CHALLIS SCHOOL FIRE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
1986Newspaper cutting with text and image of the burnt out school buildings at challis, with forensic policeman in attendance. Segment entitled (School opens despite fire.), text along left-hand column, with black and white picture, showing the damage on the right.
A arson attack caused major damage at Challis Primary School on the weekend of April 5-6 1986, with children being sent to other schools in the area. Tony Crickmore, who collected the items, helped with the clean up of the arson site as he had children attending the school at the time.
Across 1986 and 1987 several local schools experienced arson attacks which caused considerable damage to all of the schools.
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Newspaper cutting from a newspaper about the Challis Primary School fire that occurred on the weekend of the 5-6 April 1986. The cutting was collected by Tony Crickmore, whose children were attending the school at the time. Tony and his wife volunteered to help with the cleanup. The newspaper cuttings and certificates represent the relationship between local schools and their immediate local community. The items also represent a spate of arsons attacks in 1986 and 1987 that targeted local schools, all of them causing considerable disruption to the schools and their students.
City of Armadale - History House
City of Armadale - History House
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