Most of the people from Clay Cross alive today went the School on Market Street.
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The school was built in Victorian times around 1894 and served the town of Clay Cross until 2009 when a new school (Sharley Park School) was built on the football pitches on the welfare at Danesmoor, opposite what was Danasmoor Infants School.
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Since 2009 part of the School has been demolished along with the Clay Cross Infants School to make was for Smithy Brook, a retirement complex for the elderly. Part of the School still remains but without any upkeep it’s been left to go into ruins.
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In April 2016
Derbyshire County Council applied for planning permission to demolish the old victorian building however this was not allowed. So the building still stands in a sorry state (2021)
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Other parts of the old school buildings still stand and remain to be used as Clay Cross Education Centre
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Pictures Taken 3rd May 2016