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STRUTTS - The future and Why!

The Herbert Strutt School occupied magnificent buildings on the A6, just south of Belper town centre until March 2008. This web site has been set up by the Belper Civic Forum as part of its campaign to ensure that the buildings remain as a community asset in line with the wishes of Herbert Strutt who donated the school to the town 99 years ago. Our vision is for a self-financing community, education and training centre, to which we have given the working title "Strutts". It would also include some office development that would provide local employment and contribute to the costs. Overall Strutts would become an important focal point for the town and generate considerable benefit for everyone in the area.

The importance of the Strutt family and Belper has been recognised internationally since it is at the core of one of very few World Heritage Sites in Great Britain. The old school is an exceptionally fine building with many unique high quality architectural details.

The Students

Over the years hundreds of people have been educated in the Strutts School and large numbers of photographs have been taken. These photographs are dispersed amongst the many pupils and there children. We would like to collect as many of these pictures and the details that describe the time, place and people present. The idea is simple lets get a picture of every class and the name of every pupil.

News

The consultation period on the feasibility study has now closed, we have added our comments to yours by submitted them to Amber Valley, now we all need to be patent and await the next stage. The feasibility study sponsored by Amber Valley is still on-line so if you have not read it please do. If you have any comments please feel free to send them to us as when we go into negotiation all ideas will be useful.

This is a plea from the heart. If you have any interest in this building, its pupils, its history or the town of Belper and would like to help stop this building being sold off for housing then please get in contact. Your skills, knowledge and help may tip the balance and ensure that our objective is achieved!

The petition on the PMs web site has now ended and the results are available on the PMs web site.