History of Agricultural Education in Wiltshire - Lackham Countryside ...

(Chairman, House Sub-Committee)
Ex-officio Members:
The Chairman of the County Council - Alderman W E Stevens, M.A. , J.P.
The Chairman of the Finance Committee - Alderman S V Christie-Miller
The Chairman of the Education Committee - Brigadier K M F Hedges, C.B.E.,
D.S.O.
The Vice-Chairman of the Education Committee - Mr G King Forster
Chief Education Officer:
Mr J H Bradley, M.A. [i]
This Committee was very much concerned with the De La Warr and H.M.I.'s
Reports and recommended that the following items be placed in the County
Council's Building Programme without delay:-
1. New yard and parlour at Home Farm
2. New Hostel and R.D.E. Centre for girl students and Women's
Institutes
3. New Assembly Hall for students and conferences
4. 100 new study bedrooms for additional students
5. Seven new cottages for farm workers and staff
6. New Machinery Workshops.
The new yard and parlour were approved without delay and were completed in
1963.
The new Hostel for 20 girl students and R.D.E. block were opened by Lady Radnor
in November 1964. The new Hostel Block was named after Miss Scott Baker, who
died on October 16th, 1957, a former Chief Education Officer for Wiltshire.
She was a Vice-President of the Old Students' Association, a great friend and a
loyal supporter of the School of Agriculture.
The new Assembly Avon Hall and four Hostels to accommodate 32 students were
completed in 1966. The car park was laid out and constructed by direct labour in
1967.
New Machinery Workshops were erected in 1963-64 to meet the needs of a
record intake of apprentices and others pursuing the City and Guilds Mechanics
and Technicians courses.
The erection of seven cottages and study bedrooms for a further 48 students
was deferred.
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