Usworth Secondary School

The Comprehensive on Heworth Road

THE OFFICIAL OPENING
Friday, 24th October 1969 - Autumn Term

USWORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Aerial Photo showing The School Buildings, The Athletics Track and the Rugby & Football Pitches.
Note: Douglas Terrace, 'The Flat Tops', along Heworth Road and the route of the 'Old Coach Road' - bottom-left to upper-right.

HEWORTH ROAD
The 'Old Coach Road' passed Douglas Terrace here, on its way from High Usworth to Little Usworth, via Usworth Hall.

Usworth Secondary School

USWORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Usworth Colliery in the background.

THE OLD COACH ROAD
View in same direction, from other side of the School.
Route leading from the end of Douglas Terrace (right) to Little Usworth (left).
Note the long Pit Heap (starting near the Brickyard Chimney) leading to the Coal Depots (near Don Gardens).

Usworth Secondary School

USWORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Under Construction

Usworth Secondary School

Rugby Teams - 1971 to 1973

[ Thanks to Jim Thompson for the above Team Pictures and Names. ].

Usworth Secondary School

The Fire - 9th November 1974

AFTER THE FIRE

AFTER THE FIRE

AFTER THE FIRE

AFTER THE FIRE

Usworth Secondary School

USWORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Reopening Ceremony - 1978

USWORTH SECONDARY SCHOOL CHOIR
Performing on the Evening of the Official Reopening

[ Thanks to 2nd year pupil, Adrian Lupton - 7th from right in the Front Row - who discovered this picture in T&W Archives. ]