{"id":15,"date":"2018-04-24T18:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2019-02-09T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-09T16:51:16","slug":"b-block","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"B block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180420-Copy-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-78\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180420-Copy-3-291x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180420-Copy-3-291x300.png 291w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180420-Copy-3.png 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-31.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-124\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-31-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-31-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-31-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-31-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-31.png 1126w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">B Block, one of the two four storey tower blocks was the home of maths, geography, the school library and also the dining room on the first floor. It was upgraded around 1988\/9 to accommodate a fixed school meal area between the two blocks; previously classrooms in C block had been used but were totally insufficient for this <em>and<\/em> teaching purposes. Approaching dinner times, the smell of cooking chips from here was unmistakable.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-34.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-34-300x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-34-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-34-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-34-1024x695.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-34.png 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">Two stairways served the block, long metal poles fleshed out by wooden bannisters were used for swinging around- what fun on descending those echelons- I don\u2019t think there was a single lad who didn\u2019t try it at least once.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-126\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-35-300x202.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-35-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-35-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-35-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-35.png 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second floor housed <a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/?page_id=269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the school library.<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">At this level,\u00a0a choice of two bridges met the visitor\u2019s path. One leading out across to C block, the other across another bridge into Marsh Lane.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-37.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-127\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-37-300x210.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-37-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-37-768x537.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-37-1024x716.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-37.png 1142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_128\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180411-16.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-128\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-128\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180411-16-300x203.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180411-16-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180411-16-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180411-16-1024x693.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180411-16.png 1163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">wish you were here!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-38.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-129\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-38-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-38-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-38-768x515.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-38-1024x686.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-38.png 1167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-39.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-39-300x214.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-39-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-39-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-39-1024x729.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-39.png 1098w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">Upstairs maths and geography classrooms.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">These subjects bored<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino,serif;\">me stiff if I&#8217;m being honest so I don&#8217;t really have much to say there. Daydreaming however of being somewhere else always got through those tedious double periods. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-298\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/S9180007-156x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/S9180007-156x300.jpg 156w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/S9180007-768x1475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/S9180007-533x1024.jpg 533w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/S9180007.jpg 932w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-236\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/globe-244x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/globe-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/globe.png 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_562\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan_20190209-11.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-562\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-562\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan_20190209-11-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan_20190209-11-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan_20190209-11-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan_20190209-11-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Scan_20190209-11.png 1164w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from top of B block looking to Marsh Lane<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_273\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-40.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-273\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-273\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-40-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-40-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-40-768x522.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-40-1024x696.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-40.png 1176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B block from the connecting C block bridge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_274\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-41.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-274\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-274\" src=\"http:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-41-300x206.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-41-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-41-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-41-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/themenziesphoenix.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Scan_20180407-41.png 1153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from B block bridge to C block bridge stretching into Marsh Lane<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8NiTs974vY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B Block, one of the two four storey tower blocks was the home of maths, geography, the school library and also the dining room on the first floor. 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