ABSTRACT
The 'caring for' local children had long been implicit in the pastoral work of the schools. The work of Edgar Wolstenholme at Carbrook Church of England School and William Dawn at Coleridge Road Mixed School revealed the way in which both sympathy and tact could break down local barriers and work for the overall good of pupils placed in a desperate plight. The Headmistress came from the Girls' Department of Carbrook Council School. In effect, then, the Hill Top and Carbrook schools emerged from the Second World War with school buildings dating from well before the First World War, in the case of Carbrook Church of England School back to 1870. The need for the schools to exercise close contacts with their pupils became most essential in the later years when the area began to undergo great changes. The Junior Department of Carbrook Council School was closed in July 1971 and its pupils transferred to Huntsman's Gardens School.
