prime. It really saddens me to think that the school could be knocked down and turned into different properties when it is such a beautiful building. I wish I had money. I would reopen it as a school as it did so much for the hearing impaired children. It breathed life. It had a good school fair and every child was happy and prepared for the world as it taught them to lip read. I loved this building. Please, please, keep it as it is, and help hearing impaired children as it always has since it was opened.