child's initial secondary home. A council report in early February 1989 revealed that the main school site, then accommodating 946 pupils, was urgently in need of repairs, yet the education department of Sefton Council was not prepared to allocate funds until the future of the 70-year-old annexe had been decided. Among the concerns raised included leaking roofs, cracked walls, rotting window frames and insufficient fire exits and lighting. Similarly, the annexe building also suffered from leaking roofs and poor insulation and it was estimated that closure of the annexe and reconstruction of the main site would cost around £1.3 million. The report noted that the land where the annexe was sited had a "high capital value" which would be released if it were to be demolished. The buildings were a concern for school staff, mainly due to the fire hazard with having the wooden structures. It was difficult for staff working in the Annexe to not feel that the buildings and equipment there were not inferior to those available at the main Chesterfield Road site. It was felt that expenditure on the Annexe buildings would be in vain because it was considered the buildings would not last anywhere near as long as they did. It was only towards the end of their life in the last few years when some attempt was made to bring the Annexe buildings up to a sub-standard of the main school, with new fire doors and lowered ceilings being fitted. Construction of what would be called The Mall started at the main site in the mid-1990s to open for the 1996/1997 academic year, allowing the final closure of the Annexe. After completion and opening in 1996 in a scheme estimated to cost around £2.5m, students from the Annexe were moved across to the main site. Within hours of the move, the Annexe buildings were boarded up and demolished just weeks later. There is now no trace of these buildings, which considering their wooden structures, lasted for an impressive 75 years. The demolition cost as reported by the Liverpool Echo was around £60,000. Buildings A, B, C and D block The original school was designed in blocks, with an outdoor quad in the centre, referred to as 'A block (Administration)', 'B block', 'C block' and 'D block' respectively. D block was originally intended as a junior section where the younger forms could have most of their