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23/02/2026

🏫 Opening of Hannah Street Schools – 23 February 1900
On Friday 23rd February 1900, the newspapers reported on the formal opening of the impressive new Board Schools on Hannah Street, Cadoxton-Barry, a building described as among the finest of its kind in Wales.
Situated at the corner of Barry Road and Hannah Street, the handsome red-brick schools (with Bath stone dressings) provided accommodation for 1,300 scholars:

👧 Girls: 476
👦 Boys: 430
👶 Infants: 404
The cost? Around £13,400

The schools were opened by Mr J. Lowdon, J.P., Chairman of the Barry School Board, who was presented with a silver key by architect Mr Budgen. The architects were Messrs J. P. Jones, Richards & Budgen of Cardiff, and the contractor was Mr Alban Richards of Barry.

🌬 A School Ahead of Its Time
One of the most remarkable features was its modern heating and ventilation system. The Musgrave plenum system. Fresh air was drawn down a high shaft, filtered, warmed, and circulated throughout the building by rotary fan. In summer, air could even be cooled through a water screen.

There were no open fireplaces in classrooms, quite revolutionary for 1900.

Large central halls (60ft by 26ft) allowed for physical training and singing, and every room featured a blackboard dado running around the walls for demonstration and drawing.

There was pride that Barry was leading the way in modern educational methods — combining science, drawing, manual training and physical development.

By the time of opening, around 800 children were already attending.

Head teachers appointed:
Boys: Mr J. E. Rees
Girls: Miss Fraser
Infants: Miss Hirons

A remarkable investment in Barry’s future — and a reminder that at the dawn of the 20th century, this growing town was determined to provide “the most approved methods of popular instruction.”