Photographs of Classes at Leicester School of Arts and Crafts 1924, 1934

City of Leicester School of Arts and Crafts, 1919-1925

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City of Leicester College of Arts and Crafts, 1925-1929

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Leicester School of Arts and Crafts

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A public meeting was held on 14th October 1869 attended by Leicester citizens disposed to encourage the foundation of a school of art. Following on from the success of that meeting, subscriptions were asked for which enabled the committee to secure premises in Pocklington’s Walk. Classes met there for the first time on 1st March 1870. From 1882 technical classes were also held with the aim of preparing skilled workers for local industry. In 1897 the School was taken over...

Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology

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The School of Pharmacy was founded under the Leicester Municipal Technical and Art School in 1909. Now part of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, it still teaches from its original base in the Hawthorn Building. From its establishment until 1969, Pharmacy, in addition to nursing, was offered as part of the Technical School courses. Pharmacy already had its own school set up unlike nursing which came under Biology. However a formal Faculty or department did not exist until the Polytechnic w...