Off to Lasalle today Windsor’s western suburb, where the decision had recently been made to demolished the former Colonel Bishop School.
The former school today serves as a community center, and the land will become a park, once the school is demolished.
An article in the Windsor Star claimed the building is 63 years old, not ever having seen the building before, I decided to cruise by and shoot it before it is lost forever.
According to the dates given by the Star, the building would have been built in 1944-45. However it looks much older to me.
It looks like it has a Deco influence.
A detail shot of the ornamentation around the doorway
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I went CBS in 1961 thru 1964. I remember Mrs. Wells playing "God Save the Queen " at assemblies in the gym (before Oh Canada became the norm). I went right into grade one (before kindergarten)? I can recall Miss Hutton, Mrs. Ferguson and Mr. Burke as teachers.
Who or what was Colonel Bishop named after? Was perchance it Billy Bishop, legendary Master of the Air?
The teachers for our cohort (196-1968) were: Grade 1, Miss Pinckney; Grade 2, Mrs. Hutton (formerly Miss Joyce Best); Grade 3, Mrs. Pearl Kirk; Grade 4, Mrs Irene Ferguson; Grade 5, Mr. Ron Kerr; Grade 6, Mr. Herbert Burke; Grade 7, Mr. Morley Pattison; and, Grade 8, Mr. W. Thorburn. Mrs. Lynn Bassi was a special education teacher. The caretakers were Mr. David and Mrs. Rose Veighey, lovely people from the north of Ireland; Mrs. Veighey was a teacher at Colonel Bishop for awhile during the 1950s.
The years for our cohort, mentioned above, should read, "1960-1968."
Does anyone know how long Mrs. Pearl Kirk taught at Colonel Bishop School? I know she was there in 1958. One of her sons is married to my father's younger sister. I am working on his family history, and I don't have much information on his mother's work history.
I lived at 187 Superior Street and went to Colonel Bishop School. I remember Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Hutton, Mrs. Delmage (the one they put in the insane asylum) I used to tell my Mom she is crazy, I stayed in this school up to Grade 5.
We used to sing God Save The Queen, We had to salute the picture of Billy Bishop and say the lords prayer. It was a protestant school and everyone wore normal clothes. The other school Sacred Heart was a Catholic school and everyone wore blue uniforms. Catholics looked down on protestants and I asked the Catholic preacher, why if Jesus teaches to love everyone, why do the Catholics hate Protestants? I asked the Protestant preacher the same. They both fed me bullshit so after that I kept the dime and went fishing instead of church. I sold fish at the coal docks and bread was 12 cents a loaf. Hamburger 25 cents, candy was 3 or 10 for a penny.