- BOLTON RAGGED INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, COMMISSION STREET, BOLTON, LANCASHIRE
- INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS, LOSTOCK JUNCTION, BOLTON, LANCASHIRE
Moved to Lostock Junction and re-certified 13th June 1870 for 200 boys. The school was set on 35 acres. Cessation of certification or closure 15th June 1924.
STAFF
1866 - Master Mr Rathbone (previously chief assistant at the Manchester Industrial Schools), and his wife.
1867 - Mr & Mrs Rathbone.
1868 - Superintended by Mr & Mrs Rathbone, assisted by a schoolmaster Mr Hargreaves.
1869 - Mr Rathbone
1872 - Superintendent and matron Mr & Mrs Rathbone ; schoolmaster Mr Kirk.
1875 - Superintendent Mr Rathbone
1884 - Superintendent and matron Mr & Mrs Richard Gorst ; schoolmaster Mr A. Hunt ; assistant schoolmaster Mr C Needham.
1891 - Superintendent and matron Mr & Mrs Richard Gorst ; assistant matron Mrs Suart ; schoolmaster Mr H. Tyrer ; assistant schoolmaster Mr Swanson
1893 - Superintendent and matron Mr & Mrs Richard Gorst ; schoolmaster Mr Alfred Hall ; assistant schoolmaster Mr Broadbent ; assistant matron Miss C.B. Hutchinson ; general assistant Mrs Morris ; technical instructor and yardmaster Mr A. Wren/
1900 - Superintendent and matron Mr & Mrs Richard Gorst ; assistant matron Miss Gorst ; schoolmaster Mr G.C. Tingley ; assistant masters Messrs R.N. Roff and A. H. Hollingdale.
1903 - Superintendent and matron Mr & Mrs Richard Gorst ; schoolmaster Mr R. Jones ; assistant teachers Messrs M. Buckley and A. Wright. The inspector remarked that in the summer of 1902 the whole school migrated to the sea-side for a fortnight's camp life.
Mr Richard Gorst remained as superintendent until 1917.