PRECIOUS historic items have been rescued from the now-closed Hutton Primary School.
Council workers recently recovered several important items from the former school on behalf of North Milk Community Council (NMCC), after the building had fallen victim to damp and cold conditions.
Some of the artefacts recovered include the Great War Memorial in memory of the former Hutton pupils who served in Word War I and was presented to the school by the Hutton Women’s War Work Party. Also recovered was the school bell and a school register with records of pupils from the 1940s through to the early millennium.
Commenting on the items’ retrieval, a spokesperson for NMCC said: “With the building out of use for a number of years, much of what was stored in the building was subject to damp and cold conditions. Some of what was stored there was not in good enough condition to be saved, but we were delighted to have been offered the opportunity to save some things that had escaped the worst of the elements.
“There is also a small box of diaries and photographs that survived too. Having been damp and dried out, some of the items are quite fragile and not easily moved, particularly the memorial.
“However we are delighted that Boreland Village Hall and Hutton Community Initiative SCIO have expressed an interest in saving the items from being put into archives further afield and hopefully being able to display them when they are able to.
“This means that the items will once again see the light of day, in the community that they came from, and have relevance and significance to.
“Over the coming weeks and months it’s hoped that by working together these items will once again be looked upon with the reflection and care that they deserve.
“Thank you to the council for going in and looking and coming back to us with findings.
“Thank you to those now storing the items and thank you to the local community groups for taking on the items and wanting to share them with those now living there.”
