Architectural Drawings from Badsey School

In the 1920s and 1930s at Badsey School, under the headship of Frank Amos, art played an important part in the curriculum at Badsey. A binder containing a number of architectural drawings has recently been found at Badsey First School and has been deposited at Worcestershire Record Office. The binder contains the following drawings:

Unfortunately, most of the drawings are unsigned, but those that have been signed are shown below.

The above two plans, entitled "Plan of Council Houses, Badsey", were drawn by 12-year-old Charles Henry Malin (born 9^th February 1909) and 13-year-old George William Geden (born 9^th August 1907). Charles Malin’s family moved to the newly-built Council House at 3 Synehurst, Badsey, in 1920. The plan shows Nos 3 & 4 Synehurst. The exterior of the houses have changed remarkably little in 80 years. Today, the two side chimneys no longer exist, and there is a fence between the gardens.

The church architectural drawings above by Samuel Hemming Johns (born 21^st August 1909) and George Lewis Sutton (born 13^th August 1908) belong to the same era as the Council House drawings; the boys would have been about 13 at the time.

The plan of the doorway at Badsey is signed by B B Bayliss. This was Bertram Berwick Bayliss (born 27^th August 1919), who left Badsey School in 1933 at the age of 14.