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Originally Posted by jenks
I attended Paddock House convent school(for young ladies!) from 1946 - 1950/1 and wondered if anyone can tell me if it still exists in Accrington? My name was June Whitby/Phillips and I lived at 410 Blackburn Road.
Remember Sheila Baxter and Rhona Birtwhistle (dentists daughter).
Love to speak to any of my classmates still alive! I am 76 this year and live in Sussex now (as far away from that Latin teacher as poss). Got a great education there and enjoyed those years immensely, head girl was Pat ??? my memory fails me but she went on to teach at Notre Dame in Blackburn.
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Paddock House Convent Grammar School amalgamated with Holy Family Secondary Modern School to become Mount Carmel Comprehensive School .
Initially Mount Carmel was on two sites , the Paddock House site and the Holy Family site .
When the building in Fern Gore was enlarged Mount Carmel became a single site school .
The buildings of the old Paddock House School were demolished .
The Paddock House Convent continued for a number of years until the nuns left to work elsewhere .
The Convent was demolished .
There is housing now on the sites of the school and the convent