National School Roman Bank
The National School was situated on Roman Bank in Skegness, and our image above was produced not long after it opened.
Mr Abraham Porter was the headmaster of the National School from its opening until his death in 1921.
Facts
The National School opened in 1880 and closed in 1932
The headmaster was Mr Abraham Porter. A memorial window to Mr Porter, who died in 1921, is in St Matthew’s Church.
Four-times Mayor of Skegness, Coun Joseph Crawshaw attended the National School.
The school closed in July 1932 and a farewell service was concluded by the whole school singing Blake’s “Jerusalem”.
[...] worker, being vice-president and a founder of Raunds Women’s Institute. He was educated at Skegness Church of England School under the late Mr. A. T. M. Porter, and numbers many of the older generation of Skegnessians as his [...]