Durham Record Office

Durham County Record Office: the official archive service for County Durham and Darlington

You are here: Home / Catalogue Item

Catalogue Item

Durham, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Gilesgate

Reference: E/C Catalogue Title: Durham, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Gilesgate Area: Catalogue Category: Education Records Description: 

Covering Dates: 1928-2006

Access: Access to school records is restricted under Data Protection legislation. Apply to county archivist for access.

Return to your search results

Catalogue Index

Use Expand image and Expanded image to reveal/hide the structure of the catalogue index (requires Javascript to be enabled in your internet browser options). Click to jump directly to information at a specific level of the catalogue.

Catalogue Contents

Durham, St Joseph's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Gilesgate (Ref: E/C)Log books (Ref: E/C)

Log book, 11 September 1961 - 19 July 1996
(1 volume)

Admission registers (Ref: E/C/F)

Admission register, 5 November 1928 - 19 June 1961
(1 volume)


Admission register, 11 September 1961 - 4 March 1997
(1 volume)


Admission register, 2 September 1997 - 16 January 2006
(1 file, printed)

Miscellaneous (Ref: E/C/G)Photographs (Ref: E/C/G)Group photographs (Ref: E/C/G)

Photograph of 6 members of staff. Tom Tobin is seated in the middle, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 21 cm x 17 cm, black and white)


Copy group photograph from Durham County Advertiser of children in front of the school, 15 September 1961
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 17 cm, black and white)


Group photograph of three teachers (Tom Tobin is seated in the middle) with boys' football team in front of the school, 1967
(1 photograph, 23 cm x 14 cm, black and white)


Group photograph of two teachers with boys' football team in front of the school, 1969
(1 photograph, 22 cm x 14 cm, black and white)


Copy group photograph of school children with a teacher in front of the school, n.d. [1960s]
(1 photograph, 29 cm x 21 cm, black and white)


Group photograph of three teachers (Tom Tobin is seated on the right) and boys' sports team by a fence, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 18 cm x 13 cm, colour)


Group photograph of two teachers (Tom Tobin on the right) with boys' football team in school grounds, 1971/1972
(1 photograph, 18 cm x 12 cm, colour)


Group photograph of two teachers (Tom Tobin on the right) with boys' football team in school hall, 1976
(1 photograph, 18 cm x 12 cm, colour)


Group photograph of children and teacher during workshop on life as Victorian servant at a National Trust property near Middlesbrough, n.d. [c. 2000]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 13 cm, colour)


Group photographs of children and teacher during workshop on life as Victorian servant at a National Trust property near Middlesbrough, n.d. [c. 2000]
(1 photograph, 9 cm x 13 cm, colour)


Photograph of children, teachers and kitchen staff in a classroom during history re-enactment day, n.d. [c. 2000] Joan Curry, teacher, stands with a camera; Hilary Vasey, cook holds basket of sandwiches; Ms Pea and Ms McGrath, lunchtime supervisors, stand at the back in blue tabards; Pat Conway stands on the right
(1 photograph, 17 cm x 13 cm, colour)


Photograph of a group of children during history re-enactment day with cook Hilary Vasey delivering sandwiches, n.d. [c. 2004]
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 19 cm, colour)


Photograph of a group of children and teacher, Jane Meikle, standing on school's playground steps, n.d. [c. 2004]
(1 photograph, 19 cm x 27 cm, colour)


Photograph of a reception class children during history re-enactment day in the school hall, n.d. [c. 2004]
(1 photograph, 24 cm x 13 cm, colour)


Photograph of children lined up, dressed for their first holy communion, n.d. [1970s]
(1 photograph, 9cm x 14cm, black and white)


Photograph of a group of children dressed in Victorian costume outside the laundry building at Beamish, 2000
(1 photograph, 13cm x 18cm, colour)


Photograph of a group of children dressed in Victorian costume in the schoolroom at Beamish, 2000
(1 photograph, 17cm x 12cm, colour)


Photograph of a group of children dressed in Victorian costume in the schoolroom at Beamish, 2000
(1 photograph, 12cm x 17cm, colour)

Individual photographs (Ref: E/C/G)

Portrait photograph of Denise Inglis, n.d. [1970s] see the pupil's poem at E/C/G 1184/1
(1 photograph, 6 cm x 9 cm, colour)


Photograph of a pupil, Gary Henderson, writing letters on a board in a classroom, n.d. [c. 2000]
(1 photograph, 26 cm x 17 cm, colour)


Photograph of teacher Angela Boyle presenting punishment methods during history re-enactment day, n.d. [c. 2004]
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 19 cm, colour)


Photograph of teacher Angela Boyle presenting punishment methods during hisotry re-enactment day, n.d. [c. 2004]
(1 photograph, 13 cm x 19 cm, colour)


Photograph of a pupil, Amardeep Singh, during a history re-enactment activity, n.d. [c. 2004]
(1 photograph, 8 cm x 12 cm, colour)

Correspondence (Ref: E/C/G)

Letter from K. Elliott, Deputy Director of Education Department, Durham County Council to Head Teacher of St Cuthbert's RC School, Old Elvet, Durham informing that a new school is to be open as St Joseph's RC School in May 1961 and it is to accommodate 160 children in 4 classes, 9 February 1961
(1 paper, printed)

Other records (Ref: E/C/G)

Poem 'Springtime' by one of the pupils, Denise Inglis, aged 11, n.d. [1970s] see photograph of the pupil at E/C/G 1185/1
(1 paper printed)


Copy newspaper report re the school creating a school bank in partnership with the Trustees Savings Bank [TSB], the first Primary school in the Durham area to do so, n.d. [1960s-1970s]
(1 paper, printed)