BURIED in the countryside on the northern edge of Darlington is an abandoned 17th Century farmhouse called Coatham Grange. It is beside the Stockton & Darlington Railway – indeed there is an “accommodation bridge”, perhaps dating from 1825, which allowed the farmer and his animals to go under the line without getting run over.
Robert Stephenson, seated, with his father, George - both men used the same method to take their railway lines over notorious bogs This farmhouse was once called Myers Flat and, as Memories 517 told, this area was where George Stephenson had the most difficulty when building the world’s first modern railway.
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The Willows Primary School, Ipswich
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Ipswich pupils could get a new space to catch up on schoolwork if a planned expansion goes ahead.
The Willows Primary School submitted a planning application last week to turn its caretaker s bungalow into additional teaching space.
The on-site caretaker s bungalow at The Willows Primary School as it looks now
- Credit: Google Street View
Plans by the school reveal how the site will create a teaching space, meeting and sensory rooms, as well as an office.
The proposed office is earmarked to be used by specialist professionals, such as Jo Jones, a child physiotherapist, who works with some pupils twice a week.
The Willows Primary School, Ipswich
- Credit: Sarah Lucy Brown
Ipswich pupils could get a new space to catch up on schoolwork if a planned expansion goes ahead.
The Willows Primary School submitted a planning application last week to turn its caretaker s bungalow into additional teaching space.
The on-site caretaker s bungalow at The Willows Primary School as it looks now
- Credit: Google Street View
Plans by the school reveal how the site will create a teaching space, meeting and sensory rooms, as well as an office.
The proposed office is earmarked to be used by specialist professionals, such as Jo Jones, a child physiotherapist, who works with some pupils twice a week.
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