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WENNINGTON SCHOOL 1940-1975
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"In 1940 Kenneth and Frances Barnes were offered the tenancy of Wennington Hall, Lunesdale, at a very low rent for the duration of the war, if they would open it as a boarding school for children evacuated from their familiar environment, or bombed out of their homes..."

See the full story in "Wennington School 1940-1975" by Pat Mitchell":

Articles
Title
Wennington School 1940-1975 (by Pat Mitchell)
Decline and Fall (by Robin Sinclair)
After Wennington - The Building (by Robin Sinclair)

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