Local Life - St Helens - May/Jun 2021

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18 Gamble Building Gamble Building Situated in Victoria Square in the town centre, the Gamble building was built in the late 1800s and officially opened on 5th November 1896, as a gift to the people of St Helens from Sir David Gamble. Built in brick with terracotta dressings and a slate roof, it began its life as the Gamble Institute, housing both a library and a technical school. At the end of the 19th century, the town had a few elementary schools but lacked schools capable of providing its pupils with qualifications of a more advanced technical nature that would be needed by local industries. Sir David, a chemical magnate and first mayor of St Helens, offered to build a technical school, donating £30,000 to the project, around £3.5 million today. He stated that he wanted to assist local people in making themselves equal or superior to those countries where technical education is already an institution. Originally, the library housed in the Gamble Building occupied the ground floor complete with a ladies-only reading room. The basement was devoted to manual training including engineering and plumbing. The first floor was home to various technical classrooms, a laboratory, a geometrical drawing room, and cookery and laundry departments. The second floor was mostly used for chemical works and art. The Archive Service is still based there, along with many council staff, but the library closed in 2017 due to water damage, making that section of the building unsafe. St Helens Council has announced plans to bring the Gamble building back into full use and after engaging the public in several drop-in events to talk about how the building should be used in the future; senior councillors signed off on £1.4m in funding for the restoration. January 2022 has been earmarked as a potential date for the completion of work. Images courtesy of St Helens Archives & Geoff Sandford of The North West Transport Museum Gamble Institute
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