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Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution, Glasgow, early 1900s. Pupils at the school learned Scottish dancing and some of them gave demonstrations of local events. The picture below shows three girls named (left to right) Mary Jamieson, Mary Allison and Mary Pratt, performing in 1904. Dancers from Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution, Glasgow, early ...

The former Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution building, 1970s. The Institution was founded in 1819 and originally occupied premises in Townhead. The foundation stone for a new building was laid at Mount Florida by Lord Provost John Blackie on 20 October 1876, and it opened two years later at a cost of £15,000.

Glasgow School for the Deaf began its existence as the Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution. It was founded in Townhead in 1819 and by 1868 moved to a new, Gothic-style building in Mount Florida, built at a cost of £15,000. The school could accommodate approximately 170 pupils.

St Vincent's School site, Glasgow, c.1934. St Vincent's School from the south-west, Glasgow, Lanarkshire. ... Watson, J, Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb (1809) Watson, Thomas J., A History of Deaf Education in Scotland 1760-1939 (Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1949)

Site Name Glasgow, 124 Prospecthill Road, Langside College. Classification School (Period Unassigned) Alternative Name(s) 56 Prospecthill Road; Deaf And Dumb Institute. Canmore ID 161901. ... Former Deaf and Dumb Institute, built to replace the first Institution at Parson Street, the sheer size indicates the extent of the infliction. ...

Deaf and dumb in Glasgow ... The Glasgow Society for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb had been formed as a satellite operation in 1819 to an earlier body instituted in Edinburgh. ... It turns out that the modern day version is no longer a school, just a fund issuing grants for those seeking to assist deaf/blind people. The fund is ...

The history of children's homes in Britain - orphanages, homes for those in poverty, or with special needs, reformatories, industrial and approved schools, training ships, hostels, magdalen homes etc etc. As well as each home's location, history etc. the site includes many maps, census listings, and historic images of the buildings and their inmates.

They were originally called Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Football Club. Similar clubs and groups were created at deaf schools and societies all across the UK, inspired by the Glasgow side. In 1899, Glasgow played Edinburgh Swifts for the first Scottish Deaf Cup. It was played in front of 2000 fans in Falkirk and Edinburgh won 4-0.

TheGlasgowStory tells the story of Glasgow in words and pictures, told by some of Scotland's best writers, and illustrated with thousands of images from the collections of the city's world-famous libraries, museums and universities. ... The Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution in Parson Street, Townhead, in 1827. Reference: Glasgow University ...

#DeafAwarenessWeek The Glasgow School for the Deaf began its existence as the Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution. The Institution was founded in 1819 and originally occupied premises in Townhead....

The firm of Salmon, Son & Ritchie designed the Glasgow Deaf and Dumb Institution at Langside. Their Gothic-style building opened in 1868 as a boarding school with accommodation for 170 pupils. Facilities included a dining-room, classrooms, museum, sick-room, dormitories and library. A headmaster and eight teachers provided an eight-year course ...

Still researching the history of Glasgow Institution for the Deaf and Dumb/Glasgow School for the Deaf in the Mitchell Library. Still lots to do!

About us The Society for the Education of the Deaf was established in 1819. It is registered as a Scottish Charity, No. SC042756. The purpose of the Society is to provide Educational Grants to assist deaf and deaf/blind people. Applications are accepted from anywhere in Scotland.

1819 Glasgow Deaf School. ... The tenants became owners and paid the fees for the poor Deaf and Dumb to be educated. Mr Drysdale died in 1880 and was succeeded by Mr J. Barland, a deaf man, who had been educated at Swansea Deaf School, and was an assistant there for 16 years. The house was then purchased and governed by the Directors.

History. British Deaf-Mute and Deaf Chronicle, 1895, 4, 33-34. Opening of new school for blind and deaf children. British Deaf Monthly, 1899, 8, 255-257 (photos) British Deaf Times, 1903, 1, 29-30. (with photos of staff) Glasgow Society for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

The Deaf Education Map shows education support in Glasgow City and allows you to take action to hold services to account. Share Return to map home. Glasgow City Find out more about your area ... Number of schools for deaf children: Number of specialist units for deaf children in the area:

The imposing French Gothic style Glasgow Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Founded in 1820, the institute moved from its original location on Parson Street to this location on Prospecthill Road in the...

BDA Scotland's Deaf People Makes Glasgow BSL Trails Project explores Glasgow’s buildings and historical identify within the Deaf community. It is a fantastic opportunity for Deaf young people to learn about the buildings in Glasgow related to Deaf history. Recently, the project gave Deaf pupils from St Roch’s Secondary School the opportunity to learn about buildings in Glasgow relating to ...

A Glasgow primary school will create a British Sign Language animated film for Deaf Awareness Week. ... St Roch’s Primary and Deaf School will work with writer and producer Jo Hall on the project, which began on May 5. The animation, funded by Creative Scotland, will be made by the school's pupils, who will animate their own dancing hedgehogs

Morag Clark was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to a Baptist Minister's family. She was raised in Dunfermline and Motherwell, spending her school holidays with friends and family or on cycling trips across Scotland's islands and mainland. [1]Clark trained as a teacher at Jordanhill Training College and later at Manchester University to become a Teacher of the Deaf, earning a Ph.D.