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St
Mary's College
St
Mary's College was situated in Brook Green and for
many years was used as offices and at one time
contained the company's food laboratory or
Bio-chemical Department, as it was originally
known. Lyons acquired St Mary's Training College
(RC Seminary) in March 1925 when the Seminary moved
to Strawberry Hill, Twickenham. The college was
founded in 1850 and built between 1845 - 1853. At
the same time a number of other properties were
acquired adjacent to the College including
properties in Brook Green Place, which was totally
absorbed into the factory and formed the archway
entrance to and from Cadby Hall yard. As a
consequence Brook Green Place disappeared from the
maps. Several other properties were acquired at
this time in Brook Green including a passageway
between Brook Green Place and the College. This
total acquisition not only provided additional
office space (the College itself) but land on which
large factory buildings were erected. A mortgage of
£190,000 was raised to fund the purchase which
at that time was colossal. When Elms House opened
in 1937 the clerical staff then occupying St Mary's
College were moved to the new building. However,
office space was still a problem and St Mary's
College continued to be used by a number of
different departments for example: the Planning
Office and Catering Payroll Office.
In
1975 that part of St Mary's College that was
offices and which had been incorporated into the
north-west corner of Cadby Hall, was demolished as
part of the Cadby Hall re-development scheme. In
fact it was the first building to be demolished as
part of the redevelopment of Cadby Hall, which went
on for several years. Part of the college, also
owned by Lyons, continued as a school (St Mary's
Junior Boys' School) until a new school was built
on property adjacent, owned by the Council and used
as a training centre.
©
Peter Bird
2005
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