Davenport Road Church Schools Derby

SCHOOL EXTENSIONS DAVENPORT ROAD - WORK FOR DERBY FIRM - Trustees of Davenport-road Wesleyan Church, Derby, have decided to accept the tender of Mr. Alfred Smith, Empress Road, to build Sunday school extensions at the church. The estimated cost is £3,950, and the new buildings will accommodate 350 children. Messrs  Brocklehurst, of Manchester, are the architects. [Derby Daily Telegraph 23 February 1931 page 9]

DERBY WESLEYANS' NEW £4,000 SCHOOLS - Sixteen foundation stones for the building, which will cost £4,000, were laid. …. It will be recalled that £3,000 was contributed by an anonymous donor, who was revealed later as Mr. Joseph Rank, the Wesleyan millionaire, and a benefactor of many causes in Derby. The schools will complete the church schools' scheme, begun two years ago, which will accommodate 400 children. Mr. A. Brocklehurst and Co., of Manchester, who were responsible for planning the church, were the architects, and the contractor is Mr. Alfred Smith, of Derby. [Derby Daily Telegraph 7 May 1931 page 8]

Reference    Derby Daily Telegraph 23 February 1931 page 9 - tenders
Reference    Derby Daily Telegraph 7 May 1931 page 8]
Reference    Derby Daily Telegraph Monday 28 September 1931 page 6 - opening