Saturday, 30 December 2017

The History of Beach Road School 0.1 BETA

MAIN MENU

This was a prototype CD ROM Design that originally didn't get beyond BETA 0.1.

I might update it one day in the future (so check back on this blog post) For now though its a usable interface that covers some photos along with the current list of teachers.

It can be downloaded via mediafire (HERE) Link Currently points to 0.1  Make sure you click the download button that says 39.89MB and don't click the adverts.

It features a fully functional "Search Engine" where you can search for Names, Dates and Events in the schools history (though its results are currently limited) to see everything you can press "S" then leave the search box empty and click search (to view the screens currently available)

It will work on Windows XP right up to Windows 10, it doesn't require admin rights, firewall access or any runtime components. You just unpack it with WinZip, WinRAR, 7zip or any other archive based software.. IE, right click on the file (you downloaded) and look for the Extract Option.

You can see here below, other screenshots of how the design looks...

When The School Became Seaforth Hospital
Mr Hinchcliffe Profile Page
Features The Staff List and Photos
Class Photo Screen Example
Clubs and Teams Images and Info

The HELP and the ABOUT screen includes an Email address to submit information and images too.


Sunday, 14 June 2015

Infants Roof Slates Recovered For Recycling

Image (c) Vicky Brandwood
Infants Roof Slates Recovered For Recycling.

Image (c) Vicky Brandwood


Friday, 5 June 2015

Decontamination Unit On Site, Mesh In Place and a Hole In The Roof

Things sadly push forward now for the old school as the Asbestos Decontamination Unit is now on site. Its odd how a couple of months ago there was guys in their with no hard hats, no overhauls, no masks, goggles or anything and yet they where smashing away at the walls inside looking for asbestos. That de-con unit is around 7 weeks too late..

Image (c) Vicky Brandwood
Also the railings now have an Inner fence behind them with mesh to keep any dust within the boundary of the demolition.

Image (c) Vicky Brandwood
 I guess the schools fate is now sealed and down it'll come :(

Image (c) Vicky Brandwood
It also looks like they have been into the schools loft space and cut partially through the support beams so when the walls are pushed they have control over the roof falling inwards rather than onto the machine or the ground around it.

Image (c) Vicky Brandwood
Security Is Also Now On Site, yet we have still not had anyone come forward with photos of inside the juniors.. has anyone contacted them, does anyone care, has all this documentary work been in vein?
Image (c) Vicky Brandwood
Special thanks to vicky for sending us current status photos.



Saturday, 30 May 2015

On this day 74 years ago Walter Franklin Tomkins Died


EP Front Cover

On this day 74 years ago Walter Franklin Tomkins died in Fazakerley General Hospital
after being Injured near his home on May 28th 1941 in an air raid.

To commemorate this day today,  i have decided to release
"On The Trail of Walter Franklin Tomkins"  as an MP3 download
It's FREE on google play Here.





Note that although i Can put it on iTunes, Spotify & Amazon
(I am unable to manually set prices on those stores)
So to put it in those stores, i would have to let them set the default prices
To which it is only available on googlePlay (to keep it free)
It's 100% Free and the files will work on Any device that supports MP3 audio.

Walter Franklin Tomkins June 25th 1877 to May 30th 1941 R.I.P

Fazakerley Hospital - (c) Info On Image
(c) Vicky Brandwood



Thursday, 28 May 2015

It was on this night 74 years ago Walter Franklin Tomkins was injured

Photo By ???

It's 74 years ago tonight that Walter Franklin Tomkins was injured on Sefton Road in Litherland not far from his house, which was also damaged while he was on fire watch duty.

He gave his life looking up at the skies and looking beyond the horizon for fires...
So that others may sleep.. 

(RED DOT) Walters Old House