Talk:Mayfield School (Portsmouth)
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I spotted a mistake on the James Callaghan PM article and corrected it. Following the link to Mayfield school I have removed the comment about former PM James Callaghan attending Mayfield. He was educated at Portsmouth Northern Secondary School as stated on the website of 10 downing street. He did not attend Portsmouth Northern Grammar School (Mayfield). Portsmouth Northern Secondary School is the City of Portsmouth Boys School and to be sure about his attending there, there is a wall monument to James Callaghan about him attending City Boys in the main auditorium.
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page127.asp LordHarris 15:24, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
LordHarris is correct in stating that James Callaghan was educated at Portsmouth Northern Secondary School but incorrect in stating that this is now the City of Portsmouth Boys School. The latter was set up in 1975 from the Technical High School and Hilsea Modern Boys School. Not only do numerous city archives show that the Northern Grammar School was the new title for the Northern Secondary Schools, the entrance to Mayfield School still has the old title "Northern Secondary Schools" above it, carved in stone! (with the Secondary deleted). If there is a plaque to this effect in the City of Portsmouth Boys School, it must either commememorate a separate period of James Callaghan's education, or be erroneous. It is interesting as the normal misattribution of Callaghan (and other Northern Grammar School old boys) is to Portsmouth Grammar School; this is the first time I have ever heard him misattributed to CPBS. I will raise the subject of the plaque with the CPBS directly. Hyperman 42 03:06, 26 September 2006(UTC)
[edit] Notability
This school is not notable enough for its own article.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.26.102.218 (talk)
- I have to disagree, with some expansion and work this could be a very good article. Deletion would also defeat the objective of the Wiki Schools Project, as the majority of articles it deals with are of this type, and more notable education establishments articles are with other projects, such as Wiki Universities Project. Camaron1 | Chris 16:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Assessment
I have assessed this article for future improvement. The feedback I have given is: A good start for an article, contains a lot of information abouts its history. Needs an info-box, more structure and more information about the school in the present. Camaron1 | Chris 19:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
