Off Topic Trivia question

[Evil Jimmy Krankie]

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.

 

[Southern A]

I know it’s his wife Eileen who went to the school but I have no idea which one (having never lived in Sunderland)

 

[Gil T Azell]

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.

 

[Evil Jimmy Krankie]

You’re both very close.

 

[Draig]

Sunderland College Bede Campus?

 

[Millfield Maestro 1879]

The high school?

 

[The Norton Cat]

Eileen O'Shaughnessy attended Sunderland High School.

 

[Guy Incognito]

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.
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