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  1. Evil Jimmy Krankie

    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    What school in Sunderland still standing and operating as an educational establishment, or not, is said to be one of the inspirations for George Orwell’s 1984.
    And for a bonus Krankiepoint give an explanation why.
     
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    Southern A Well-Known Member

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    I know it’s his wife Eileen who went to the school but I have no idea which one (having never lived in Sunderland)
     
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    I have no idea regarding the 1984 inspiration but a long long time ago I rewired a building (Langham Tower) which at the time was part of the polytechnic not a school. It did however make reference to him.
    A rather tenuous link I agree but if not correct I wouldnt have a scooby.
     
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    Evil Jimmy Krankie Well-Known Member

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    You’re both very close.
     
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    Sunderland College Bede Campus?
     
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    The high school?
     
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    Eileen O'Shaughnessy attended Sunderland High School.
     
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    Church High or Sunderland High School as it became until it closed. His wife went there and wrote a poem in 1934 for its 50th anniversary set 50 years in the future that's sometimes seen as an inspiration for 1984.
    Source Wikipedia
     
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