The name of Arcville College has been mentioned a couple of times on this blog. In its earliest days Arcville College must have been at the far end of Russell Road not far from Splash Point and seems to have been a girls' school originally.The picture above (TOP) dates from 1918 and shows a bunch of mainly miserable Arcville girls in fancy dress – proof that there is nothing more depressing than enforced jollity. Christmas and New Year party enthusiasts, please note.
In the mid-1940s Arcville College was bought by a Mrs M. I. Pearson; by that time it was at 87 Russell Road. Mrs Pearson also bought the Poplars Preparatory School, St Margaret's Drive and moved the Poplars pupils to Arcville.
The colour picture shows 87 Russell Road as it is today: Dolanog private care home for the elderly.
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