Portslade 1912

Map of Porstlade in 1912, not a lot has changed in Mile Oak since 1879. The LCC Approved School is now shown.

Map of Porstlade in 1912, not a lot has changed in Mile Oak since 1879. The LCC Approved School is now shown.

LCC or Mile Oak Approved School was  built in 1902 and run by a joint committee from Brighton Borough Council and London County Council Education Committee until 1913. Before 1933 approved schools were called reformatories or industrial schools

Photo – Bernard Langrish

This picture shows the rifle range and ‘Thunders Barrow’ where British, Roman and Saxon Pottery was found.

The Butts/Target area of the rifle range was a long concrete trough deep enough for a man to stand and raise or lower the targets, whilst this trough still exists it has now been filled in.