‘Holme Hill Primary School’ (2012), oil on linen, 66 x 96.5 cm  2012

I attended this school from the ages of five to eleven (1943-49). It was located at the corner of Heneage Road and Wellington Street, Grimsby and was a short walking distance away from my home in Newmarket Street. The Victorian building was designed by the London architect Charles Bell in 1876 and functioned as a primary school until 1967. It is now a grade II listed buil...