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| St. Bernard's School & chapel, Slough. About 1930. |
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| Brief Description: Aldin House and the chapel. St. Bernard's Convent School c.1930. |
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| Subject Date: About 1930 |
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| Creator: A. Benoit |
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| Owner: Roy Whibley Collection |
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| Contributor: Roy Whibley Collection |
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| Full Description: Aldin House, which today houses St. Bernard's School, had a long tradition of education. Originally built as a home for Baroness Burdett-Coutts, it was opened as St. Michael's School on 22 September 1869, and educated, amongst others, the Conservative Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin. After St. Michael's moved to Westgate, Aldin House was bought as a college in 1884 by a group of French Jesuits. They stayed for eight years, and then the house was eventually bought by the Bernardines in 1897. It re-opened its doors to local children in 1906, when a room in the convent's tower was set aside as a classroom.
The School was renamed St. Bernards, and was in the care of the Bernardine nuns until the early twenty-first century. In July 2006 the last of the Bernadine nuns left St. Bernards and the Roman Catholic Diasis of Northampton took over as trustees. St. Bernard's Convant School had become St. Bernard's Catholic Grammar School.
The Postcard was produced by "A. Benoit, s rue Barbette, Paris". |
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| Collection: Roy Whibley Collection |
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| Place: Slough ; Central ; Langley Road; Sussex Place |
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| Dimensions: 8.9 x 13.9 cm |
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| Subject: Roman Catholic Church ; Nunneries ; Churches |
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| Name Subject: St. Bernard's Convent ; Aldin House ; Schools ; St. Michael's School ; Stanley Baldwin ; School chapel. |
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| Content Type: Postcard Photo |
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| Unique ID: sl-sl-rwp075_bernbuild-i-00-000.tif |
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Sir William Herschel - Astronomer
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