The History of the East Anglian School for Deaf and Blind Children 1912-1985

Author: Maurice Joel

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This Boarding School for deaf and blind children was opened in 1912 by Lord Leicester, the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk. Throughout its seventy three history the East Anglian School incorporated many pioneering innovations in the education of the deaf and blind.

One of the school's principal aims was to ensure that when the pupils left the school they would be able to become citizens who could fully participate in the wider world. The school succeeded admirably in this aim.

The school underwent several changes during it's existence as wider society changed its view of how best to educate the deaf and blind. Finally the it was perceived that the best way forward for these children was for them to be educated in main stream schools so the East Anglian School closed it's doors for the last time in 1985.
This book not only charts the full history of the East Anglian School but also include anecdotes from masters, pupils and those Gorlestonians who has associations with the school.