The school opened in July 1902 as the Southern Higher Grade school and became Cockburn in 1904, named after George Cockburn, a former chairman of Leeds School Board. It continued at the same site near the the corner of Dewsbury Road and Burton Road until the late 1980s when it relocated to the former Parkside Secondary School buildings on Gipsy Lane, where it is now Cockburn School, specialist school in the Performing Arts. READ MORE: 15 unseen photos of Beeston through the years LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
19. Cockburn High memories
Pictured on GCSE results day in August 2004 are, from left, David Kellett, Neusa Cristovao, Heather Darlow, Katie Adamson and Marc Parker. | Dan Oxtoby Photo: Dan Oxtoby
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Share your memories of life at Cockburn High School with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: [email protected] or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty