Falkirk Technical College

Maker
Falkirk Town Council. Town Planning Officer
Production date
26 Mar 1970
 Description
View of a flat-roofed four-storey teaching block of glass and panel construction. The gable has a lozenge-shaped design and the Falkirk Technical College crest and name. A Land Rover and Ford Anglia are parked outside.
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Production date
26 Mar 1970
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Subject place
Grangemouth Road/Falkirk area
Subject notes
Stirlingshire Education Authority opened the college in 1963. It was formed from the merger of the County Trades School, Burnbank Foundry Trades Centre, Blackbraes Further Education Centre and the County Mining Institute. The soft glacial boulder clay on which it was built required piles over 30m deep.
Craft training had been 'on the job' although some workers also attended night-classes. With day-release classes in the 1960s, to meet the need for a better trained workforce, further education expanded rapidly. Falkirk College was one of the first.
Accession number
P06713

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