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Our records are largely for ‘Public’, i.e. local authority schools. They do include Glasgow High, now a private school, but a Glasgow City Council school until 1975 and John Neilson School, Paisley, which was formerly a private institution. We also hold the records of Park and Laurel Bank Schools, which have always been private.

As Deaf schools and Deaf clubs close, their records and artefacts are discarded or packed away to be forgotten in basements, garages or attics. ... Deaf History Scotland is attempting to bring together the miscellaneous records of Scotland’s Deaf communities. In 2017 we rented a small room in the basement of Deaf Connections in Glasgow, and ...

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.

We have an excellent set of school records for Glasgow, and less complete sets for the former Strathclyde areas of Bute, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire. We hold the records of some 300 schools under the jurisdiction of local authorities, including non-denominational and Roman Catholic schools. We also have a limited number of ...

As Deaf schools and Deaf clubs close, their records and artifacts are discarded or packed away to be forgotten in basements, garages or attics. ... In 2017 we rented a small room in the basement of Deaf Connections in Glasgow, and since then donations from the Deaf community have come in thick and fast. Our committee, consisting entirely of ...

Glasgow School for the Deaf. Glasgow City Archives, Department of Education. Add to Album View Larger Image * * Open in New Window. 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 ...

Glasgow Education Authority further extended the school in 1965 to meet the needs of Catholic deaf and blind children in Glasgow and surrounding areas. When the Sisters withdrew from this service in 1985, the residential block was demolished as the school became a day school only. A hostel for blind women was also located at the site Records ...

Royal School for the Deaf (Manchester) Stanley Road, Cheadle Hulme SK8 6R17 (Established 1823). The annual reports have lists of pupils but we only have copies for 1850 and 1851. 11. Royal School for Deaf Children, Victoria Road, Margate CT9 1NB (Defunct) (Established 1792). Most pupil related records are in the Kent County Archives, Maidstone.

On 21 October 1951, the School closed after its managers resigned its certificate of operation. From 1947 until the 1970s, the premises were occupied by the Glasgow School for the Deaf. The buildings no longer survive. Records. Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals.

Deaf History Scotland (DHS) was established in October 2008 and is entirely run by volunteers, most of them are Deaf and British Sign Language (BSL) users. One of its main objectives is to promote and advance the interest in discovery, research and preservation of the Scottish histories of Deaf People, their communities, culture

Unable to find the records for Glasgow listed on any other catalogue (NAS, NRAS and SCAN), I therefore decided just to call the modern day society, details of which were on the website. 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.

1810 Edinburgh Deaf School. 1819 Glasgow Deaf School. 1819 Aberdeen Deaf School. 1846 Dundee Deaf School. “A small Deaf School was known to exist in a flat in Nethergate as early as 1845 or before, Mr Barlow tells us, although the actual date of its foundation and name of teacher is unknown.

Scottish Deaf Day Schools. 1883 Greenock ... 1910 Glasgow, Renfrew Street Special Hard of Hearing School. 1911 Hamilton. ... The greater part of records concerning the Stoneleigh School for Deaf Children are held by the Record Office of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, while there are also some at the National Archives at Kew: although ...

The Achievements of Deaf Pupils in Scotland (ADPS) was set up in 2000 by Mary Brennan to collect detailed information about deaf pupils and their achievements. From October 2000 to March 2005 the project was funded by the Scottish Executive Education Department (SEED) and located in the Scottish Sensory Centre, Moray House School of Education ...

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.

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 ...

Scottish Deaf Day Schools. 1883 Greenock ... of a school entry record for Frederick Collins (1866-?) ... George Biddle (b.ca. 1912) of Glasgow. DEAF AND DUMB HERO Award to Glasgow Rover Scout The Silver Cross for Gallantry has been awarded to a deaf and dumb Rover Scout, George Biddle, aged 24, of the 154th Glasgow (Handicapped) Group, by the ...

BDA Scotland will have two old Deaf schools tours in Glasgow. The schools are Langside and St Vincent’s. The BSL tours will be working with Deaf History Scotland. We would like to thank Glasgow City Heritage Trust for funding this project. Please contact Helen at: ...

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: