The Bluebell Hill Community Centre

The Bluebell Hill Community Centre is of historical importance, as it connects the present time with the bygone era of the old St Ann’s of the 1960s. As the 1966 map of the area shows here, Pym Street was an extension of Peas Hill Road leading to Carlton Road. And Gordon Road bisected our (Stonebridge) area in two halves. However, at the junction of Pym Street and Beaconhill Rise Road was a large Secondary & Infant school called Bluebell Hill School, “Bluey” as local people called it. When the school was demolished during the slum clearance programme of the early 1970s, the main canteen building was retained, and this became the Bluebell Hill Community Centre. The building is in regular use today, and remains at the heart of the local community. The centre is the focus of the Bluebell Hill Playgroup and Out of School Care Scheme. The contact telephone number is: 0115 9476722

 The pink dot on this 1966 map shows the site of Bluebell Hill School. Look carefully and you can see the old Dennet Street, Lytton Street and Paxton Street, all of which are still in use today on the Stonebridge Park Estate,

 The Bluebell Hill School seen from Pym Street

 Another view of the school, the main road at the front is Pym Street

The school was demolished in the early 1970s, the old canteen can be seen in the background. The photograph was taken from Pym Street

 The Bluebell Hill Community Centre today viewed from Limmen Gardens. 2011

 This is a view of the community centre from Dennet Road. 2011